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Fed steers, heifers sell on active trade
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending May
6 were 1,611 cattle and 560 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on an active trade at
prices steady to last week's market.
Fancier cattle sold $162 to $165 with
sales to $175.50. Choice steers and
heifers sold $152 to $156. Second
cut sold $148 to $152. Cows sold on
a selective demand at steady prices.
On Thursday beef calves sold steady
to last week's strong market while
holstein calves sold barely steady.
Lambs sold higher, sheep sold barely
steady while goats sold steady. On
Friday calves and yearlings sold on a
strong active trade at higher prices.
Shelley Smith of Brussels,
consigned 16 steers that averaged
1,552 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $161.76. One limousin steer
weighed 1,575 lbs. and sold to
Cargill Meat Solutions for $175.50.
Lexi Smith of Brussels, consigned
two steers that averaged 1,473 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$157.51. One black steer weighed
1,530 lbs. and sold to Cargill Meat
Solutions for $164.
Southlore Farms Inc. of
Palmerston, consigned 12 heifers
that averaged 1,430 lbs. and sold for
an average price of $152.22. One
blonde heifer weighed 1,435 lbs. and
sold to Norwich Packers for $169.
George Roney of Staffa,
consigned 15 heifers that averaged
1,328 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $152.14. Two
limousin heifers averaged 1,435 lbs.
and sold to Ryding Regency
for an average price of $166.
There were 250 cows on offer.
Export types sold $88 to $91 with
sales to $92; beef, $98 to $108 with
sales to $114; D1 and D2, $88 to
$92; D3, $82 to $87; D4, $70 to $80.
Art Bos of Blyth, consigned one
pied cow that weighed 1,130 lbs. and
sold for $114.
There were seven bulls selling
$107 to $127. Jamie Irwin of
Lucknow, consigned one simmental
bull that weighed 2,260 lbs. and sold
for $127.
There were 110 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $140 to $230 with
sales to $263; good holsteins, $117
to $125 with sales to $127.50;
medium holsteins, $105 to $115; Si
heavy holsteins, $115 to $125; heavy
holsteins, $105 to $120; plain
holsteins, $90 to $100. Mark M.
Martin of Teeswater, consigned four
heifers that averaged 850 lbs. and
sold for an average price of $232.15.
One blue heifer weighed 830 lbs.
and sold for $263. Paul B. Bowman
of Lucknow, consigned four heifers
that averaged 880 lbs. and sold for
an average price of $191.30. One
limousin heifer weighed 835 lbs. and
sold for $206.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $329 to
$420; 50 - 64 lbs., $329 to $358; 65
- 79 lbs., $307 to $332; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$298 to $309; 95 - 110 lbs., $282 to
$287 / lb.
Sheep sold $80 to $125 / lb.
Goats: kids sold $200 to $440;
nannies, $80 to $140; billies, $150 to
$300 / lb.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $224 to $240; 400 - 499
lbs., $231 to $244; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$216 to $232; 600 - 699 lbs., $191 to
$235; 700 - 799 lbs., $179 to $190;
800 - 899 lbs., $177 to $185; 900 -
999 lbs., $166 to $177; 1,000 lbs.
and over, $159 to $171.
Top quality stocker heifers, 400 -
499 lbs., sold $182 to $214; 500 -
599 lbs., $180 to $196; 600 - 699
lbs., $177 to $200; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$168 to $179; 800 - 899 lbs., $167 to
$180; 900 lbs. and over, $161 to
$171. Miller Farms Inc., consigned
13 charolais heifers that averaged
928 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $171. Andrew Weber of
Val Gagne, consigned 57 steers.
Ten black steers averaged 905 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$177.
Residents push for Canada Company Road patting
Residents of Canada Company
Road in Walton, feeling their first
request for paving had been glossed
over, returned to Huron East Council
on May 3 to present a more detailed
case.
Cheryl Ryan, accompanied by
Graeme Craig, spoke to council
regarding the condition of the road.
