Beef Market Update – RealAgriculture

We know the Canadian cattle herd has been shrinking, but by how much? In this week's Beef Market Update, Anne Wasko shares the January 1, 2024 Canadian cattle inventory numbers and provides some context on not only what it means for the current beef and dairy cow herd, but also how the inventory breaks-down by... Read More

The cattle markets took a little breather this week, down from some of the highs set in January. It's not unexpected for the time of year, says Anne Wasko with the Gateway Livestock Exchange, in this week's Beef Market Update. Wasko hits on the latest round of cattle prices in the U.S. and Canada, before... Read More

What's better than a Beef Market Update a day early? A Beef Market Update recorded in person! On this episode of the Beef Market Update, host Shaun Haney and Anne Wasko, of Gateway Livestock Exchange, sit down face to face to discuss: What happens at #CattleCon and what reports and analysis is up for discussion... Read More

Every two weeks, Anne Wasko, with the Gateway Livestock Exchange, joins RealAgriculture for the Beef Market Update. For this episode, Wasko is on with Lyndsey Smith, to talk about the cash trade, futures prices, packer margins, and heavy carcass weights of the last two weeks. Summary: U.S. cattle market trends and the cold weather impact... Read More

The first three months of the calendar year aren't historically much to write home about for the cattle markets, and this first week of January 2024 is living up to the ho-hum expectation. There's still plenty to be watching, however, and Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock Exchange says that ample supplies of beef are definitely... Read More

Cattle are still bought, sold, and processed over the holiday season, but it's typically a quieter time for bids and prices. Still, there's plenty to talk about as we head towards the twilight zone of the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. In this earlier-than-usual edition of the Beef Market Update, Shaun Haney and... Read More

Fat cattle markets in the U.S. headed down this week, at $3-$4 lower in the south, reflecting a larger downward trend since price peaks hit in September, says Anne Wasko in this week's edition of the Beef Market Update. Western Canadian action was pretty quiet this week, with not a pile of volume in terms... Read More

As expected, cattle markets were a little quieter this week in light of U.S. Thanksgiving on Thursday. Still, there was plenty of trade, cattle-on-feed data, and export numbers released so that Shaun Haney and Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange have no shortage of news to discuss this week in the Beef Market Update.... Read More

Cattle markets have not had a great week. "It's been a tough week, to be very blunt with you," says Anne Wasko of the Gateway Livestock Exchange. "In the cattle markets, it doesn't matter where you are, north or south." For this not-very-rosy Beef Market Update, Wasko starts off where we usually do, with U.S.... Read More

The cattle markets took a tumble last week after the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Cattle on Feed report surprised traders with higher than expected cattle placements. September cattle placements were up six per cent compared to last year, and four per cent above the five-year average. Traders were only expecting a two per... Read More