Canada Cattle On Feed Down 8% From Last Year
09/17/2009 01:39PM
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Recently, CanFax published Canada’s current cattle on feed numbers for terminal feedlots with 1,000 or more head in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. According to the data, on September 1, 2009, the number of cattle on feed in Canada totaled 631,415 head. This was 8.4 percent lower than one year ago and was 20.8 percent lower than two years ago. The number of cattle placed on feed during August fell 9.6 percent from one year ago to 175,322 head.
Also, this was down 3.8 percent from two years ago. Steers placed on feed equaled 111,575 head, which accounted for 63.6 percent of the total. Heifers placed on feed equaled 63,747 head. Specifically, placements of feeder cattle weighing less than 600 pounds were 23.9 percent less than a year ago, amounting to 4,493 head. Placements weighing 600 to 699 pounds totaled 16,025 head, which was 71.9 percent greater than last year.
Placements weighing 700 to 799 pounds were up 10.0 percent over a year ago, amounting to 36,580 head. Finally, placements of feeder cattle weighing more than 800 pounds equaled 118,224 head, which was down 18.8 percent from last year. In the meantime, Canada’s fed cattle marketings totaled 177,131 head. This was 5.2 percent more than one year ago and was 2.7 percent more than two years ago.
According to CanFax, cattle feeders had sufficient inventory to market throughout the month of August. Also, prices improved at the end of August, encouraging producers to sell. The entire report is available on the Can
Fax website at http://www.canfax.ca/.