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As of October 3, 2025

**DUE TO CANADA POST STRIKING AGAIN, WE WILL NOT BE PUTTING CHEQUES IN THE MAIL. CHEQUES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PICK UP 7 DAYS A WEEK AT THE RECEIVING SHACK AT THE UNLOADING AREA.
Butcher cows traded $2 higher this week. Top end cows were in the $216-227 range.  Dairy cows were steady, in the $182-192 range on good quality. Good bulls were fully steady this week trading in the $250-256 range. Feeder cattle traded with excellent demand once again this week.  The calves are starting to come to town to fill that void in the yearling population. Each week will see more and more calves come to town as community pastures start to clear out. Calves  sold with excellent demand on all classes. Good light steer calves continue to flirt with the $10 mark.

**We have our special Charolais Feeder Sale coming up on Friday October 10th. There's already a few top quality consignors shipping for this sale.

**Our next special Holstein sale will be on Friday, October 17. 

**WINNIPEG LIVESTOCK SALES IS A TEAM AUCTION REP AND WE WOULD LOVE TO REPRESENT YOUR CATTLE ON LARGE EVEN GROUPS OF TOP QUALITY CATTLE.

 ***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 THES NEW RULES. ALSO ANY ANIMALS THAT ARE LAME, BLIND, CARRYING RUPTURES ARE ALSO CONSIDERED COMPROMISED. SUCH ANIMALS WILL BE SUBJECT 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

 

 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

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