This table is used in the Manitoba Cattle Prices and Head Sold dashboard.
Fields included (Alias (Field name): Field description.)
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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.
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Auction (Auction): This is the location of the auction mart.
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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
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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.
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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.