Canadian Cattlemen has published its Daily Grain Prices feed for Western Canada, a recurring weekday market tracker covering cash bids across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The feed gives elevator and farm readers a same-day snapshot of the prices that move basis at the country elevator.

The daily report sits at the center of Western Canadian grain marketing. Cash bids for CWRS wheat, canola, yellow peas, and feed barley update throughout the trading day as elevators, crushers, and exporters re-quote against ICE futures in Winnipeg and Minneapolis wheat. Those bids translate directly into per-acre or per-tonne revenue, and basis swings against the nearby futures contract can flip a delivery decision on a single morning.

Canadian Cattlemen has run the feed continuously as part of its market data lineup. The magazine's roots in the cattle sector give the same feed added weight for feedlots and mixed farming operations, where barley and feed wheat cash bids feed straight into per-head cost-of-gain calculations.

What the feed tracks

• Cereals: CWRS wheat, feed wheat, feed barley
• Oilseeds: canola against ICE Winnipeg
• Special crops: yellow peas and lentils on the same corridor

Coverage typically spans the three Prairie provinces plus delivery points in the Peace River region of British Columbia, where canola and CWRS cash bids reflect the same northern logistics corridor.

What does the daily cadence change for producers?

Not much for growers who already pull the feed. The price table updates by mid-morning, and basis trends against the nearby futures contracts become visible across the three Prairie crop belts without waiting for the weekly CGC handling report or the monthly AAFC supply-and-outlook release. For marketers weighing whether to lift old-crop inventory or hold for new-crop bids, that daily cadence is the shortest reporting interval in the Western Canadian grain trade.

Feedlot operators get a second use. Barley and feed wheat cash bids set feed costs on a per-head, per-day basis, and any basis tightening at the local elevator shows up immediately in the bunk cost.

The feed's structure also works as an audit tool against individual elevator-quoted basis. Producers who track their home elevator against the feed's reported bids across a multi-week window can usually spot when their local elevator is running wide or tight relative to neighboring delivery points — a persistent gap worth asking the manager about.

For mixed Prairie operators running cattle alongside grain, the feed lets one screen cover both sides of the cost ledger — grain revenue on the sell side, feed cost on the buy side. That dual role separates a daily grain price feed from a futures-only quote service.

What changes during harvest

Looking ahead: the feed will keep tracking spot bids through the harvest pressure window and into the post-harvest carry period, when basis typically widens off the combine and narrows again as exporters, processors, and feedlots compete for limited on-farm supply. Western Canadian producers weighing delivery timing through August and September will see those daily basis moves play out in the feed's reported bids — and they'll have the data to act on them by the next morning's update.