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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-01-03, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2013. PAGE 11. Total receipts for Brussels Livestock for the week ending Dec. 28 were 1,212 cattle, 230 lambs and goats. On Thursday veal sold on a strong active trade with holstein veal calves up $2 to $3 from last week and beef veal calves up $2 to $5. Lambs sold steady. Sheep sold steady on an active trade, while there were not enough to establish a market with the goats. On Friday calves sold on a strong active trade and yearlings sold $2 to $3 higher. There were 94 head of veal on offer. Beef sold $110 to $165 with sales to $169; good holsteins, $100 to $110 with sales to $111; medium holsteins, $90 to $100; heavy holsteins, $100 to $105. Lamar Frey of Listowel, consigned nine veal averaging 734 lbs. selling for an average of $142.17 with one limousin steer weighing 730 lbs. selling for $169. Lawrence Brubacher of Harriston, consigned 11 veal averaging 784 lbs. selling for an average or $133.57 with one limousin steer weighing 780 lbs. selling for $148. Ervin W. Shantz of Wallenstein, consigned one blonde heifer weighing 750 lbs. selling for $145. Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $162 to $189; 65 - 79 lbs., $135 to $181; 80 - 94 lbs., $119 to $134; 94 - 109 lbs., $120 to $126; 110 lbs. and over, $121 to $138. Sheep sold $70 to $90 with sales to $110. Goats: kids sold $40 to $115 per head. Top quality stocker steers, 400 - 499 lbs. sold $147 to $176.75; 500 - 599 lbs., $120 to $176; 600 - 699 lbs., $133.50 to $165; 700 - 799 lbs., $145 to $148.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $127 to $146; 900 - 999 lbs., $129.50 to $144.50; 1,000 lbs. and over, $126 to $130. Top quality stocker heifers, 300 - 399 lbs. sold $127 to $154.50; 500 - 599 lbs., $121 to $147; 600 - 699 lbs., $118 to $132; 700 - 799 lbs., $124 to $134; 800 - 899 lbs., $124.75 to $136.50; 900 lbs. and over, $118.50 to $129.50. Total receipts for Brussels Livestock for the week ending Dec. 21 were 2,077 cattle, 1,284 lambs and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and heifers sold $2 higher. Choice steers and heifers sold $115 to $123 with sales to $135. Second cut sold $110 to $114. Cows sold steady. On Thursday a large run of top quality beef veal calves traded under pressure at prices $3 to $5 lower. Holstein calves sold $1 to $3 easier. Heavy lambs, sheep, billy and nanny goats all sold steady. Light lambs sold under pressure due to the week’s decline and kid goats sold on an active trade. On Friday calves and yearlings sold steady. Henry Kanters of Elmwood, consigned four steers averaging 1,390 lbs. selling for an average of $125.80 with one blue steer weighing 1,445 lbs. selling for $132.50. Norm Stewart of Mount Forest, consigned two steers averaging 1,548 lbs. selling for an average of $122.08 with one charolais steer weighing 1,445 lbs. selling to Horizon Meat Packers for $127.25. K/C McAlpine of Alisa Craig, consigned eight steers averaging 1,588 lbs. selling for an average of $121.49 with three charolais steers averaging 1,550 lbs. selling to Horizon Meat Packers for $122.75. Nathan Pentland of Goderich, consigned one red steer weighing 1,650 lbs. selling to Ryding Regency for $119.50. William Pentland of Goderich, consigned one red steer weighing 1,765 lbs. selling to St. Helens’ Meat Packers for $119.25. George Weber of Harriston, consigned four steers averaging 1,596 lbs. selling for an average of $114.59 with one black steer weighing 1,435 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $118.25. Frank Foran of Lucknow, consigned three steers averaging 1,328 lbs. selling for an average of $118.23 with two crossbred steers averaging 1,350 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $117.75. Aaron F. Martin of Newton, consigned 11 heifers averaging 1,424 lbs. selling for an average of $125.48 with one grey heifer weighing 1,465 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $135. David Bowles of Brussels, consigned one grey heifer weighing 1,440 lbs. selling to Horizon Meat Packers for $127. David Brubacher of Mount Forest, consigned six heifers averaging 1,295 lbs. selling for an average of $113 with one limousin heifer weighing 1,215 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $124.50. Southlore Farms of Palmerston, consigned nine heifers averaging 1,282 lbs. selling for an average of $118.53 with one charolais heifer