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Feeder Steer Prices In Saskatchewan Moving Upward In Latest Weekly Update

 
Feeder cattle prices were mixed across Saskatchewan during the past week.
 
Provincial livestock economist Brad Marceniuk says feeder steer prices were mainly higher and feeder heifer prices primarily lower this past week.
 
Benchmark feeder steers in the 500 to 600 pound category were up 2 dollars 21 cents to average 203 dollars 50 cents per hundredweight.
 
The largest loss in the feeder heifer category was 7 dollars 43 cents in the 300 to 400 pound weight range.
 
Source : CKRM

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