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Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
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All classes of cattle sell on strong trade
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Nov.
22 were 3,320 cattle, 396 lambs and
goats. On Monday, all classes of
cattle sold on a strong active trade.
Choice calves and yearlings sold $2
to $3 higher with second cut selling
at steady prices. On Tuesday fed
steers and heifers sold at prices $1
higher on a strong active market.
Choice steers and heifers sold $125
to $129 with sales to $138.25.
Second cut sold $119 to $124. Cows
sold at steady prices. On Thursday
veal sold on a strong market at prices
$1 to $2 higher. Lambs sold sharply
higher, while sheep sold at barely
steady prices. Goats sold on an
active market at steady prices. On
Friday all classes of cattle
traded on an active market at steady
prices.
Southlore Farms Inc. of
Palmerston, consigned six steers
averaging 1,505 lbs. selling for an
average of $129.66. One gold steer
weighed 1,400 lbs. and sold to
Norwich Packers for $131. William.
G. DeJong of Brucefield, consigned
11 steers averaging 1,406 lbs. selling
for an average of $128.21. One gold
steer weighed 1,275 lbs. and sold to
Norwich Packers for $129.50.
Dwayne and Lorie Dickert of Ayton,
consigned three steers averaging
1,570 lbs. selling for an average of
$127.10. Two black steers averaged
1,535 lbs. and sold to Ryding
Regency for $128.75. Leonard and
Andrew Black of Proton Station,
consigned 24 steers that averaged
1,439 lbs. selling for an average of
$126.64. A group of three limousin
steers averaged 1,473 lbs. and sold
to Horizon Packers for $128.50.
Alan Baker of Brussels, consigned
three steers averaging 1,465 lbs.
selling for an average of $126. One
red steer weighed 1,460 lbs. and sold
to St. Helen's Meat Packers for
$128.
John Wiersma of Blyth, consigned
10 heifers averaging 1,341 lbs.
selling for an average of $133.24.
One red heifer weighed 1,360 lbs.
and sold for $138.25. Darren
Johnston Farms Ltd. of Bluevale,
consigned 17 heifers that averaged
1,360 lbs. selling for an average of
$127.05. Two limousin heifers
averaged 1,363 lbs. and sold to
Horizon Meat Packers for $130.
Wisher Farms Ltd. of St. Thomas,
consigned two heifers that averaged
1,243 lbs. selling for an average of
$124.74. One black heifer weighed
1,340 lbs. and sold to Norwich
Packers for $127.50. Dave Golley of
Wingham, consigned one grey heifer
that weighed 1,215 lbs. and sold to
St. Helen's Meat Packers for $127.
Martin Metske of Lucknow,
consigned 33 heifers that averaged
1,368 lbs. selling for an average of
$126.70. A group of nine black
heifers averaged 1,382 lbs. and sold
for $127.
There were 489 cows on offer.
Export types sold $67 to $76 with
sales to $77; beef, $70 to $80.50
with sales to $86; D1 and D2, $54 to
$63; D3, $45 to $52; D4, $37 to $45.
Ron Kreis of St. Paul's, consigned
one charolais cow that weighed
1,340 lbs. and sold for a top of
$80.50. Ferme Joanie of Notre
Dame du Nord, consigned two cows
that averaged 1,488 lbs. and sold for
an average of $79.24. One
simmental cow weighed 1,475 lbs.
and sold for $79.50. Fred Foley of
New Liskeard, consigned four cows
that averaged 1,764 lbs. and sold for
an average of $76.37. One red cow
weighed 1,475 lbs. and sold for
$78.50.
There were 14 bulls selling $60 to
$85 with sales to $109. Murray
Preece of Wyoming, consigned one
black bull that weighed 1,945 lbs.
and sold for $85. Gelora Farms of
Walkerton, consigned one holstein
bull that weighed 1,760 lbs. and sold
for $84.
There were 106 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $150 to $195 with
sales to $201; good holsteins, $135
to $150 with sales to $157; medium
holsteins, $115 to $130; heavy
holsteins, $135 to $145 with sales to
$149. Glen B. Martin of Wallenstein,
consigned two veal averaging 773
lbs. selling for an average of
$191.86. One limousin steer
weighed 815 lbs. and sold for $198.
