Manitoba Cattle Prices and Head Sold
This data set contains Manitoba market cattle prices and volumes sold at local auction marts.
This data set contains the weekly ranges of prices paid for cattle and volumes sold at Manitoba livestock auction marts in the current year.Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development collects Manitoba market cattle prices from local auction marts, and they are compiled and released weekly. This table contains the highest and lowest prices for different weight and sex categories of cattle and the total number of cattle sold at each auction mart, each week in the current year. Each weekly dataset contains the prices and number of head sold for each sale that occurred from Friday to Thursday (data collection usually occurs on Fridays). Historical data is not presented in this table.This table is used in the Manitoba Cattle Prices and Head Sold dashboard.Fields included (Alias (Field name): Field description.) Week (Week): This is a serial number associated with each week in the current year. Each week contains data related to sales that occurred from Friday to Thursday, i.e. Week 1 of 2021 represents sales between Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 and Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, with the corresponding report published by the department on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.Auction (Auction): This is the location of the auction mart.Parameter (Parameter): This is the data collected from the auction marts. Legend: Head sold: number of head sold  Bull: bulls  D1: D1 or D2 Cows  D3: D3 Cows  H401: heifers weighing 401 to 500 pounds  H501: heifers weighing 501 to 600 pounds  H601: heifers weighing 601 to 700 pounds  H701: heifers weighing 701 to 800 pounds  H801: heifers weighing 801 to 900 pounds  H901: heifers weighing more than 900 pounds  S401: steers weighing 401 to 500 pounds  S501: steers weighing 501 to 600 pounds  S601: steers weighing 601 to 700 pounds  S701: steers weighing 701 to 800 pounds  S801: steers weighing 801 to 900 pounds  S901: steers weighing more than 900 pounds Measure (Measure): The price measure (low or high) indicates whether the price is the lowest or highest for the given category. This is left blank if the parameter is Head sold.Value (Value): This is the number of heads if the parameter is head sold. The price is in Canadian dollars per 100 pounds for other parameters.
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Government of Manitoba
- Licence: OpenMB Information and Data Use License
Data and Resources
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Contact Information
Electronic Mail Address: manitobamaps@gov.mb.ca