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US Trade- Steers

Live: 240.00 (NE, IA)
Rail: 372.00-373.00 (NE, IA)

US Trade - Heifers

Live: 240.00 (NE, IA)
Rail: 372.00-373.00 (IA, NE)

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February 7, 2021 Business Tools

What We’re Reading | Alberta Farm Builds Labour Diversity into its Core

Country Guide by Lorraine Stevenson

The sun is barely up but VRP Farms Ltd., a half hour north of Lethbridge, is already humming. Pen riders saddle their horses and barn labourers are shipping, sorting and processing. Feed drivers put their trucks in gear, operators of high hoes and manure trucks shuttle about the site, and truck drivers back up to the chutes to begin loading cattle.

At the farm shop in nearby Iron Springs, welders and mechanics have started their daily rounds too, fixing, repairing and maintaining the farm’s extensive machinery, mills and other infrastructure.

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Updated: October 17, 2025

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Choice Steers

Live: 240.00 (NE, IA)
Rail: 372.00-373.00 (NE, IA)

Choice Heifers

Live: 240.00 (NE, IA)
Rail: 372.00-373.00 (IA, NE)

Boner Cows

Over 500 lbs: 307.97

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Livestock Price Insurance Index

Expiry Fed Feeder Calf
09-Feb-26 318 502 --
09-Mar-26 318 498 --
06-Apr-26 320 494 --
04-May-26 328 498 --
01-June-26 334 500 --
29-June-26 328 490 --
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