HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-02-14, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013. PAGE 11.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Feb. 8
were 1,476 cattle, 317 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold $1 to $2 higher on a
strong active trade. Choice steers
and heifers sold $124 to $128 with
sales to $132.75. Second cut sold
$119 to $123. Cows sold on a strong
active trade at steady prices. On
Thursday beef veal sold on a strong
active trade while holstein veal sold
$1 to $2 higher. Lambs and goats
sold on a steady market. Heavy
sheep sold lower, while light sheep
sold on a good demand. On Friday
calves sold on a strong active trade
at steady prices and yearlings sold
steady.
Chris Smith of Brussels,
consigned nine steers averaging
1,647 lbs. selling for an average of
$128.28. One limousin steer
weighing 1,635 lbs. sold to Horizon
Meats for $132.75. Dwayne and
Lorri Dickert of Ayton, consigned
three steers averaging 1,485 lbs.
selling for an average of $125.98.
One red steer weighing 1,460 lbs.
sold to St. Helen’s Meat Packers for
$128. Southlore Farms of
Palmerston, consigned one steer
weighing 1,585 lbs. selling for
$127.
David Bowles of Brussels,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,300 lbs. selling for an average of
$127.21. One grey heifer weighing
1,395 lbs. sold to St. Helen’s Meat
Packers for $130. George Roney of
Staffa, consigned nine heifers
averaging 1,256 lbs. selling for an
average of $124.76. A group of two
limousin heifers averaging 1,213 lbs.
sold for $129. M-R Farms of Exeter,
consigned nine heifers averaging
1,396 lbs. selling for an average of
$127.02. One red heifer weighing
1,445 lbs. sold to St. Helen’s Meat
Packers for $128. Southlore Farms
of Palmerston, consigned 10 heifers
averaging 1,414 lbs. selling or an
average of $123.56. A group of four
charolais heifers weighing 1,438 lbs.
sold to St. Helen’s Meat Packers for
$127. Keith J. Elston of Wingham,
consigned six heifers averaging
1,253 lbs. selling for $123.78. A
group of two black heifers averaging
1,368 lbs. sold to Norwich Packers
for $126.25. Art and George Hinz of
Monkton, consigned six heifers
averaging 1,471 lbs. selling for an
average of $125.25. A group of two
red heifers weighing 1,495 lbs. sold
to Ryding Regency for $125.25.
There were 371 cows on offer.
Export types sold $64 to $75.50;
beef, $71.50 to $86.50 with sales to
$87; D1 and D2, $54 to $63; D3, $45
to $52; D4, $37 to $45. Tom Black
of Belgrave, consigned six cows
averaging 1,603 lbs. selling for
$75.93. One blonde cow weighed
1,775 lbs. and sold for $86.50. Ron
Palmateer of Englehart, consigned
12 cows averaging 1,695 lbs. selling
for $83.27. One charolais cow
weighing 1,695 sold for $85.50.
Mark and Elaine Fischer of Ayton,
consigned eight cows averaging
1,412 lbs. selling for an average of
$76.62. One charolais cow weighing
1,525 lbs. sold for $85.50.
There were 10 bulls on offer
selling $78 to $98.50. Glen Haney of
Seaforth, consigned one charolais
bull weighing 1,795 lbs. selling for
$98.50. Mike and Tina Metske of
Lucknow, consigned one simmental
bull weighing 2,035 lbs. selling for
$96.50.
There were 173 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $110 to $160 with
sales to $162; good holsteins, $87 to
$95 with sales to $98; medium
holsteins, $80 to $86; heavy
holsteins, $87 to $95. Tobias S.
Bowman of Wallenstein, consigned
five veal averaging 794 lbs. selling
for an average of $140.45. One black
steer weighing 770 lbs. sold for
$162. Lamar Fry of Listowel,
consigned 15 veal averaging 780 lbs.
selling for an average of $142.18.
One blonde steer weighing 770 lbs.
sold for $158. Emanual M. Martin of
Elmira sold one red heifer weighing
730 lbs. for $159.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $186 to
$200; 65 - 79 lbs., $143 to $171; 80
- 94 lbs., $128 to $154; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$131 to $143; 110 lbs. and over,
$115 to $139.
Sheep sold $52 to $97 with sales
to $118.
