HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-06-07, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012. PAGE 15.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending June
1 were 2,278 cattle, 665 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold fully steady. Choice
steers and heifers sold $115 to $120
with sales to $135.25. Second cut
sold $111 to $114. Cows sold $2 to
$5 lower. On Thursday veal sold on
a strong market with holstein veal
trading $1 to $2 higher, while beef
veal sold on a strong steady market.
Lambs and sheep sold steady and
goats sold on a good active trade. On
Friday calves and yearlings sold on a
strong active trade.
There were 89 fed steers on offer.
Southlore Farms of Palmerston,
consigned six steers averaging 1,380
lbs. selling for an average of $117.23
with one charolais steer weighing
1,300 lbs. selling for $126. David
Bowles of Brussels, consigned three
steers averaging 1,525 lbs. selling
for an average of $119.69 with one
black steer weighing 1,630 lbs.
selling to St. Helen’s Meat Packers
for $122.
Terry McCarthy of Dublin,
consigned 17 steers averaging 1,489
lbs. selling for an average of $116.29
with two limousin steers averaging
1,503 lbs. selling to St. Helen’s Meat
Packers for $120. Berkana Farms of
Brussels, consigned one black steer
weighing 1,285 lbs. selling for
$119.50. Brent Grainger of Zurich,
consigned three steers averaging
1,368 lbs. selling for an average of
$114.47 with one black steer
weighing 1,400 lbs. selling for
$119.25. John VanLoo of Bluevale,
consigned eight steers averaging
1,606 lbs. selling for an average of
$116.81 with four charolais steers
averaging 1,539 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $118.50.
Trevor Pfeffer of Ayton, consigned
six steers averaging 1,524 lbs.
selling for an average of $117.17
with one limousin steer weighing
1,515 lbs. selling to Ryding Regency
for $117.50. Gerald Kuepfer of
Brunner, consigned one red steer
weighing 1,485 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $117.50.
Frank Foran of Lucknow, consigned
three steers averaging 1,366 lbs.
selling for an average of $111.43
with one charolais steer weighing
1,435 lbs. selling for $117. Lyndy
Reid of Drayton, consigned two
steers averaging 1,393 lbs. selling
for an average of $115.29 with one
rwf steer weighing 1,475 lbs. selling
to St. Helen’s Meat Packers for
$116.
There were 214 fed heifers on
offer. M-R Farms of Exeter,
consigned 22 heifers averaging
1,350 lbs. selling for an average of
$128.04 with one Belgium blue
heifer weighing 1,355 lbs. selling to
St. Helen’s Meat Packers for
$135.25. Lyle Kinsman of Kippen,
consigned six heifers averaging
1,278 lbs. selling for an average of
$117.70 with two black heifers
averaging 1,223 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $120.50.
Martin Metske of Lucknow,
consigned 1,385 lbs. selling for an
average of $115.02 with one gold
heifer weighing 1,350 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $119.25. Bruce
Dale of Centralia, consigned nine
heifers averaging 1,316 lbs. selling
for an average of $118.58 with two
red heifers averaging 1,350 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$119.
Walter McKenzie of Dublin,
consigned three heifers averaging
1,307 lbs. selling for an average of
$117.08 with one black heifer
weighing 1,305 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $118.75. Rob
Wylie of Durham, consigned 33
heifers averaging 1,224 lbs. selling
for an average of $115.76 with one
gold heifer weighing 1,250 lbs.
selling for $118.75. George Carey of
Waterdown, consigned 15 heifers
averaging 1,333 lbs. selling for an
average of $115.04 with five red
heifers averaging 1,321 lbs. selling
to St. Helen’s Meat Packers for
$118.75.
George Roney of Staffa,
consigned 10 heifers averaging
1,310 lbs. selling for an average of
$117.31 with two limousin heifers
averaging 1,375 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $118.25.
Andy Vanderveen of Blyth,
consigned seven heifers averaging
1,369 lbs. selling for an average of
$115.56 with two charolais heifers
averaging 1,390 lbs. selling for
$118. Matt Haney of Seaforth,
consigned six heifers averaging
1,468 lbs. selling for an average of
$112.71 with three gold heifers
averaging 1,540 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $116.50.
There were 196 cows on offer.
Export types sold $70 to $79; beef
cows, $78.50 to $88; D1 and D2,
$57 to $64; D3, $52 to $57; D4, $37
to $47. Silver Dollar Charolais of
Ripley, consigned one charolais cow
weighing 1,935 lbs. selling for $88.