weighing 1,275 lbs. selling for $124.25. Robert Stewart of Mount Forest, consigned 18 heifers averaging 1,394 lbs. selling for an average of $115.82 with one gold heifer weighing 1,510 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $122. Martin Metske of Lucknow, consigned 24 heifers averaging 1,387 lbs. selling for an average $117.59 with 13 black heifers averaging 1,348 lbs. selling for $118.50. Matthew Weber of Mount Forest, consigned 11 heifers averaging 1,413 lbs. selling for an average of $116.02 with three crossbred heifers averaging 1,497 lbs. selling to St. Helen’s Meat Packers for $117.25. John A. Clark of Ridgetown, consigned six heifers averaging 1,186 lbs. selling for an average of $112.33 with one black heifer weighing 1,325 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $117.25. There were 393 cows on offer. Export types sold $53 to $65 with sales to $65.50; beef, $58.50 to $67.50 with sales to $69; D1 and D2, $48 to $54; D3 $45 to $47; D4, $37 to $47. John VanLoo of Bluevale, consigned three cows averaging 1,615 lbs. selling for an average of $64.74 with one limousin cow weighing 1,670 lbs. selling for $69. John Sinclair of Clinton, consigned five cows averaging 1,406 lbs. selling for an average of $60.29 with one black cow weighing 1,250 lbs. selling for $69. Dave Gibson of Ripley, consigned three cows averaging 1,455 lbs. selling for an average of $67.50 with one black cow weighing 1,335 lbs. selling for $67.50. There were 10 bulls selling $64.50 to $68.50 with sales to $75.50. Matthew Bros. of Durham, consigned one holstein bull weighing 1,910 lbs. selling for $75.50. Tony and Joanne Los of Atwood, consigned one holstein bull weighing 1,775 lbs. selling for $75.50. There were 164 head of veal on offer. Beef sold $110 to $160 with sales to $168; good holsteins, $98 to $105 with sales to $106.50; medium holsteins, $90 to $100; heavy holsteins, $100 to $110. Peter EM Martin of Linwood, consigned 10 veal averaging 747 lbs. selling for an average of $132.76 with one blue steer weighing 730 lbs. selling for $168. Lamar Frey of Listowel, consigned 16 veal averaging 736 lbs. selling for an average of $142.89 with four limousin steers averaging 728 lbs. selling for $160. Norm Stewart of Mount Forest, consigned eight veal averaging 783 lbs. selling for an average of $127.39 with one black heifer weighing 835 lbs. selling for $150. Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $170 to $259; 50 - 64 lbs., $165 to $260; 65 - 79 lbs., $139 to $206; 80 - 94 lbs., $121 to $140; 95 - 109 lbs., $116 to $136; 110 lbs. and over, $113 to $130. Sheep sold $50 to $80 with sales to $100. Goats: kids sold $75 to $110 with sales to $160 per head; nannies, $50 to $122 per head; billies, $150 to $300 with sales to $350 per head. Top quality stocker steers under 400 lbs. sold $125 to $167; 400 - 499 lbs., $131 to $175; 500 - 599 lbs., $119 to $174; 600 - 699 lbs., $116 to $165; 700 - 799 lbs., $123 to $155.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $121 to $147; 900 - 999 lbs., $120 to $145; 1,000 lbs. and over, $112 to $138.50. Top quality stocker heifers under 300 lbs. sold $106 to $132; 300 - 399 lbs., $106 to $177; 400 - 499 lbs., $107 to $151; 500 - 599 lbs., $109 to $153; 600 - 699 lbs., $102 to $138.50; 700 - 799 lbs., $107.50 to $136.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $117 to $144; 900 lbs. and over, $118.50 to $129.50. It may be your neighbour. It may be a group or company in your community. Someone may be helping to protect the quality or quantity of your local water, or planting trees, or finding other ways to keep your lake, rivers, streams, soil and living things healthy. You can say thank you by filling out a nomination form for an annual conservation award. Ausable Bayfield Conservation invites you to nominate a person, organization, or business, working in Ausable Bayfield watersheds, as conservationist of the year. “This award is one way we can thank people or groups in the community who are creating awareness and taking positive action,” said Tom Prout, General Manager and Secretary Treasurer of Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). Nominations will be accepted until Jan. 31. The nomination form is available at the Ausable Bayfield office east of Exeter or online at abca.on.ca or http://www.abca.on.ca/page.php?pa ge=conservation-award Call 519-235-2610 or toll-free 1- 888-286-2610 if you would like more information. The Conservationist of the Year will be named at an annual