Three special spring replacement cattle sales last week helped boost the number of animals sold in the province.
Beef Farmers of Ontario reports just over 72 hundred head on offer on the week – up about 35 hundred from the previous week and 13 hundred more than a year ago.
BFO says at least 7 more special spring sales are scheduled over the next couple of weeks.
Auction markets reported yearling cattle selling steady to stronger while grass weight cattle sold 5 to 10 dollars higher than the previous week.
The 722 fed steers and heifers sold in Ontario last week were up 52 from the week before, 134 more than in 2014.
The average fed steer price was just over 200 dollars, down 2.61 from the previous week, just over 49 dollars higher than last year.
Fed heifers averaged 197.53, up 2.48 on the week, almost 18 dollars higher on the year.
Ontario rail grade prices averaged 3.50 stronger than the previous week, almost 79 dollars higher than last year.
Just over 18 hundred cull cows were sold in Ontario last week – up slightly from the previous week but over 500 fewer than a year ago.
The 122.06 average price was down a dollar 80 from the previous week, over 31 dollars higher than the same week in 2014.
Source : blackburnnews