Weekly cattle auction report

For week ended Nov. 1, 2013

Cattle auction yards across Manitoba were busy during the week ended Nov. 1, with the fall run in full swing and prices looking relatively strong. There were so many animals to move during the week that the Killarney Auction Mart held a rare second weekly sale just to keep on top of things. “There are

CME live cattle futures mixed, hogs lower

Nov 1 (Reuters) - CME live cattle futures traded narrowly mixed on Friday in choppy action. * Investors are still digesting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's neutral to mildly bullish cattle-on-feed report, issued on Thursday, traders said. * The report showed September placements close to trade estimates, with marketings up slightly more than anticipated. *





Weekly cattle auction report

For week ended Oct. 25, 2013

The fall calf run was in full swing across Manitoba during the week ended October 25, with most auction yards reporting larger volumes of feeder cattle than the week prior. The majority of producers have finished harvesting their crops, prompting them to start focusing on marketing their calves. “It’s basically all calves now,” said Keith




Weekly cattle auction report

For week ending Oct. 18

With Manitoba’s harvest winding down, cattle volumes across auction yards were significantly higher during the week ended Oct. 18, Robin Hill of Heartland Livestock Service in Virden, Manitoba, said. “We had lots of volume here this week as the fall run has begun,” he said. “It seems like everyone is a week or two later