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Des Moines, IA     Tue, Nov 17, 2009     USDA Market News

Canadian Livestock Prices and Federal Inspected Slaughter Figures

Info for Week Ending   November 13, 2009

Area:       Alberta Direct Sales, 4% Shrink
Slaughter Steers, mostly Select 1-2, 1000-1200 lbs                       73.87
Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2, 850-1050 lbs                       73.98

Area:       Alberta Auctions
Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs                    33.73

Area:       Ontario Auctions
Slaughter Steers, mostly Select 1-2, 1000-1200 lbs                       75.33
Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2, 850-1050 lbs                       74.33
Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs                    37.65

Weighted Average Feeder Cattle Prices:
Steers            Southern Alberta       Saskatchewan            Manitoba
               11/13/09   11/06/09   11/13/09   11/06/09   11/13/09   11/06/09
401-500 lbs      111.28     108.37     109.34     107.04     107.33     105.39
501-600 lbs      103.34     100.11     101.67     100.18     101.40      99.79
601-700 lbs       96.54      94.74      95.18      93.85      92.62      91.51
701-800 lbs       92.47      91.69      91.79      91.09      89.05      85.91
801-900 lbs       88.98      87.32      87.30      85.05      84.05      82.15
900# +            81.69      82.63      82.90      80.16      80.04      78.08

Heifers:
301-400 lbs       97.07      93.43      95.21      93.24      96.60      94.19
401-500 lbs       94.10      91.03      91.45      89.03      91.94      88.35
501-600 lbs       88.66      86.42      87.25      84.31      88.79      85.27
601-700 lbs       85.87      83.94      82.88      82.10      82.12      81.75
701-800 lbs       83.09      82.22      80.17      78.91      78.81      78.33
800# +            81.22      80.93      77.87      76.34      78.39      75.52

Province Ontario
No.2 220-240lbs Hogs, quoted by Provincial Board              36.40

All prices have been converted to U.S. $/CWT.
Exchange Rate: U.S. dollar equivalent to $1.0525 Canadian dollars
Grades changed to approximate U.S. equivalents

Canadian Federally Inspected Slaughter
               Current   Week Ago   Year Ago        YTD        YTD    %Change
               11/07/09   10/31/09   11/01/08       2009       2008
Cattle:          63,826     63,946     60,803  2,672,817  2,712,409      -1.5%
Calves:           5,044      4,678      4,932    203,804    212,963      -4.3%
Sheep:            3,018      2,673      2,985    136,169    142,730      -4.6%
Hogs:           432,155    436,096    433,832 17,662,514 17,153,664       3.0%




Source:     Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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