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Fed Cattle Price Discovery

Fed Cattle Price Discovery

Canfax provides voluntary price reporting for the Canadian cattle market, with Alberta fed cattle prices starting in 1984. Historically, cash pricing dominated the market with consistent weekly reporting until 2013. From 2012 through 2014, there was a shift with greater use of Alternative Marketing Arrangements (AMAs). Alberta packing plant procurement of fed cattle via forward contracts reached 48% in 2013 (last data) and cash dropped to 23%...

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USDA Cattle on Feed

USDA Cattle on Feed

USDA released it March 1st cattle on feed report this afternoon. This month’s report should be viewed as neutral as February placements and marketings were in line with expectations. Cattle on feed inventories declined 59,000 head from February to March....

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Profits Through the Supply Chain

Profits Through the Supply Chain

It is challenging, but not unheard of, for all sectors of the supply chain to be profitable at the same time, as the output from one sector (e.g. feeder or fed cattle) are the inputs for the next. So that high prices received in one place, imply higher costs for another.

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