Heartland Livestock Services announced the closure July 25. The Brandon auction mart has been a historic standby for Manitoba beef producers selling their cattle.
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Heartland Livestock Services closes Brandon auction mart
Heartland Livestock Services announced the closure July 25; the Brandon auction mart has been a historic standby for Manitoba beef producers selling their cattle
High cattle prices fail to budge cautious beef farmer spending
Canadian beef farmers in 2025 are getting paid plenty for their cattle, but the memory of bad markets and little profit is hard to shake when it comes to big spending decisions
Canadian beef farmers in 2025 are getting paid plenty for their cattle, but the memory of bad markets and little profit is hard to shake when it comes to big investments or projects on their farms.
Beef markets strong but instability expected
Volatility may increase this year, particularly if heifer placements remain high along with fed marketings in the U.S.
MEDICINE HAT — Beef prices are up and demand remains strong, according to the latest Canfax market report, but dry conditions in cattle-producing regions across the globe are affecting markets. “We’ve reached new record highs in 2023 with both fed and feeder prices surpassing the previous highs made in 2015,” said Canfax executive director Breanna […] Read more
Spread grows between producer, retail prices
Data shows the cattle producer’s share of the retail beef dollar has dropped from 64 percent in 1970 to 41 percent in 2022
The overarching goals of the ongoing project are to trace beef pricing throughout the supply chain, increase transparency for ranchers’ benefit, provide data to boost advocacy and “ensure that the proportion of the beef dollar that ranchers receive increases from year to year and does not shrink.”
