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Calves, yearlings sell on strong trade
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending July 7
were 992 cattle and 531 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold steady. Choice steers
and heifers sold $163 to $167 with a
high of $168.75. Second cut sold
$159 to $163. Cows sold steady. On
Thursday veal calves sold on a good
active trade at prices $2 to $3 higher.
Beef calves sold steady. Lambs sold
lower. Goats and sheep sold steady.
On Friday calves and yearlings sold
on a strong active trade at steady
prices.
William J. Scott of Harriston,
consigned eight head that averaged
1,654 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $158.03. Two steers
averaged 1,585 lbs. and sold for
$168. Francis Riley of Walkerton,
consigned nine head that averaged
1,563 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $162.39. One red steer
weighed 1,660 lbs. and sold for
$167.
Lyle Kinsman of Kippen,
consigned six heifers that averaged
1,268 lbs. and sold for $164.01. Two
heifers averaged 1,388 lbs. and sold
for $168.75. Connell Farms of
Palmerston, consigned 13 heifers
that averaged 1,382 lbs. and sold for
$164.39. Eight black heifers
averaged 1,319 lbs. and sold for
$167.75.
There were 160 cows on offer.
Export types sold $89 to $93; beef,
$103 to $109; D1 and D2, $95 to
$101; D3, $88 to $93; D4, $80 to
$85. Premier Blues of Dublin,
consigned one bwf cow that weighed
1,520 lbs. and sold for $125.
There were 12 bulls selling
$108.50 to $144. Joe Cooper of
Great Village, NS, consigned one
charolais bull that weighed 1,755
lbs. and sold for $144.
There were 225 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $138 to $180 with
sales to $181; good holsteins, $120
to $131 with sales to $136.50; Sl
heavy holsteins, $115 to $122; heavy
holsteins, $115 to $120; medium
holsteins, $110 to $119. Lamar Frey
of Listowel, consigned six head that
averaged 843 lbs. and sold for
$162.91. One limousin heifer
weighed 800 lbs. and sold for $181.
Jim Maw of Forest, consigned four
head that averaged 854 lbs. and sold
for $162.84. One blue steer weighed
840 lbs. and sold for $179. Larry
Graul of Walkerton, consigned two
holstein steers that averaged 718 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$132.21. One holstein steer weighed
710 lbs. and sold for $136.50.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $232 to
$292; 50 - 64 lbs., $247 to $281; 65
- 79 lbs., $239 to $265; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$236 to $251; 95 - 109 lbs., $235 to
$255; 110 lbs. and over, $227 to
$232 / lb.
Sheep sold $138 to $162 / lbs.
Goats: kids - dairy sold $195 to
$265; meat, $280 to $320; nannies,
$80 to $150; billies, $150 to $300 /
lb.
Top quality stocker steers 400 -
499 lbs. sold $194 to $250; 500 - 599
lbs., $226 to $238; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$168 to $182; 700 - 799 lbs., $190 to
$196; 800 - 899 lbs., $180 to $187;
900 - 999 lbs., $178 to $190; 1,000
lbs. and over, $165 to $170.
Top quality stocker heifers, 400 -
499 lbs. sold $209 to $215; 500 - 599
lbs., $219 to $224; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$207 to $211; 700 - 799 lbs., $183 to
$197; 800 - 899 lbs., $173 to $178;
900 lbs. and over, $159 to $166.
Lowell Biehn of Milverton,
consigned nine head that averaged
688 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $196.23. Four red heifers
averaged 595 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $224. James and
Dale Butler of Croton, consigned 44
head that averaged 857 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$178.97.
Six black steers averaged 906 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$187.50.
Knott briefs Blyth BIA on G2G maintenance issues
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
North Huron Councillor Bill Knott
is concerned that the organizing
group behind the Goderich-to-
Guelph (G2G) Rail Trail is not
maintaining its lands.
At the Blyth Business
Improvement Area (BIA) meeting
on July 5, Knott expressed his
concern with the fact that North
Huron no longer had stewardship of
the former Greenway Trail, which is
now part of the G2G trail.
"G2G was supposed to contact us
for maintaining the property the trail
is on," he said at the BIA meeting.
"They are supposed to pay us to
maintain it."
Aside from his concerns with the
lack of communication from G2G
Inc., Knott also pointed out that the
gates that had been installed on the
trail had been breached, which
resulted in motorized vehicles such
as ATVs, UTVs and mini -bikes on
the trail over the Canada Day
weekend.
"Those vehicles made their way
into the village," he said. "Many of
the people on them were not
properly situated or not of a legal
age to be operating the vehicles on
roadways."
Unlike some of its neighbouring
municipalities, North Huron does
not allow ATVs on its roadways. The
same stance is held by Huron
County, meaning there should be no
minibikes, ATVs or UTVs on the
road.
Provincial law also bars such
vehicles from being operated on
trails like the G2G.
Knott said some of the operators
he observed were not of legal age
and attributed the presence of some
off-road vehicles in the village to the
trail, which was recently cleaned up
for the summer season.
"It's much cleaner now, which
means that, with the gate open,
people operating these vehicles were
'Fest breakfast
In a year filled with celebrations around Canada's 150th anniversary, the Clinton Kinsmen and
Kinettes spared no effort in making this year's PIucKIN'Fest one for the ages, including all the
fan favourites like the street dance and parade as well as a breakfast put on by members of
the Central Huron Fire Department, shown above. (Shawn Lou
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able to safely use the trail," he said.
Knott said he has brought the
issue to the attention of North
Huron staff.
Lack of progress on new
trail frustrates council
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Huron County Council is
frustrated with the lack of progress
on the Port -to -Point Trail proposal
and wants some more information
before assigning county staff to the
project.
Con Melady and Maureen Aunger,
secretary and president of the Port -
to -Point Trail Association
respectively, spoke to Huron County
Council at its July 5 meeting.
Melady told councillors that the
association is operating with very
little money and has been at work
since 2010 on the trail that would
run from Goderich along Hwy. 21 to
Point Farms five kilometres north of
the town.
He said that the approval stage of
the trail development will cost over
$100,000, but that between the full
development of the trail and
promoting it to the community, the
budget is nearly $1.5 million.
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
(ACW) had been a champion for the
trail in its early stages, said Reeve
Ben Van Diepenbeek, but in recent
years the council's representative at
the board level has resigned due to a
lack of progress with the trail,
saying he would return to the group
if things started happening.
The township had committed
funds to the project for a number of
years, but was questioning the
project. ACW had budgeted $17,500
for the trail in 2017, but had yet to
release the funds because of their
concerns.
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Melady admitted that those behind
the trail weren't where they hoped
they would be after seven years, but
he was asking the county to dedicate
a staff member to help find funding
opportunities. He cited the
Goderich-to-Guelph Rail Trail,
saying that because it's part of the
provincial system, that trail has
more funding available to it than the
Port -to -Point Trail does, making it
more difficult for them.
Goderich Mayor Kevin Morrison
voiced similar frustration as the
ACW representatives, asking if any
fundraising events had been held or
if any effort had been made to reach
out to the community or potential
users of the trail. Melady, however,
said he felt the future of the trail
should be secure and approvals
should be in -hand before they begin
asking for money from the general
public.
While most councillors were clear
about their concerns with the
project, council requested that staff
prepare a report on the request and
reach out to those behind the trail for
further information.
Chief Administrative Officer
Brenda Orchard said the report
could be prepared for the
Wednesday, Aug. 2 committee of the
whole meeting in Goderich.
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