early- evening awards ceremony hosted by the ABCA Board of Directors on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Ironwood Golf Club on Morrison Line, just east of Exeter. The local conservation organization has presented this award to deserving people or groups every year for close to 30 years. The award recognizes people or organizations from the watershed community who have demonstrated outstanding conservation achievements. Their positive actions may be improving forest conditions, bettering local water quality and quantity, supporting environmental education, implementing best management practices, restoring wetlands, or protecting fish and wildlife habitat. Landowners and organizations help keep your natural environment healthy. Now you can honour that individual, business, family, or organization by nominating them as the Conservationist of the Year. Last year’s Conservationist of the Year winners were Joan and John Love, of the Grand Bend area, and Ann and Bill Phelan, from north of Bayfield. To be eligible for the award, recipients must be located within the jurisdiction of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. Current ABCA staff and directors are not eligible. Five new water monitoring stations are now in place in rural Lake Huron communities as part of a project to limit stormwater impact from heavy rainfall. The monitoring stations are part of the Rural Stormwater Management Model project. The monitoring stations are located in five priority areas: Garvey Creek and Glenn Drain Watershed, north of Port Albert; the Bayfield North (North Gullies) Watershed; the Main Bayfield Watershed; the Lambton Shores Watershed; and the Pine River Watershed. The Rural Stormwater Management Model (RSMM) project is entering its second year. When the model is complete in 2014, people doing stewardship projects will better understand how drainage works in a rural context. People will then be able to better reduce and manage that run-off from storms. Other work this past year includes draft terms of reference, a communications plan, and forming a project team with expertise in stormwater management and advanced software development. Ausable Bayfield Conservation is working with Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc., an engineering and environmental consulting firm that specializes in water resources, watershed planning, and modelling; and Computational Hydraulics International (CHI), consultant in stormwater management, wastewater and watershed modelling software. “This project is creating new tools that give us more precise and detailed information to better manage stormwater impact in rural areas,” said Alec Scott, RSMM project manager. “The new monitoring stations are already providing better data. This is important as we go forward with best management practices and work to control runoff and erosion. We will have a better idea of which projects work best, the best places to locate those projects, and what size the projects should be.” The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) is leading the RSMM water-quality project in partnership with Maitland Valley, St. Clair Region, Saugeen Valley, and Grey Sauble Conservation Authorities and other partners of the Healthy Lake Huron: Clean Water, Clean Beaches initiative. Project partners include provincial and federal ministries, county departments, environmental and public health agencies and participating landowners. This project is funded by a $700,000 grant from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment’s Showcasing Water Innovation Program and in-kind contributions from other partners. Investment will total more than $900,000. The Rural Stormwater Management Model will benefit water quality in the five priority watersheds and help create a rural focus for stormwater management that can be applied across the province and beyond. For more information on the Rural Stormwater Management Model Project visit: http://www. healthylakehuron.ca/ ruralstormwater Five stations installed for stormwater project ABCA calls for conservation nominees TUESDAYS 9:00 a.m. Fed Cattle, Bulls & Cows THURSDAYS 8:00 a.m.Drop Calves 10:00 a.m.Veal 11:30 a.m. Lambs, Goats & Sheep FRIDAYS 10:00 a.m. Stockers Call us 519-887-6461 Visit our webpage at: www.brusselslivestock.ca email us at: info@brusselslivestock.ca BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd. UPCOMING SALES AgricultureBrussels Livestock report Veal, sheep sell on strong active trade