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Saskatchewan Cattle Prices Move Down In Latest Provincial Update

 
Feeder cattle prices in Saskatchewan were mainly moving down during the past week.
 
Brad Marceniuk, provincial livestock economist, says feeder steer prices were down in all but the light-weight category.
 
Feeder steer prices were down on average almost six dollars per hundredweight.
The biggest drop was 10 dollars 77 cents per hundredweight in the 400 to 500 pound category.
 
Feeder heifers were also moving down in almost all categories, dropping on average 9 dollars per hundredweight.
Feeder heifers were down as much as 12 dollars 38 cents.
 
Marketings across Saskatchewan totalled over 87 hundred head, a rise of about 200 from the week before.
 
Source : CKRM

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