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Cattle Prices Mixed This Past Week Across Saskatchewan

 
Feeder cattle prices across Saskatchewan were mixed this past week.
 
Provincial livestock economist Brad Marceniuk says feeder steer prices were mixedc, dropping 3 dollars in the lightweight category and rising almost five dollars in the 600 to 700 pound category.
 
The benchmark 500 to 600 pound steers rose 15 cents to average 218 dollars 90 cents per hundredweight.
 
Feeder heifer prices were mainly lower last week.
 
The only price gain was in the 600 to 700 pound category.
 
Marketings across Saskatchewan were 17 thousand 200 head for the week, up 4 thousand head from the previous week.
 
Source : CKRM

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