Market Reports

Butcher cows traded barely steady this week to $1 lower. Top cows were $103. Bulls were also barely steady this week on limited selection, as good bulls topped out at $131. Feeder cattle traded all over the board this week as good quality steers and heifers were fully steady with good demand. Any cattle that were fleshy, plainer, late castrated, or horned were discounted quite heavily.  Grass weight cattle that are fully weaned and carrying light flesh out sell fall calves with extra flesh by as much as $20 cwt. Producers must be wary not to throw too much feed at calves that are still nursing. Nothing stings more than pouring expensive feed into their calves only to get discounted heavily on fat grass weight cattle. From our sheep and goat sale on Wednesday May 18th we saw lambs trade sharply lower on all classes. This drop echoed what was going on in the Eastern markets as well. 
***Any producers that experienced higher than normal mortality rates through our spring storms are asked to contact the Manitoba Beef Producers so they can get an estimate on death loss, so they can assess the situation and possibly lobby for government assistance. 

***WE REMIND PRODUCERS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL NEW REGULATIONS ON SAFE AND HUMANE TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS TO BE AWARE OF.  CULL COWS WITH PEAK LACTATION AND LARGE UDDERS ARE CONSIDERED COMPROMISED UNDER THESE NEW RULES. ALSO ANY ANIMALS THAT ARE LAME, BLIND, CARRYING RUPTURES ARE ALSO CONSIDERED COMPROMISED. SUCH ANIMALS WILL B TO FINES IF DETECTED BY CFIA AT ALL AUCTION MARKETS. 
Please see the following regulations to know what is permitted.

https://inspection.canada.ca/animal-health/humane-transport/eng/1300460032193/1300460096845

 ****WINNIPEG LIVESTOCK SALES WILL NOW BE BACK TO NORMAL AS FAR AS COVID REGULATIONS. 

 If you are wanting someone to come look at your cattle then please call one of our field reps and we would be more than willing to come give you an idea on value. 

 WINNIPEG LIVESTOCK SALES PREMISE ID NUMBER IS: MB1023781

Horned cattle are beginning to be discounted more and more all the time. If you want your cattle to bring a premium price they must be horn free.

If you are planning on selling calves in the next month or so, please call ahead to book your cattle with us. If we know how many cattle are coming it allows us to inform buyers so they can have adequate trucks available.

 THE LINK TO PRINT YOUR OWN LIVESTOCK MANIFESTS IS AS FOLLOWS...http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/livestock/livestock-manifest.html

 A REMINDER TO PRODUCERS TO GET YOUR PREMISE ID NUMBERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS GOING TO BECOME MANDATORY IN 2020. ALL PRODUCERS WILL NEED TO FILL OUT MANIFESTS WHENEVER THEY TRANSPORT CATTLE FROM HOME TO EITHER AUCTION MARTS OR PASTURES. THESE MANIFESTS WILL HAVE TO INCLUDE YOUR PREMISE ID NUMBERS AS PART OF THE NEW NATIONAL TRACIBILITY PROGRAM.

Please contact: Manitobe Premise ID Program-204-945-7684 or email traceability@gov.mb.ca

You can also vist their website www.manitoba.ca/agriculture/pid