The Citizen, 2013-04-25, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013. PAGE 15.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending April
19 were 2,736 cattle, 1,075 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers traded on a strong market at
prices $1 to $2 higher. Choice steers
and heifers sold $115 to $122 with
sales to $133. Second cut sold $111
to $114. Cows sold at steady prices.
On Thursday a large offering of veal
calves were on offer with beef and
holstein trading at fully steady
prices. Lambs sold under pressure
and sheep traded at lower prices.
Goats sold at steady prices. On
Friday all classes of cattle sold on an
active trade at steady prices.
Chris Smith of Brussels,
consigned 28 steers averaging 1,536
selling for an average of $121.24.
One limousin steer weighed 1,425
lbs. and sold to Horizon Meat
Packers for $133. George Horst of
Paisley, consigned two steers
averaging 1,470 lbs. selling for an
average of $122.60. One limousin
steer weighed 1,370 lbs. selling for a
top of $125. Elam W. Martin of
Harriston, consigned four steers
averaging 1,403 lbs. selling for an
average of $118.01. Two red steers
weighed 1,403 lbs. and sold for
$118.01. Connell Farms Inc. of
Palmerston, consigned six black
steers averaging 1,583 lbs. selling to
St. Helen’s Meat Packers for an
average of $118.
Ian Johnston of Brussels,
consigned two steers averaging
1,418 lbs. selling for an average of
$115.78. One black steer weighed
1,500 lbs. and sold to St. Helen’s
Meat Packers for $117.50. Gerry
McPhee of Auburn, consigned four
steers averaging 1,590 lbs. selling
for an average of $114.30. A group
of two charolais steers averaged
1,508 lbs. and sold for $117.50.
George Horst of Paisley,
consigned 11 heifers averaging
1,331 lbs. selling for an average of
$124.98. One black heifer weighed
1,400 lbs. and sold to Horizon Meat
Packers for $129.50. George Rooney
of Staffa, consigned nine heifers
averaging 1,372 lbs. selling for an
average of $117.80. Two limousin
heifers averaged 1,405 lbs. and sold
for $119.25. Connell Farms of
Palmerston, consigned 16 heifers
averaging 1,497 lbs. selling for an
average of $117.12. A group of nine
charolais heifers averaged 1,448 lbs.
and sold for $118.75.
Murray Johnston of Bluevale,
consigned nine heifers averaging
1,294 lbs. selling for an average of
$114.43. Two black heifers averaged
1,348 lbs. and sold to St. Helen’s
Meat Packers for $118.50. Andy
Lennox of Kenilworth, consigned
eight heifers averaging 1,368 lbs.
selling for an average of $117.07. A
group of six black heifers averaged
1,410 lbs. and sold for a high of
$117.75. Paul Murray of Ripley,
consigned one heifer weighing 1,380
lbs. selling to St. Helen’s Meat
Packers for $117.50. John Wiersma
of Blyth, consigned five heifers
averaging 1,352 lbs. selling for an
average of $116.75. A group of three
black heifers averaged 1,355 lbs. and
sold for $117.75.
There were 265 cows on offer.
Export types sold $63 to $73 with
sales to $73.50; beef, $67 to $77
with sales to $80; D1 and D2, $54 to
$63; D3, $45 to $52; D4, $37 to $45.
Jacob D. Miller of Lucknow,
consigned one cow weighing 1,490
lbs. that sold for $80. Isaac Stutzman
of Lucknow, consigned one cow
weighing 1,415 lbs. selling for $77.
Ranch du Coyote of Nedelec,
consigned 28 cows averaging 1,372
lbs. selling for an average of $64.78.
Two cows averaged 1,713 lbs. and
sold for $73.50.
There were six bulls selling $67 to
$84. Martin Metske of Lucknow,
consigned one holstein bull
weighing 1,950 lbs. selling for $84.
Ranch du Coyote of Nedelec,
consigned one charolais bull
weighing 1,870 lbs. selling for $80.
