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Canadian Livestock Prices and Slaughter Figures

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Des Moines, IA     Tue, Oct 27, 2009     USDA Market News

Canadian Livestock Prices and Federal Inspected Slaughter Figures

Info for Week Ending   October 23, 2009

Area:       Alberta Direct Sales, 4% Shrink
Slaughter Steers, mostly Select 1-2, 1000-1200 lbs                       77.16
Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2, 850-1050 lbs                       75.68

Area:       Alberta Auctions
Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs                    35.33

Area:       Ontario Auctions
Slaughter Steers, mostly Select 1-2, 1000-1200 lbs                       72.98
Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2, 850-1050 lbs                       71.77
Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs                    36.28

Weighted Average Feeder Cattle Prices:
Steers            Southern Alberta       Saskatchewan            Manitoba
               10/23/09   10/16/09   10/23/09   10/16/09   10/23/09   10/16/09
401-500 lbs      104.66     108.26     104.16     104.50     102.58     106.06
501-600 lbs       97.24     101.21      93.49     100.33      96.32      99.96
601-700 lbs       92.91      98.11      93.03      94.43      87.56      91.88
701-800 lbs       89.50      93.80      88.08      91.35      84.38      87.71
801-900 lbs       85.73      88.66      81.91      87.30      80.51      84.26
900# +            81.56      83.93      77.88      81.39      75.03      80.72

Heifers:
301-400 lbs       90.72      93.66      88.77      91.38      91.48      96.51
401-500 lbs       86.75      90.32      85.64      89.16      86.56      90.30
501-600 lbs       83.01      85.90      81.53      85.31      84.42      86.63
601-700 lbs       81.01      84.94      77.96      82.55      77.79      82.89
701-800 lbs       88.74      83.15      75.16      81.34      75.60      78.23
800# +            78.58      81.41      74.72      79.88      74.36      76.70

Province Ontario
No.2 220-240lbs Hogs, quoted by Provincial Board              33.29

All prices have been converted to U.S. $/CWT.
Exchange Rate: U.S. dollar equivalent to $1.0557 Canadian dollars
Grades changed to approximate U.S. equivalents

Canadian Federally Inspected Slaughter
               Current   Week Ago   Year Ago        YTD        YTD    %Change
               10/17/09   10/10/09   10/11/08       2009       2008
Cattle:          52,167     62,139     59,977  2,486,862  2,527,755      -1.6%
Calves:           3,918      4,797      4,910    189,262    198,844      -4.8%
Sheep:            2,685      3,410      3,788    127,608    134,158      -4.9%
Hogs:           354,325    433,464    425,930 16,364,734 15,944,629       2.6%




Source:     Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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            http://www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews

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