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Cattle values up with U.S. futures
Livestock Markets, Markets

Cattle values up with U.S. futures

The province hasn’t put any new pandemic restrictions on livestock markets

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Cattle prices at Winnipeg Livestock Sales were a bit higher over the last week, according to the auction’s Scott Anderson. There have been positive moves in the market over the last few weeks, he said, largely due to an upswing in the U.S. futures markets. “I think this will continue through this week as well,”
Fall cattle run now well underway
Livestock Markets, Markets

Fall cattle run now well underway

A stronger loonie limited buying interest from the U.S.

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With the fall run underway, Manitoba’s cattle auctions saw a busy week with well over 13,000 head sold. “The auction barn was very full. A lot of cattle are starting to move now,” Tyler Slawinski of Gladstone Auction Mart said of its Oct. 14 sale. Most of the cattle at Gladstone were to be shipped
Manitoba’s cattle producers aren’t in a serious rush to move cattle off pasture against other work such as harvesting.
Livestock Markets, Markets

Market for yearlings beating expectations

Cattle producers are generally ‘pleasantly surprised’ by the weather

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Activity was slowly picking back up at Manitoba’s cattle auction yards in the days after Labour Day, although the fall run won’t start in earnest until October. Volumes were generally light during the week, with yearlings and butcher cows accounting for much of the activity. Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying said the cow market was coming under
The last few cattle are still headed to pasture as the market takes its annual break.
Livestock Markets, Markets

Culls dominate Manitoba cattle markets

Most facilities are already on summer schedule

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Cull cows accounted for most of the cattle moving through the Manitoba cattle auction yards in mid-June, with facilities already closed for the summer or operating at a reduced schedule. “We’re seeing large volumes of cows come into the market in Manitoba,” said Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying, adding that prices were relatively steady
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Livestock, Markets

Auction marts urged to introduce social distance

Cattle are still flowing through auction marts as scheduled

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The Livestock Markets Association of Canada wants to see more social distance at auction marts in the wake of COVID-19. The association has released an emergency response policy, asking its members to implement social distancing and prevention measures against the virus. “What we are looking at is trying to get a consistent message out to
Live cattle futures drag on local prices
Livestock Markets, Markets

Live cattle futures drag on local prices

Time is the insulator for prices in lighter-weight cattle, for now

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Plummeting live cattle futures put pressure on local heavyweight cattle prices at Manitoba’s cattle auctions during the week ended March 6. Allan Munroe of Killarney Auction Mart noted “a large price slide” between 600- and 800-lb. cattle, as prices for lighter cattle remain strong. Last week, 700- to 800-lb. feeder cattle were priced between $180
Fall cattle run’s launch delayed as rains improve pastures
Livestock Markets, Markets

Fall cattle run’s launch delayed as rains improve pastures

Producers with cull cows may want to sell soon

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Numbers moving through Manitoba’s cattle auction yards are starting to pick up ahead of the fall run, with prices holding firm during the last week of September. “We finally saw decent volumes of calves to establish prices,” said Rick Wright of Heartland Order Buying. “Up until now we’ve had really light deliveries and the market

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