HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-07-18, Page 11THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2013. PAGE 11.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending July
12 were 1,556 cattle, 1,024 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers
and heifers sold on a strong steady
market. Choice steers and heifers
sold $127 to $131 with sales to
$137. Second cut sold $122 to $126.
Cows sold at steady prices. On
Thursday all classes of veal calves
traded on a strong market. Heavy
lambs and sheep sold stronger up $5
to $10, while light lambs sold
steady. Goats sold at steady prices.
On Friday all classes of cattle sold
on a strong active market.
Art Bos of Blyth, consigned one
steer weighing 1,385 lbs. selling to
Horizon Meat Packers for $137.
Southlore Farms Inc. of Palmerston,
consigned seven steers averaging
1,476 lbs. that sold for an average of
$128.45. Two limousin steers
averaged 1,633 lbs. and sold to
Horizon Meat Packers for $134.75.
Connell Farms Inc. of Palmerston,
consigned nine steers averaging
1,627 lbs. selling for an average of
$125.89. One red steer weighed
1,610 lbs. and sold to St. Helen’s
Meat Packers for $132.50. Andrew
and Leonard Black of Proton
Station, consigned 12 steers that
averaged 1,465 lbs. selling for an
average of $128.26. One red steer
weighed 1,475 lbs. and sold for
$130.50. Jim and John Bennett of
Goderich, consigned one black
steers weighing 1,330 lbs. that sold
to Norwich Packers for $130. Scott
Drake of Vernon River, consigned
seven steers averaging 1,443 lbs.
that sold for an average of $128.54.
A group of two grey steers averaged
1,450 lbs. and sold for $130. Jacob
D. Miller of Lucknow, consigned
three steers averaging 1,402 lbs. that
sold to Norwich Packers for
$127.25.
Costa Plenty Farms of Wingham,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,293 lbs. selling for an average of $
130.09. Two limousin heifers
averaged 1,285 lbs. and sold for
$132.50. Murray Gordon of Blyth,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,187 lbs. selling for an average of
$123.14. One grey heifer weighed
1,225 lbs. and sold to Norwich
Packers for $130.75. Leroy Weppler
of Ayton, consigned one black heifer
that weighed 1,180 lbs. that sold to
St. Helen’s Meat Packers for
$129.50.
Lyle Kinsman of Kippen,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,277 lbs. selling for an average of
$128.15. One black heifer weighed
1,285 lbs. and sold to Norwich
Packers for $129.25. David Bowles
of Brussels, consigned five heifers
averaging 1,274 lbs. that sold for an
average of $128.80. A group of four
black heifers averaged 1,274 lbs.
and sold for $129.25. Connell
Farms Inc. of Palmerston, consigned
15 heifers that averaged 1,507 lbs.
selling for an average of $125.28. A
group of seven black heifers
averaged, 1,521 lbs. and sold to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $129. Don
Walter of Mildmay, consigned one
limousin heifer that weighed 1,270
lbs. and sold for $128.25. Tom
Fischer of Mildmay, consigned eight
heifers that averaged 1,253 lbs. and
sold for an average of $125.27. One
charolais heifer weighed 1,215 lbs.
and sold for $128.25.
There were 172 cows on offer.
Export types sold $70 to $81.50 with
sales to $95; beef sold $75 to $88.50
with sales to $91; D1 and D2, $54 to
$63; D3, $45 to $52; D4, $37 to $45.
Ron Beckwilth of Second North
River, consigned five cows
averaging 1,315 lbs. that sold for an
average of $81.52. One holstein
cow weighed 1,480 lbs. and sold for
a top of $95. Gary Grubb, consigned
two cows averaging 1,442 lbs.
selling for an average of $85.36.
One black cow weighed 1,335 lbs.
that sold for $91. Paul Spark of
Kenilworth, consigned three cows
averaging 1,373 lbs. selling for an
average of $80.62. One hereford
cow weighed 1,435 lbs. and sold for
$88.
There were 13 bulls selling $65 to
$89 with sales to $103.50. Oscar M.
Martin of Gowanstown, sold one
holstein bull that weighed 1,760 lbs.
and sold for $86.50. Terpstra Farms
Ltd. of Brussels, consigned one
holstein bull weighing 1,665 lbs.
that sold for $86.