Keith Judge of Caledon East,
consigned three cows averaging
1,318 lbs. selling for an average of
$76.08 with one gold cow weighing
1,310 lbs. selling for $88. Adolf
Hostettler of Monkton, consigned
two cows averaging 1,763 lbs.
selling for an average of $83.09 with
one simmental cow weighing 1,905
lbs. selling for $87.
There were 10 bulls selling $70 to
$95 with sales to $96.50. Curtis
Calhoun of Dobbington, consigned
one charolais bull weighing 1,665
lbs. selling for $95. Doug
McDermid of Providence Bay,
consigned one charolais bull
weighing 1,815 lbs. selling for
$94.50.
There were 175 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $125 to $175 with
sales to $179.50; good holsteins, $85
to $95 with sales to $100; medium
holsteins, $75 to $85; heavy
holsteins, $80 to $90. Lamar Frey of
Listowel, consigned 10 veal
averaging 783 lbs. selling for an
average of $151.66 with one
limousin steer weighing 815 lbs.
selling for $179.50. Brent Martin of
Wallenstein, consigned two veal
averaging 715 lbs. selling for an
average of $147.37 with one
Belgium blue steer weighing 765
lbs. selling for $159. Anson S.
Martin of Elmira, consigned two
veal averaging 785 lbs. selling for an
average of $146.11 with one
limousin steer weighing 715 lbs.
selling for $157.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $265 to
$275; 50 - 64 lbs., $212 to $255; 65
- 79 lbs., $200 to $225; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$186 to $228; 95 - 109 lbs., $210 to
$235; 110 lbs. and over, $206 to
$228.
Sheep sold $50 to $90 with sales
to $110.
Goats: kids sold $100 to $150 to
$170 per head; nannies, $50 to $100
per head; billies, $150 to $300 per
head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $111 to $215; 400 -
499 lbs, $148 to $196; 500 - 599
lbs., $157 - $188; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$148 to $175; 700 to 799 lbs., $132
to $162.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $129 to
$155.25; 900 - 999 lbs., $122.50 to
$140.50; 1,000 lbs, and over, $118 to
$129.
Top quality stocker heifers, 400 -
499 lbs. sold $142 to $191; 500 -
599 lbs., $146 to $170.50; 600 - 699
lbs., $136 to $155; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$126 to $146; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$123.50 to $146; 900 lbs. and over,
$122.50 to $134.
By Nathan Stevens
Animal welfare is an issue that is
gaining in importance for livestock
farmers across North America.
There are few people more
influential in the area of reasonable
animal welfare improvements than
Dr. Temple Grandin. I recall her
sharing her thoughts at a meeting
back in 2006 about the future of
animal handling and animal welfare.
Today, she is calling on farmers to
use social media to influence the
public discourse on animal welfare
in North America, and the strides
taken since the 1980s to make real
improvements.
If we look at the big picture,
companies are being influenced to
use their market clout to force
change at the farm level. States are
passing resolutions to change
production practices. The European
Union is implementing change
already. Increasingly, the animal
agriculture community recognizes
the importance of these
developments and its impact on how
agriculture conducts its business.
Temple Grandin was recently in
Brandon, Manitoba sharing her
thoughts on the public discussion
that has occurred so far. When she
looks at the change in the industry
over the last thirty years, she stated:
“A lot of the public today in the
cities is totally separated from the
farm and there’s been a lot of
improvements made in agriculture
and the public’s not aware about it…
I’m very frustrated about that
because things are so much better
compared to the 80s and the early
90s. There’s just no comparison.”
And on the subject of wider
communication with the broader
public, Grandin had the following
comments to make: “The aggies
have got to get out and communicate
with the public and one of the ways
to do that is to put things up on you-
tube, just regular things. I find the
public is curious about the everyday
regular things, feeding cattle, taking
care of cows, handling pigs, how
you mix feed. Things that are just
chores to the farmer are really
interesting to the public.”
If you want to hear this highly
influential woman, there will be a
chance on Thursday, June 7 at the
Living Arts Centre in Mississauga.
This is a rare opportunity to ask
questions about the future of animal
handling from one of the top experts
in the world – a world that is
changing for farmers slowly
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time to engage the broader public to
ensure that the change coming is
reasonable and that well-thought out
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