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Fed Cattle Rally Stalls Below Break-Even as Herd Rebuilds and China Access Opens — All Three Production Stages in Transition
ByWestern Farm Report April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
Western Farm Report | Livestock Products / Beef Published: April 23, 2026 Production stages covered: Cow-calf · Backgrounding · Feedlot Market Conditions The structural condition driving Western Canadian beef markets in spring 2026 is a tension between strong price momentum and an economics ceiling. Alberta fed cattle have gained $31/cwt since January 1 — roughly…
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Record Highs and Real Risk: What’s Driving Feeder Cattle Prices Canada-Wide in 2025-26
ByWestern Farm Report April 17, 2026
Prairie Livestock Series Steer calves in the 500–525 lb. range were trading around $500 per hundredweight (cwt) in central Alberta at the start of 2025. By April of that year, 300–400 lb. steer calves in Saskatchewan had cleared the $600/cwt mark for the first time on record. Those are not misprint numbers—they reflect a structural…
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Prairie Cattle in 2026: Record Prices, Cautious Expansion, and a Trade Picture That Just Got More Complicated
ByWestern Farm Report April 13, 2026April 19, 2026
Prairie Cattle in 2026: Record Prices, Cautious Expansion, and a Trade Picture That Just Got More Complicated The Canadian cattle herd grew for the first time in eight years on January 1, 2026. That single data point from Statistics Canada tells you most of what you need to know about where the Prairie beef sector…
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