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<blockquote data-quote="Alberta farmer" data-source="post: 606273" data-attributes="member: 8978"><p>At my local sale barn there are basically three cow buyers. Cargill, Tyson, and XL. There are a few others, usually buying younger cows for the USA market. Cargill doesn't buy a lot of cows as they have a few sweetheart deals to supply some big steakhouses in California/Pacific northwest etc. with quality beef. Cargill owns and feeds a lot of cattle up here...more than most people know about!</p><p>Tyson Lakeside(our biggest packer with capacity of 28,000 wk.) has decided to get out of Canada and are selling out to XL. This is a case of the mouse swallowing the elephant! In all probability the Calgary XL plant would be shut down as the land under it is worth a fortune for developement.</p><p>Basically the two main bidders on cull cows are Tyson and XL? What happens when they merge? One week the Tyson buyer never showed up and the price dropped around 6 cents a pound! When XL becomes the only buyer our cows are going to be worth a lot less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alberta farmer, post: 606273, member: 8978"] At my local sale barn there are basically three cow buyers. Cargill, Tyson, and XL. There are a few others, usually buying younger cows for the USA market. Cargill doesn't buy a lot of cows as they have a few sweetheart deals to supply some big steakhouses in California/Pacific northwest etc. with quality beef. Cargill owns and feeds a lot of cattle up here...more than most people know about! Tyson Lakeside(our biggest packer with capacity of 28,000 wk.) has decided to get out of Canada and are selling out to XL. This is a case of the mouse swallowing the elephant! In all probability the Calgary XL plant would be shut down as the land under it is worth a fortune for developement. Basically the two main bidders on cull cows are Tyson and XL? What happens when they merge? One week the Tyson buyer never showed up and the price dropped around 6 cents a pound! When XL becomes the only buyer our cows are going to be worth a lot less. [/QUOTE]
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