Lamar Frey of Listowel, consigned
six veal averaging 750 lbs. selling
for an average of $182.82. One
limousin steer weighed 730 lbs. and
sold for $195. Tobias Bowman of
Wallenstein, consigned one blue
heifer weighing 820 lbs. and sold for
$201.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $182 to
$276; 50 - 64 lbs., $207 to $275; 65
- 79 lbs., $170 to $238; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$157 to $214; 95 - 109 lbs., $185 to
$218; 110 lbs. and over, $180 to
$198.
Sheep sold $50 to $95 with sales
to $100.
Goats: kids sold $50 to $120 per
head with sales to $140; nannies,
$50 to $127 per head; billies, $150
to $350 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $170 to $220; 400 -
499 lbs., $155 to $196; 500 - 599
lbs., $139 to $183.25; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$137 to $170; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$119.50 to $167.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$120 to $155.50; 900 - 1,000 lbs.,
$129 to $157.75.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $154 to $196; 400 -
499 lbs., $144.50 to $183; 500 - 599
lbs., $131 to $183.50; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$120 to $156; 700 - 799 lbs., $133 to
$149; 800 - 899 lbs., $125 to $142;
900 lbs. and over, $128.50 to
$139.50.
Top quality vaccinated stocker
steers, 400 - 499 lbs., sold $187 to
$230; 500 - 599 lbs., $166 to
$198.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $164 to
$180.75.
Top quality vaccinated stocker
heifers, 500 - 599 lbs., sold $145 to
$165; 600 - 699 lbs., $139 to
$153.50.
Pros, cons explored at Blyth rail trail meeting
Working on a trail
Huron County's Director of Planning and Development Scott Tousaw, presenting to the left,
hosted a public meeting on Nov. 21 for the Goderich to Guelph Rail Trail, which has been
proposed as a tourist attraction for Huron County. Over 100 people showed up to the meeting,
some in favour and some opposed, to hear what organizers have planned. (Keith Routston photo)
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legislation already in place that
would apply to trails, trail users and
adjoining property owners.
Trail users assume legal
responsibility when they enter the
trail, she said. Adjoining landowners
are not liable for any harm that
comes to someone trespassing on
their property as long as they don't
knowingly cause risk. The
experience of trails established
elsewhere is that trespassing is not a
problem, Rathwell said.
The Line Fences Act comes into
play and before a trail could be set
up there would need to be criteria
setting out where fences needed to
be installed and how they will be
paid for.
Trail maintenance on other trails is
carried out by agreements with
stewardship groups that contract to
look after a specific portion of the
trail. Agreements would need to be
in place before a trail could go
forward, she said.
A major concern among
comments from adjacent landowners
during the question period was the
problem of dealing with ATV and
dirt bike traffic already using the
trail illegally.
Gordon Gross, who has to cross
the old railbed to get from one part
of his farm to another, said trail
bikes speed through the former
railway on his property and can't be
seen until the last moment because
brush has grown up along the right-
of-way.
Another farmer called ATVs and
snowmobiles "nothing but a
nuisance" as they speed through his
property and he tries to cross back
and forth from one part of his farm
to another. Pick-up trucks also drive
down the old rail line and trespass,
he said. "You're not going to stop
that by having a trail."
But also in the audience were ATV
enthusiasts who objected to the
restrictions in the province's
proposed lease prohibiting their
vehicles from the potential trail.
ATV riders need some place to
ride, one man argued. "They're
(trespassing) in the fields because
there's no place to go," he said.
"I don't see why we can't share,"
argued another. If ATVs were
licensed to use the trail, there would
be less chance of drivers
misbehaving because they would be
easily identified by their registration
number, he said.
Brian and Betsy Allen, from west
of Blyth, worried about the dangers
created because the removal of the
old railway underpass under County
Road 25 some years ago by the
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trail now had to cross the highway.
Walkers probably aren't in as much
danger, Brian Allen said, but there
have been close calls with ATVs and
dirt bikes.
Betsy Allen wondered how the
trail would be policed, noting that
many of the people using ATVs and
dirt bikes are under age and already
are trespassing illegally.
Others dismissed the need for the
trail and the possibility it would be a
boost to the economy.
"There's already an abundance of
trails," said Larry Plaetzer of
Auburn. "A long trail would have
low use."
He suggested that the province is
trying to download its responsibility
for the old railline to the county and
wondered where the money would
come from to rehabilitate and
maintain a trail.
Plaetzer also worried about
complaints from trail users against
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