HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2013-07-25, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2013. PAGE 15.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending July
19 were 1,083 cattle, 1024 lambs
and goats.
On Tuesday fed steers and heifers
sold $1 lower. Choice steers and
heifers sold $126 to $130 with sales
to $138. Second cut sold $120 to
$125. Cows sold on a strong active
market. On Thursday all classes of
veal calves traded on a steady
market. Heavy lambs and sheep sold
higher. Sheep sold $5 higher on a
strong demand. Heavy lambs sold
$10 higher and light lambs sold
steady. Goats sold at steady prices.
On Friday all classes of cattle sold
on a strong active trade at steady
prices.
Chris Smith of Brussels,
consigned nine steers averaging
1,527 lbs. selling for an average of
$130.63. Two limousin steers
averaged 1,518 lbs. and sold to
Horizon Meat Packers for $138.
Randy Diebol of Cargill, consigned
16 steers averaging 1,306 lbs. that
sold for an average of $126.14. One
exotic steer weighed 1,395 lbs. sold
to St. Helen’s Meat Packers for
$130. Connell Farms Inc. of
Palmerston, consigned two steers
averaging 1,530 lbs. that sold to
Horizon Meat Packers for $128.75.
Andrew and Leonard Black of
Proton Station, consigned 12 steers
that averaged 1,475 lbs. selling for
an average of $126.47. Two red
steers averaged 1,475 lbs. and sold
to Norwich Packers for $128. Kim
Lennox of Ayton, consigned two
steers averaging 1,493 lbs. selling
for an average of $126.37. One red
steer weighed 1,510 lbs. and sold to
St. Helen’s Meat Packers for $127.
William G. DeJong of Brucefield,
consigned 13 heifers averaging
1,230 lbs. selling for an average of
$121.85. One red heifer weighed
1,260 lbs. and sold to Norwich
Packers for $128.75. Noah Weppler
of Ayton, consigned four heifers
averaging 1,425 lbs. selling for an
average of $125.17. One black heifer
weighed 1,395 lbs. and sold to
Norwich Packers for $127.75.
Connell Farms Inc. of Palmerston,
consigned eight black heifers
averaging 1,428 lbs. that sold for
$127.50.
There were 187 cows on offer.
Export types sold $71 to $78.50 with
sales to $93; beef, $75 to $89 with
sales to $94; D1 and D2, $54 to $63;
D3, $45 to $52; D4, $37 to $45.
Francis Walters of Mildmay,
consigned six cows averaging 1,527
lbs. that sold for an average of
$82.13. One black cow weighed
1,490 lbs. and sold for a top of $94.
LE Waechter Farms of Walkerton,
consigned two cows averaging 1,625
lbs. selling for an average of $84.37.
One holstein cow weighed 1,550 lbs.
that sold for $93. Casey and Cathy
Hendriks of Lucknow, consigned
five cows averaging 1,555 lbs.
selling for an average of $85.08. One
charolais cow weighed 1,555 and
sold for $89.
There were 11 bulls selling $70 to
$85 with sales to $100. Dan
Middelkamp of Ripley, sold one
holstein bull that weighed 2,015 lbs.
and sold for $86.50. Rene Gauvreau
of Earlton, consigned one charolais
bull weighing 1,985 lbs. sold at $84.
There were 162 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $110 to $165 with
sales to $170; good holsteins, $95 to
$105; medium holsteins, $85 to $90;
heavy holsteins, $90 to $100 with
sales to $104. John L. Miller of
Lucknow, consigned one limousin
steer that weighed 760 lbs. and sold
for $170. Joseph W. Burkhart of
Wallenstein, consigned seven veal
averaging 783 lbs. selling for an
average of $153.47. Two limousin
steers averaged 788 lbs. and sold for
$164. Lamar Frey of Listowel,
consigned 13 veal averaging 810 lbs.
selling for an average of $147.86.
Two limousin heifers averaged 785
lbs. and sold for $166.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $135 to
$181; 65 - 79 lbs., $120 to $188; 80
- 94 lbs., $145 to $170; 95 - 110 lbs.,
$150 to $164.
Sheep sold $50 to $75 with sales
to $88.
Goats: kids sold $40 to $110 per
head with sales to $140; nannies,
$50 to $100 per head; billies, $150
to $250 per head with sales to $300.
Top quality stocker steers, 500 -
599 lbs., sold $137 to $166; 600 -
699 lbs., $147 to $173; 700 - 799
lbs., $125 to $153; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$136 to $145; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$134.50 to $143.25; 1,000 lbs. and
over, $123.50 to $134.50.
Top quality stocker heifers, 500 -
599 lbs. sold $124 to $166; 600 -
699 lbs., $136.50 to $149; 700 - 799
lbs., $129 to $140; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$126.75 to $135; 900 lbs. and over,
$119 to $134.
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Farming covers a little bit of
everything and Martin Sturzenegger
of Auburn likes it that way. “Every
day is not the same,” he says.
“I dairy farm with Dad and do
custom work,” he says. “It’s good, I
like it,” he adds.
Sturzenegger’s family currently
has 54 cows in a freestall barn for
their operation.
“I do all the feeding, bedding,” he
explains.
In addition to that, he does most of
the field work. His custom business
is baling big square bales of hay,
straw and silage.
“This is the seventh year,” he says.
“I have two balers now.”
Having purchased the second
baler as back-up to make sure that all
his customers were taken care of
during the weather windows,
Sturzenegger says work can be
hectic at times.
“There’s four days where
everybody calls you,” he says.
“I did want to do custom
combining,” Sturzenegger says.
However, there were plenty of
combines around and another
custom worker helped him get
started in the baling business. The
demand for a baler was high at the
time.
“I stay within a half an hour
driving,” he says. Most of his
customers are local dairy farms. He
says he has now started purchasing
straw as well, which will be resold at
a later date.
“The first year I only broke even,”
he says. He was happy with that. He
says the pay varies by the year and
he views it as extra income.
“Most of the time I work here,” he
says. He likes both the livestock
and the field work. He enjoys
having livestock as it gives
him something to do every
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Continued on page 16
By Ursina Studhalter
The Citizen