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In Manitoba, feeder steer and heifer prices took a hit for the week ending May 12th.

The biggest drop for the feeder steers was in the 401 to 500 pound category down $9.54 for an average price of $347.00 per cwt, while the biggest gain was $2.66 in the 701-800 pound category for an average price of $286.95 per cwt.

Feeder heifer prices all took a hit last week with the biggest drop in the feeder heifers with 401 to 500 pound heifers dropping $10.96 for an average price of $292.04 per cwt. 

D1-D2 cows had a 54 cent increase for an average price of $137.75 per cwt, D3 cows were down $1 for an average weekly price of $120.38 per cwt, and slaughter bulls were down 29 cents for an average of $153.58 per cwt.

In Saskatchewan, feeder steer prices were mixed with prices ranging from $348.67 per cwt for the 300-400 pound category to $249.75 per cwt for the 900+ pound category.

The average weekly prices for feeder heifers ranged from $327.17 per cwt  for the 400-50 pound weight category to $248.15  per cwt for the 800+pound  category.

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Dr. Jay Calvert, Research Director with Zoetis, recently spoke to The Pig Site’s Sarah Mikesell at the 2023 Leman Swine Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, about his conference presentation on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus recombination.

“The number one problem in PRRS these days from a vaccine point of view is the emergence of new strains of PRRS. Since the beginning, we have had new strains and a lot of diversity,” said Dr. Jay Calvert. “We thought we knew it was all about mutation changes in amino acids and the individual strains over time, but they take on new characteristics.”

With the onset of more common whole genome sequencing and recombination analysis, Dr. Calvert says there is another mechanism, and recombination seems to be a key factor.