There were 162 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $120 to $160 with
sales to $167; good holsteins, $95 to
$150 with sales to $110; medium
holsteins, $85 to $95; heavy
holsteins, $90 to $100. Emanuel M.
Martin of Elmira, consigned one
limousin heifer that weighed 780
lbs. and sold for $167. Lamar Frey
of Listowel, consigned 17 veal that
averaged 810 lbs. selling for an
average of $144.90. Three limousin
heifers averaged 788 lbs. and sold
for $164. Joseph W. Burkhart of
Wallenstein, consigned four veal
averaging 830 lbs. selling for an
average of $148.88. One charolais
steer weighed 840 lbs. and sold for
$165.
Lambs 50 - 64 lbs. sold $140 to
$195; 65 - 79 lbs., $131 to $183; 80
- 94 lbs., $125 to $158; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$146 to $155.
Sheep sold $40 to $75 with sales
to $80.
Goats: kids sold $60 to $110 per
head with sales to $150; nannies,
$50 to $100 per head; billies, $150
to $250 per head with sales to $300.
Top quality stocker steers, 400 -
499 lbs. sold $130 to $182; 500 -
599 lbs., $140 to $181; 600 - 699
lbs., $135 to $179; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$133 to $162; 800 - 899 lbs., $124 to
$154.50; 900 - 999 lbs., $130 to
$138; 1,000 lbs. and over, $124.25
to $133.
Top quality stocker heifers, 500 -
599 lbs. sold $131 to $151; 600 -
699 lbs., $123 to $146; 700 - 799
lbs., $119.50 to $135; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$121.50 to $137.50; 900 lbs. and
over, $121.50 to $132.
Bishop assembles IPM team
After being named chair of the
2017 International Plowing Match
(IPM) committee, Bluevale’s
Jacquie Bishop says there is plenty
of work to be done, so the key is to
pace yourself.
Bishop says she was “sought out”
for the position of chair and that it
wasn’t so much that she said yes to
the position, but that she didn’t
exactly say no.
“My name was put forth,” Bishop
said in a recent interview with The
Citizen, “this is a good way for me
to give back to the community that
raised me.”
An all-encompassing community
event like the IPM, she says, is
something she can truly get
passionate about. When it’s all said
and done, she hopes the Huron
County community will be pleased
with the match and what it meant to
the rural community.
Right now, Bishop says, the focus
is on the IPM’s logo and slogan
contests, which are ongoing right
now. The hope, she says, is that the
match will have its logo and slogan
in place in time for the committee to
appear at this year’s IPM in Perth
County in late September. (See the
advertisement on this page for
information about the two contests.)
She says there have already been a
number of submissions, but she is
hoping that more will come in
before the end of July.
If the branding is in place by
September for the 2013 IPM, Bishop
says she’s hoping a great logo and
slogan will stick in people’s minds.
With a lot of the same people,
hopefully, attending both matches,
Bishop says, the desire is that word
will begin to spread in the years until
the 2017 match.
Having said that, however, she
also anticipates reaching beyond the
typical rural crowd and have plenty
for non-rural people to do too.
“We hope to make the rural expo a
great attraction for rural folks, as
well as non-rural folks,” she said.
The other process that is ongoing
right now is the formation of
committees.
There is plenty of work to be
done, Bishop says, proved by the
need for 43 committees. As time
goes on she hopes to match the right
person with the right committee,
hoping that people’s skills go to
where they will be most effective.
“We’re trying to get work done,
but not burn people out,” she says.
“We want to have our executive in
place before the IPM in Perth, so we
can go to that match, meet people
and start to spread the word.”
Despite the fact that there are 43
committees that will eventually need
to be filled with people, Bishop
envisions an executive committee of
nine so executive committees aren’t
too chaotic.
Bishop has strong roots laid in
agriculture. She is the third
generation of her family to have
lived on the farm she currently calls
home. Jacquie and her husband
Kevin’s daughters Kayla, Kabrina
and Keisha, are the fourth
generation.
Kayla, who is the current Huron
County Queen of the Furrow, has
Planning for 2017
Jacquie Bishop, left, was named chair of the Huron County 2017 International Plowing Match,
late last month at a special event held at the Seaforth Agriplex. Walton was also named the
site for the match at the event. Bishop is seen here celebrating Huron County’s upcoming big
event with Ontario Plowmen’s Association Zone 3 Director Steve Corbett. (File photo)
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