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Des Moines, IA     Tue, Nov 24, 2009     USDA Market News

Canadian Livestock Prices and Federal Inspected Slaughter Figures

Info for Week Ending   November 20, 2009

Area:       Alberta Direct Sales, 4% Shrink
Slaughter Steers, mostly Select 1-2, 1000-1200 lbs                       72.13
Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2, 850-1050 lbs                       71.93

Area:       Alberta Auctions
Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs                    32.43

Area:       Ontario Auctions
Slaughter Steers, mostly Select 1-2, 1000-1200 lbs                       74.17
Slaughter Heifers, mostly Select 1-2, 850-1050 lbs                       72.92
Slaughter Cows, Cutter and Utility 1-3, 1100-1400 lbs                    36.86

Weighted Average Feeder Cattle Prices:
Steers            Southern Alberta       Saskatchewan            Manitoba
               11/20/09   11/13/09   11/20/09   11/13/09   11/20/09   11/13/09
401-500 lbs      109.58     111.28     106.91     109.34     106.63     107.33
501-600 lbs       99.18     103.34      97.80     101.67     100.58     101.40
601-700 lbs       93.11      96.54      91.00      95.18      92.61      92.62
701-800 lbs       88.42      92.47      87.57      91.79      86.59      89.05
801-900 lbs       85.34      88.98      82.15      87.30      83.27      84.05
900# +            81.42      81.69      78.00      82.90      79.52      80.04

Heifers:
301-400 lbs       94.84      97.07      93.58      95.21      92.77      96.60
401-500 lbs       91.42      94.10      87.95      91.45      89.78      91.94
501-600 lbs       85.10      88.66      82.87      87.25      85.03      88.79
601-700 lbs       82.84      85.87      79.05      82.88      79.91      82.12
701-800 lbs       80.81      83.09      76.25      80.17      75.62      78.81
800# +            78.61      81.22      75.75      77.87      74.09      78.39

Province Ontario
No.2 220-240lbs Hogs, quoted by Provincial Board              35.58

All prices have been converted to U.S. $/CWT.
Exchange Rate: U.S. dollar equivalent to $1.0715 Canadian dollars
Grades changed to approximate U.S. equivalents

Canadian Federally Inspected Slaughter
               Current   Week Ago   Year Ago        YTD        YTD    %Change
               11/14/09   11/07/09   11/08/08       2009       2008
Cattle:          61,841     63,826     64,283  2,734,659  2,776,692      -1.5%
Calves:           4,777      5,044      4,830    208,581    217,793      -4.2%
Sheep:            2,722      3,018      2,959    138,891    145,689      -4.7%
Hogs:           430,464    432,181    424,169 18,093,004 17,577,833       2.9%




Source:     Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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