She also wanted to ensure council
realized that the request to pave
Canada Company Road was coming
from the road's residents, not the
International Plowing Match (IPM)
2017 committee, although the
committee is behind the request,
since the road factors heavily into
next year's match.
Ryan referred to comments made
by councillors at the previous
meeting she felt were dismissive of
the request. On the two -and -a -half -
mile stretch of road being discussed,
she said, there are businesses and 13
tax -paying families that deserve the
best from their municipality.
She also cited that Canada
Company Road is the only non -
paved concession in the former
McKillop Township, leading her
fellow residents to look down upon
those who live on the road.
After being silent for 10 years,
Ryan said, she felt it was time that
the residents of Canada Company
Road be heard and that they be
treated as well as their fellow
McKillop residents.
Ryan reiterated many points made
by Craig at council's final April
meeting, saying that the road is
largely unsafe and
unaccommodating to two-way
traffic. With the IPM set to take
place on the road next year, the
municipality should want to jump at
the chance to put its best foot
forward with Canada Company
Road.
In a report presented to council
that night, Public Works Director
Barry Mills outlined a number of
discussions and measures he hoped
to take in the coming year to
improve the quality of the road.
None of them, however, included
paving, which dismayed the Canada
Company Road residents.
Further to his report, Mills said
that if the decision to pave the road
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The final countdown
The 2017 International Plowing Match is right around the corner, so fittingly it was time to
unveil the match's sign at the site of Jack Ryan's farm, just south of Walton. Dignitaries and
members of the committee were on hand to help do the honours, including, from left: Huron
County Princess Emily Terpstra, Queen of the Furrow Kate Higgins, Huron -Bruce MP Ben
Lobb and match host Jack Ryan. (vlckyBremnerpnoto)
was made that day, Canada
Company Road would still not be
paved in time for the match, as work
would have to be done this year, then
it would have to be left to settle for a
year before it could be paved in
2018.
Mayor Bernie MacLellan assured
the residents that they were not
ignored or dismissed after Craig's
first presentation. Council was
simply gathering more information
before a decision was made, which
is its policy.
In Mills' report, he outlined 12
steps he plans to take improve the
road ahead of the 2017 IPM:
• Removal of stumps in the main
events area (completed)
• Clean-up of sticks and scrub
brush along road ditches (in
progress)
• Central Huron was contacted
about dead trees along Division Line
and they agreed to look after the
dead trees and remove limbs from
Division Line from County Road 12
to Hullett-McKillop Road
• Make Canada Company Road
between County Road 12 and
Roxboro Line the same width of 22
feet and make the intersection of
Roxboro Line and Canada Company
Road more accessible
• Apply gravel and dust
suppressant to Canada Company
Road from County Road 12 to
Roxboro Line this year and in 2017
apply only dust suppressant
• Replace two 24 -foot culverts on
Canada Company Road
• Install temporary lanes using
Brussels Livestock
is pleased to host the
2016 Canadian
Livestock
Auctioneer's
Competition
on
Friday, May 13th
beginning at
10:00 am
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stock -piled material
• Wood chips from the compost
site will be available for the plowing
match
• Replace a culvert at Canada
Company Road and Division Line
• Provide access to water from the
Seaforth filling station and make the
Brussels sewage treatment plant
available for RV sewage pumping
• Make staff available closer to the
event for on-site preparation fencing
(which will involve all public works
staff in Huron County)
• Plowing Match personnel will
co-ordinate signage and control
traffic flow during the event.
Mills said that rough estimates for
a mile -and -a -quarter of road would
be approximately $150,000 to grade
and prepare and another $150,000 to
pave. That would need to be doubled
to cover the two -and -a -half -mile
stretch, estimating that the
project could cost approximately
$600,000.
Councillor Kevin Wilbee
applauded the group on its
presentation, saying he agreed with
everything Ryan and Craig said. He
also acknowledged that the group's
request is most certainly one that
council should be taking seriously.
Wilbee then made a motion asking
that Mills prepare a report for the
next meeting in regards to the
logistics of paving the road in the
near future.
Mills was directed to prepare a
report on the cost and schedule of
potentially paving the road for the
May 17 meeting of council.
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