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The cattle markets reporting a drop this week

Manitoba's weekly report shows feeder steer prices dropped off with the biggest drop of $41.79 recorded for the 401 to 500 pound steers for an average price of $423.21
Feeder heifers also saw a drop in all weight categories other than the 401 to 500 pound girls which saw a price increase of $10.75  to $353

The slaughter cow price also seeing a drop in Manitoba with the average price for D1-D2 's coming in at $132.14 and $112.50 for D3's

In Saskatchewan, feeder steer prices ranged from $486.81 for the 300-400lb weights to $311.38 for the 900+lb category  The largest price increase was seen in the 500-600lb 
weight category, with prices improving $20.83 per cwt over the previous week.   The feeder heifer prices ranged from $437.83 for the 300-400lb to $298.88 for the 800+lb weight category.

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