Jason
Well-known member
It is interesting about numbers we take for granted because they sound close and we tend not to check everything out for ourselves.
Most have accepted that Cargill and Tyson in Canada kill 80% of our cattle. The following paragraph from Canfax would seem to disagree with those numbers.
"As of December 24, Canadian Federally Inspected steer slaughter was down 4% from a year ago at 1.79 million head. Approximately 70% of fed steers were slaughtered in Alberta FI establishments, while 22% were slaughtered in Ontario. Canadian heifer slaughter as of December 24 was down 5% at 1.24 million head. Almost 80% of the fed heifers in Canada had been slaughtered in Alberta with Ontario fed heifer kill represented 15%."
There are provincially inspected plants killing, plus at least 2 maybe 3 federally inspected plants in Alberta killing, besides the Tyson and Cargill plants.
With Cargill buying Better Beef in Ontario, they will have increased their percentage of the kill, but Better Beef isn't the only FI plant killing in Ontario.
The above numbers add up to 3.03 million head slaughtered. Cargill is a steer/heifer only plant, while Tyson kills cows and bulls in their mix. Knowing the exact split would be necessary to figure what % of the fed cattle kill they control.
Most have accepted that Cargill and Tyson in Canada kill 80% of our cattle. The following paragraph from Canfax would seem to disagree with those numbers.
"As of December 24, Canadian Federally Inspected steer slaughter was down 4% from a year ago at 1.79 million head. Approximately 70% of fed steers were slaughtered in Alberta FI establishments, while 22% were slaughtered in Ontario. Canadian heifer slaughter as of December 24 was down 5% at 1.24 million head. Almost 80% of the fed heifers in Canada had been slaughtered in Alberta with Ontario fed heifer kill represented 15%."
There are provincially inspected plants killing, plus at least 2 maybe 3 federally inspected plants in Alberta killing, besides the Tyson and Cargill plants.
With Cargill buying Better Beef in Ontario, they will have increased their percentage of the kill, but Better Beef isn't the only FI plant killing in Ontario.
The above numbers add up to 3.03 million head slaughtered. Cargill is a steer/heifer only plant, while Tyson kills cows and bulls in their mix. Knowing the exact split would be necessary to figure what % of the fed cattle kill they control.