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CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD POOL RETURN OUTLOOK (PRO);

PAYMENT; PRICE - IN STORE VANCOUVER / ST. LAWRENCE

		PRO*	PRO**	PRO***	Initial Payment**	Final Price***
		$ per tonne
Wheat	1 CWRS 13.5%	388	388	214	327.85	212.890
	1 CWRS 11.5%	376	383	207	322.60	205.650
	3 CWRS	358	368	198	308.55	196.320
	1 CPS Red	353	354	192	292.15	190.050
	1 CPS White	353	354	192	292.15	190.050
	1 CWES	358	373	201	313.65	198.410
	CW Feed	249	318	180	276.65	176.510
	1 CWRW	348	345	190	287.15	187.430
Durum	1 CWAD 11.5%	453	523	215	477.50	219.390
Barley	1 CW	235	275	198	230.50	187.440
Malt Barley	SSCW 2 Row	360	290	199	265.00	197.020
August-July Crop Year		* Next Crop Year		** This Crop Year		*** Last Crop Year

GRAIN PRICES - IN STORE SASKATOON
		Today	Week Ago	Year Ago
		$ per tonne
Wheat Oats Barley Rye Flax Canola	CW Feed 3 CW 1 CW 1 CW 1 CW 1 Canada	261.15 204.01 196.58 215.40 590.71 542.11	260.45 197.40 194.98 202.68 587.98 546.93	136.19 167.01 140.79 112.17 286.68 338.52

U.S. GRAIN PRICES - ON RAIL MINNEAPOLIS
		Today	Week Ago	Year Ago
		$ U.S. per tonne - midpoint of range
Wheat Durum Oats Barley Corn Rye Soybeans	1 DNS 14% 1 HRW 12% 1 Milling 2 Malting 70% 2 Feed 2 Yellow 1 1	434.95 378.92 278.68 332.99 245.72 214.95 447.54	422.83 379.65 259.73 332.99 245.72 215.05 453.79	205.95 195.11 181.88 202.09 156.16 133.56 137.79 252.61

SPECIALTY CROP PRICES - SASKATCHEWAN PLANTS
		Today	Week Ago	Year Ago
No. 1 Canada		$ per cwt
Mustard Sunflower Lentils Chickpeas Canary Seed Field Peas	Brown Yellow Oriental Oilseed Large Green Small Green Medium Green French Green Red Desi Kabuli 9mm Green Yellow Feed	42.17 60.17 38.17 19.99 36.75 28.44 31.31 24.50 40.35 26.35 35.00 29.10 10.75 10.00 4.90	42.17 60.17 38.17 19.99 34.31 25.63 30.31 24.50 39.45 26.35 35.00 28.60 $ per bushel 10.50 10.00 4.90	19.50 22.17 16.17 16.86 16.56 15.31 14.69 13.27 18.56 24.13 34.50 16.80 6.55 7.13 3.90

CATTLE PRICES
		Yesterday	Week Ago	Year Ago
		$ per cwt - midpoint of range
A Steers D 1,2 Cows 700-800 lb. Feeder Steers 500-600 lb. Feeder Steers	Saskatchewan Alberta Ontario Nebraska ($ U.S.) Saskatchewan Alberta Ontario South Dakota ($ U.S.) Saskatchewan Alberta Ontario Saskatchewan Alberta Ontario	89.65 91.45 85.44 40.00 46.75 47.36 56.00 93.32 96.21 97.20 103.75 106.35 103.17	90.10 91.56 87.02 92.27 40.00 49.25 43.88 54.50 94.03 94.70 94.03 104.23 105.85 101.53	102.05 109.21 97.08 37.50 42.75 49.89 59.25 107.28 110.59 116.19 124.33 125.32 123.94

ALBERTA RAILGRADE PRICES
		Yesterday	Week Ago	Year Ago
		$ per cwt - midpoint of range
A Steers A Heifers	F.O.B. Plant F.O.B. Plant	151.93 151.93	151.83 151.50	169.15 169.45

HOG PRICES
		Yesterday	Week Ago	Year Ago
		$ per 100 kilograms - midpoint of range
Index 100 Sows	Saskatchewan Iowa($ U.S.) Saskatchewan	139.00 168.54	136.00 161.71	142.00 158.34 67.00

EXCHANGE RATE
	Yesterday	Week Ago	Year Ago
United States (Cdn $) Canada (U.S. $)	1.0070 0.9930	1.0072 0.9929	1.1055 0.9046