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AUCTIONS | For auction markets, this fall run looks to be more like a fall marathon
Prices at Manitoba’s cattle auctions continued to be among the strongest ever seen during the week ended Sept. 28 — and as the fall run got fully underway, the province saw large numbers of cattle come in for sale. “It’s very busy,” said Tyler Slawinski, auctioneer for Gladstone as well as the Ashern Auction Mart.
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All but one of Manitoba’s eight cattle auctions were open during the week of Aug. 18-24, with Winnipeg Livestock Sales set to go ahead on Aug. 25. Gladstone Auction Mart and Ashern Auction Mart were back in business this week, with small numbers of cattle coming in, according to one of their auctioneers, Tyler Slawinski.
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