There were 284 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $120 to $160 with
sales to $164; good holsteins, $90 to
$98 with sales to $101.50; medium
holsteins, $80 to $90; heavy
holsteins, $85 to $90 with sales to
$95. Lamar Frey of Listowel,
consigned 13 veal averaging 765 lbs.
selling for an average of $126.51.
One limousin heifer weighed 765
lbs. and sold for $168.50. Peter E.
M. Martin, consigned three veal
averaging 815 lbs. selling for an
average of $146.18. One black heifer
weighed 800 lbs. and sold for
$146.18. George M. Martin of
Lucknow, consigned three veal
averaging 848 lbs. selling for an
average of $104.23. One black steer
weighed 845 lbs. and sold for $125.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $152 to
$210; 50 - 64 lbs., $160 to $199; 65
- 79 lbs., $141 to $190; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$148 to $159; 95 - 109 lbs., $143 to
$159; 110 lbs. and over, $114 to
$152.
Sheep sold $40 to $75.
Goats: kids sold $59 to $110 with
sales to $150 per head; nannies, $49
to $101 per head; billies, $150 to
$250 with sales to $300 per head.
Top quality stocker steers, 400 -
499 lbs. sold $142 to $181; 500 - 599
lbs., $131 to $160; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$124 to $155.75; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$120 to $151.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$128.75 to $139.75; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$123.75 to $133.25; 1,000 lbs. and
over, $109 to $119.50.
Top quality stock heifers, 400 -
499 lbs. sold $123 to $160; 500 - 599
lbs., $128 to $146; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$118 to $137; 700 - 799 lbs., $107 to
$129; 800 - 899 lbs., $110.50 to
$126; 900 lbs. and over, $107 to
$114.
Huron-Bruce MPP Lisa
Thompson spoke passionately about
the Ensuring Responsible Energy
Act, her own creation during a
recent debate period at the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Her beliefs, however, weren’t
shared by slightly more than half the
sitting members and the act, which
would have drastically changed the
way the Green Energy Act works,
specifically in regards to renewable
energy projects, was defeated.
“The act was voted down 40-33,”
she said in an interview with The
Citizen on April 19. “It addressed
what has gone wrong within the
Green Energy Act. My bill proposed
giving back the municipalities their
autonomy and veto power so that
municipalities had a say whether
they wanted to be a willing host or
not.”
According to Thompson’s
website, the bill consisted of six key
figures:
• Wind turbines are to only be
placed in willing communities and
those communities be given full veto
over wind turbine projects in their
communities.
• Wind power must be made
affordable by equalizing costs
between it and other generation
methods.
• The Feed-In Tariff program will
be scrapped.
• Municipalities will be able to
choose whether they want to support
wind energy or not.
• The Niagara Escarpment and
Oak Ridges Moraine will be
protected from wind turbine
placements.
• And, finally, municipalities will
receive their planning powers for
renewable energy.
Thompson said that while all of
the issues are important, she felt
two were absolutely necessary; the
protection of the environmentally
heritage areas listed above and the
equalization of the energy prices.
“My bill was good policy,
unfortunately, the Liberals and NDP
[New Democratic Party] formed a
coalition to vote it down,” she said.
“Good policy should never be
painted by political colours... That’s
the only reason I can come up with
as to why it was voted down. It was
a political stance.”
Thompson said that none of the
issues brought up during the debate
‘jived’ with her document.
“There were a lot of misleading
statements,” she said. “Shame on
those two parties for not listening to
municipal leaders. They’ve chosen
to paint a very serious issue with a
political stripe. Ontario deserves so
much better than that.”
Thompson, who was joined in the
debate by heads of several
municipalities, said that there was a
lot of “spin and rhetoric being doled
out” and that the coalition ignored
the flood of e-mails and petitions in
support of her cause.
Despite the setback, Thompson
said that the day was a good one and
that she is still working towards a
future where three per cent of the
renewable energy production costs
55 per cent of the renewable energy
costs, as she claims wind energy
costs that much.
“We don’t stop,” she said.
“[Conservative Leader Tim Hudak]
and our PC caucus stand beside the
people that have well positioned
concerns with how this government
is going forward with their green
energy policies. We’re going to hold
them accountable.”
Thompson’s turbine
bill defeated by reps
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