Goats: kids sold $60 to $100 with
sales to $125 per head; nannies, $50
to $110 per head; billies, $200 to
$300 with sales to $350 per head.
Top quality stocker steers, 400 -
499 lbs. sold $140 to $183; 500 -
599 lbs., $141 to $180; 600 - 699
lbs., $125 to $162; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$121 to $151.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$113.50 to $136; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$110.50 to $133.50; 1,000 lbs. and
over, $115 to $126.
Top quality stocker heifers, 400 -
499 lbs. sold $125 to $154; 500 -
599 lbs., $123 to $152; 600 - 699
lbs., $117 to $128.50; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$103 to $123.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$112 to $125; 900 lbs. and over,
$113.50 to $117.
Morris-Turnberry Mayor Paul
Gowing feels septic inspections
should be carried out by
municipalities and made a motion to
that effect at Huron County
Council’s Feb. 6 meeting.
“We’d prefer to carry out planning
and inspections through our own
municipality,” Gowing told
councillors. “It makes more sense
for it to go through our local chief
building official.”
Gowing said that since the chief
building official is already on site for
the construction of a new building as
it is, it makes sense for him to carry
out the inspection of septic systems
while he’s already there. In addition,
Gowing said, local chief building
officials are more familiar with
properties in their home
municipalities than county
representatives are.
Gowing said that he wasn’t against
septic inspections, just that he felt
they should be carried out at the
municipal level, rather than at the
county level.
“It’s time to get on with this,” he
said. “It’s time to review this
issue.”
Huron East’s Bernie MacLellan
said Gowing’s suggestion should be
investigated, but that it might not be
legally possible. He said the county
should get a legal opinion on the
matter because he thought it was
provincial law that inspections
couldn’t be kicked back down to
municipalities.
It was the county’s solicitor Greg
Stewart who had provided
MacLellan with that information,
MacLellan said, so bringing Stewart
back in to comment was the right
thing to do.
“We should have that information
before we make a decision on this,”
MacLellan said.
Gowing, in so many words, said
he questioned the validity of
MacLellan’s statement, saying that
inspections, as he had described,
were being carried out in Bruce
County, so he was curious as to why
it was legal for Bruce County to do
it, but then illegal for Huron County
to do the same thing.
“How is that taking place if what
you’re saying is true?” Gowing
asked MacLellan.
Chief Administrative Officer
Brenda Orchard suggested that
Gowing proceed through a notice of
motion for his suggestion. It’s not an
official motion, she said, but it’s a
notice that he intends on making an
official motion at a future meeting.
She said that staff would
investigate what Gowing was
suggesting and bring a report back
as soon as possible. The report,
Orchard said, would include
Gowing’s motion.
Gowing’s motion read that he
wanted staff to investigate and
prepare a report on the feasibility of
carrying out septic inspections if the
municipality so chooses within their
own building departments.
Double duty
Ontario Provincial Police were pulling double duty in Blyth on Saturday, running a Reduce
Impaired Driving Everywhere (R.I.D.E.) program on Queen Street that checked for impaired
drivers both in vehicles and on snowmobiles. (Denny Scott photo)
Pork Producers want
changes to inspections
Gowing wants changes to septic inspections
Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
Fed steers, heifers sell on strong, active trade
By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Concerned about impressions in
the media about hog production and
by the growing threat to livestock
farmers from inspectors of the
Ontario Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA), the
Huron County Pork Producers’
Association passed two resolutions
at its annual meeting in Seaforth,
Jan. 30.
Several speakers during the
meeting worried about the effect of a
CTV “exposé” of supposed animal
cruelty on a Manitoba hog farm.
There was also concern expressed
about the growing financial strength
of the animal welfare movement.
When it came time for resolutions,
the resolutions committee brought
forward two regarding the OSPCA.
The first noted that under the
powers given under legislation to
OSPCA inspectors, virtually every
livestock farmer could face charges
even though they are raising animals
with normal farm practices. It also
noted that the OSPCA is not
accountable to anyone and can set its
own fine levels.
The resolution asked Ontario Pork
to work with other livestock groups
and farm organizations so that
normal farm practices may carry on
and be protected.
The second resolution pointed out
that OSPCA inspectors are not well
educated with modern livestock
practices and asked that Ontario
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FRIDAYS
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Continued on page 12
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen