Highlights from Saskatchewan's Weekly Cattle Marketing Report

Jun 16, 2022

Provincial Cattle Specialist Fonda Froats says the report for the week ending June 10th shows producers showing some interest in grass cattle in areas that received moisture.

Canfax reported a total of 5,207 head of cattle sold in Saskatchewan last week, just down from 5,840 head the previous week.
Feeder steer prices were again mixed last week. The largest gain was seen in the 700-800lb. weight category, which were up $1.50 per cwt to average $211.50 per cwt for the week.
The largest change in Saskatchewan feeder heifer markets was seen as a drop in the 500-600lb. weight category, which were down $3.42 per cwt. to average $197.75 per cwt.

Froats notes were seeing supplies of feeder cattle tighten.

The weekly report shows the price of D2 slaughter cows remained the same, while the price of D3 slaughter cows was up $1.64 cwt for an average of $92.21 per cwt.

Live cattle future contract prices were up last week as per changes seen in the previous week. The June and August live cattle futures contracts settled in the same spot Friday at US$136.200 per cwt.
Choice beef cutout prices (600-900lb.) for the week averaged US$271.03 per cwt, up US$3.81 per cwt or 1.4 per cent from US$267.22 per cwt the week of June 4, but a price decline of 19.9 per cent compared to US$338.33 per cwt from the same week a year ago.

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Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.