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Total receipts for the Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Aug.
31 were 1,579 cattle, 542 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold steady. Choice steers
and heifers sold $110 to $114 with
sales to $122.75. Second cut sold
$107 to $109. Cows sold steady. On
Thursday all classes of veal sold on
a good active trade. Lambs and
sheep sold slightly higher. Goats
sold steady on a very active
trade. On Friday all classes of
calves and yearlings sold at steady
prices.
There were 45 steers on offer.
Martin Metske of Lucknow,
consigned one charolais steer
weighing 1,540 lbs. selling to
Horizon Meat Packers for $118.50.
Edgar W. Martin of Linwood,
consigned two steers averaging
1,293 lbs. selling for an average of
$113.45 with one bwf steer
weighing 1,230 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $114.50.
Noah Weppler of Ayton, consigned
two steers averaging 1,498 lbs.
selling for an average of $112.61
with one charolais steer weighing
1,480 lbs. selling to Horizon Meat
Packers for $114.25. Donald
Weigand of Dashwood, consigned
one limousin steer weighing 1,305
lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for
$111.50.
There were 85 fed heifers on offer.
Albert B. Frey of Wallenstein,
consigned two heifers averaging
1,405 lbs. selling for an average of
$117.64 with one black heifer
weighing 1,410 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $122.25.
Southlore Farms of Palmerston,
consigned eight heifers averaging
1,336 lbs. selling for an average of
$112.39 with two red heifers
averaging 1,465 lbs. selling to
Horizon Meat Packers for $116.50.
D. Porter of Goderich, consigned
seven heifers averaging 1,144 lbs.
selling for an average of $107.71
with five red heifers averaging 1,174
lbs. selling to Horizon Meat Packers
for $111.25. Keys Farms of Varna,
consigned two heifers averaging
1,333 lbs. selling for an average of
$105.47 with one bwf heifer
weighing 1,325 lbs. selling for $111.
Leroy Weppler of Ayton, consigned
three heifers averaging 1,067 lbs.
selling for an average of $109.62
with two black heifers averaging
1,045 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for $110.75. Eli M. Weber
of Listowel, consigned seven heifers
averaging 1,361 lbs. selling for an
average of $108.27 with two black
heifers averaging 1,428 lbs. selling
for $110.25.
There were 175 cows on offer.
Export types sold $61 to $73.50 with
sales to $77; beef cows, $67.50 to
$75.50 with sales to $77; D1 and
D2, $57 to $64; D3, $52 to $57; D4,
$37 to $47. Terpstra Farms of
Brussels, consigned five cows
averaging 1,312 lbs. selling for an
average of $69.22 with one holstein
cow weighing 1,300 lbs. selling for
$77. Kevin Rennick of Monkton,
consigned three cows averaging
1,288 lbs. selling for an average of
$71.30 with one simmental bull
weighing 1,325 lbs. selling for
$75.50. Norma Jean Orford of Little
Current, consigned five cows
averaging 1,607 lbs. selling for an
average of $70.58 with one roan cow
weighing 1,445 lbs. selling for
$74.
There were 22 bulls selling $69 to
$71.60 with sales to $91.50. Fortress
Farms of Gowanstown, consigned
one simmental bull weighing 1,485
lbs. selling for $91.50. Tony and
Joanne Los of Atwood, consigned 11
cows averaging 1,437 lbs. selling for
an average of $67.60 with one
holstein cow weighing 2,065 lbs.
selling for $89.50.
There were 176 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $110 to $160 with
sales to $174; good holsteins, $87 to
$101 with sales to $109; medium
holsteins, $80 to $86; heavy
holsteins, $82 to $90. Lamar Frey of
Listowel, consigned 18 veal
averaging 774 lbs. selling for an
average of $151.56 with one
charolais heifer weighing 755 lbs.
selling for $174. Lawrence
Brubacher of Harriston, consigned
three veal averaging 757 lbs. selling
for an average of $141.80 with one
limousin heifer weighing 765 lbs.
selling for $165. Ervin W. Shantz of
Wallenstein, consigned seven veal
averaging 848 lbs. selling for an
average of $148.94 with one
limousin steer weighing 805 lbs.
selling for $146.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $150 to
$230; 50 - 64 lbs., $197 to $230; 65
- 79 lbs., $147 to $193; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$132 to $155; 95 - 109 lbs., $139 to
$150; 110 lbs. and over, $134 to
$145.
Sheep sold $60 to $105 with sales
to $116.
Goats: kids sold $60 to $130 with
sales to $150 per head; nannies, $50
to $100 with sales to $125 per head;
billies, $150 to $285 sales to $349
per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $142 to $205; 400 -
499 lbs., $156 - $202; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$142 to $176; 600 - 699 lbs., $130 to
$163; 700 - 799 lbs., $129 to $150;
800 - 899 lbs., $125.50 to $148;
900 - 999 lbs., $118 to $134.25;
1,000 lbs. and over, $108.50 to
$125.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs. sold $140 to $187; 400 -
499 lbs., $135 to $162; 500 - 599
lbs., $120 to $164; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$130 to $144; 700 - 799 lbs., $112 to
$142; 800 - 899 lbs., $113 to $130;
900 lbs. and over, $112.50 to
$118.50.
By Keith Currie, Ontario
Federation of Agriculture (OFA)
Ontario’s provincial government
has officially been told something
stakeholders in the province’s horse
racing industry have been saying for
several months: without slots
revenue or some other revenue
stream the industry will cease to
exist.
The panel also found that
“Ontario’s vibrant world-class horse
racing and breeding industry is
worth saving.” No other jurisdiction
in North America is known to enjoy
a thriving horse racing industry
without government assistance.
The statements are among the
findings provided to Ontario’s
Minister of Agriculture, Food, and
Rural Affairs Ted McMeekin in
August 2012, from an all-star panel
comprised of three former Ontario
cabinet ministers, Elmer Buchanan,
John Snobelen and John Wilkinson.
The panel was tasked with working
with the horse racing industry and
consulting on the sector’s transition,
including the allocation of $50
million in program funding over
three years.
The panel met with dozens of
stakeholders, including all racetrack
owners, to determine how
government can support the
industry’s transition to a self-
sustaining funding model, and how
revenue sources could be
modernized. Considerations
included the origins and impacts of
the Slots at Racetracks Program, an
overview of racing revenues and
purses, industry regulations,
economic impact of the racing
industry and the impact of the
termination of the program.
The panel believes it would be a
mistake to reinstate the Slots at
Racetracks Program. It suggests the
program was excessive in its
contribution to stabilizing the
Back in Blyth
Paul Thompson, left, director of the original production of
The Farm Show and a member of the Order of Canada,
was in Blyth on Saturday night for the final production of the
Festival’s Young Company production of The Farm 2012, a
reimagining of the show 40 years later. Thompson was at
the reception at Memorial Hall later that night talking with
Laurence Lobb, son of Alison Lobb, a Central Huron
councillor who has been profiled in both shows (1972 and
2012). (Vicky Bremner photo)
Horse racing needs partnership says OFA
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