WA_LS718 Des Moines, IA Tue, Feb 09, 2010 USDA Market News Canadian Livestock Prices and Federal Inspected Slaughter Figures Info for Week Ending February 5, 2010 Area: Alberta Direct Sales, 4% Shrink Slaughter Steers, mostly Select 1-2, 1000-1200 lbs 72.24 Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2, 850-1050 lbs 72.47 Area: Alberta Auctions Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs 42.86 Area: Ontario Auctions Slaughter Steers, mostly Select 1-2, 1000-1200 lbs 77.44 Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2, 850-1050 lbs 77.93 Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs 44.20 Weighted Average Feeder Cattle Prices: Steers Southern Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba 02/05/10 01/29/10 02/05/10 01/29/10 02/05/10 01/29/10 401-500 lbs 108.95 107.66 111.73 108.81 106.20 104.84 501-600 lbs 102.06 103.56 106.33 101.34 100.63 99.60 601-700 lbs 95.91 95.49 96.30 95.22 93.08 93.98 701-800 lbs 91.98 91.31 91.00 90.91 88.25 89.48 801-900 lbs 87.84 88.16 86.75 85.53 83.33 85.60 900# + 84.14 83.58 83.42 79.88 82.28 80.33 Heifers: 301-400 lbs 94.23 93.79 93.79 89.99 94.84 88.46 401-500 lbs 93.11 91.47 90.77 90.02 89.39 87.29 501-600 lbs 89.37 88.29 88.63 85.61 86.32 84.13 601-700 lbs 84.70 84.68 83.66 83.24 82.69 81.51 701-800 lbs 83.53 82.54 82.27 81.56 79.00 78.95 800# + 79.71 80.17 78.55 77.03 76.88 75.35 Province Ontario No.2 220-240lbs Hogs, quoted by Provincial Board 42.25 All prices have been converted to U.S. $/CWT. Exchange Rate: U.S. dollar equivalent to $1.0703 Canadian dollars Grades changed to approximate U.S. equivalents Canadian Federally Inspected Slaughter Current Week Ago Year Ago YTD YTD %Change 01/30/10 01/23/10 01/31/09 2010 2009 Cattle: 62,104 62,282 65,007 248,251 260,475 -4.7% Calves: 5,184 4,808 4,546 18,989 18,942 0.2% Sheep: 2,701 3,120 2,550 11,349 11,138 1.9% Hogs: 423,492 431,140 420,090 1,728,561 1,729,684 -0.1% Source: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada CanFax 515-284-4460 http://www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews 7:22 adr .