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Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending July
15 were 1,414 cattle, 613 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a steady market.
Choice steers and heifers sold $108
to $112 with sales to $115.50.
Second cut sold $100 to $107. Cows
sold on a good strong active market.
On Thursday veal sold on a strong
demand at prices steady to last week.
Lambs and sheep sold steady and
goats sold on a good strong active
trade. On Friday calves and
yearlings both sold on a strong
market at prices $2 to $3 higher.
There were 189 steers on offer.
Martin Metske of Lucknow,
consigned two charolais steers
averaging 1,458 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $113.25.
Leonard and Andrew Black of
Proton Station, consigned twelve
steers averaging 1,298 lbs. selling
for an average of $107.38 with one
black steer weighing 1,500 lbs.
selling for $111.50. John VanLoo of
Bluevale, consigned eight charolais
steers averaging 1,621 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $111.25. Kevin
Leddy of Auburn, consigned twenty-
seven steers averaging 1,323 lbs.
selling for an average of $103.93
with one limousin steer weighing
1,285 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $110.
Murray Pfeifer of Baden,
consigned six steers averaging 1,469
lbs. selling for an average of $108.42
with one black steer weighing 1,385
lbs. selling to Ryding Regency for
$110. Enid Schmidt of Baden,
consigned ten steers averaging 1,580
lbs. selling for an average of $103.34
with two charolais steers averaging
1,603 lbs. selling for $109.75.
Lemoncroft Farms Ltd. of
Kincardine, consigned three steers
averaging 1,285 lbs. selling for a
average of $102.78 with one red
steer weighing 1,350 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $108.25.
There were 205 heifers on offer.
Darren Johnston Farms Ltd.,
Bluevale, consigned twelve heifers
averaging 1,330 lbs. selling for an
average of $112.07 with one grey
heifer weighing 1,315 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for
$115.50. M-R Farms of Exeter,
consigned twenty-five heifers
averaging 1,302 lbs. selling for an
average of $109.52 with one
limousin heifer weighing 1,390 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$115.25. Dominion Farms of Erin,
consigned forty-two heifers
averaging 1,267 lbs. selling for an
average of $110.46 with sixteen
charolais heifers averaging 1,336
lbs. selling for $111.75. Murray
Johnston of Bluevale, consigned five
black heifers averaging 1,318 lbs.
selling for $109.75. Machan
Construction of Monkton, consigned
five heifers averaging 1,306 lbs.
selling for an average of $106.62
with one black heifer weighing
1,465 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for $109.25. Leonard J.
Stroeder of Clifford, consigned two
heifers averaging 1,515 lbs. selling
for an average of $105.49 with one
simmental heifer weighing 1,580
lbs. selling for $108.
There were 141 cows on offer.
Export types sold $65 to $72 with
sales to $73.50; beef cows, $70 to
$80 with sales to $82; D1 and D2,
$50 to $55; D3, $46 to $50; D4, $35
to $40. Lynn Farrell of Kincardine,
consigned four cows averaging
1,445 lbs. selling for an average of
$76.30 with one charolais cow
weighing 1,475 lbs. selling for $82.
Top Meadow of Clarksburg,
consigned nine cows averaging
1,376 lbs. selling for an average of
$80.15 with one limousin cow
weighing 1,485 lbs. selling for
$81.50. Bernie Gowan of Allenford,
consigned three cows averaging
1,430 lbs. selling for an average of
$80.13 with one charolais cow
weighing 1,335 lbs. selling for $81.
There were 11 bulls on offer
selling $82 to $88.50 with sales to
$97.50. Terry Richardson of
Harriston, consigned one belgium
blue bull weighing 2,080 lbs. selling
for $97.50. Glen Bieman of Ayton,
consigned one simmental bull
weighing 2,290 lbs. selling for
$89.50.
There were 154 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $105 to $150 with
sales to $153; good holstein, $90 to
$100 with sales to $102; medium
holstein, $80 to $90; heavy holstein,
$90 to $95 with sales to $97. Lamar
Frey of Listowel, consigned ten veal
averaging 766 lbs. selling for an
average of $131.50 with four
limousin heifers weighing 770 lbs.
selling for $153. Alvin Horst of
Listowel, consigned three veal
averaging 882 lbs. selling for an
average $121.30 with one limousin
heifer weighing 815 lbs. selling for
$149. Maynard Brubacher of
Wallenstein, consigned six veal
averaging 783 lbs. selling for an
average of $111.81 with one
simmental steer weighing 810 lbs.
selling for $133.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $206 to
$212; 50 - 64 lbs., $180 to $207; 65
- 79 lbs., $172 to $206; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$174 to $197; 95 - 109 lbs., $173 to
$189; 110 lbs. and over, $176 to
$288.
Sheep sold $75 to $101 with sales
to $110.
Goat: kids sold $60 to $150 to
$156 per head; nannies, $90 to $110
to $155 per head; billies, $150 to
$250 to $350 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $130 to $198; 400 -
499 lbs., $128 to $176; 500 - 599
lbs., $133.50 to $155.50; 600 - 699
lbs., $128.50 to $149.50; 700 - 799
lbs., $118 to $144; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$110.50 to $127.50; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$114 to $122; 1,000 lbs. and over,
$113.25 to $121.50.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $125 to $173; 400 -
499 lbs., $138 to $156; 500 - 599
lbs., $130 to $146.50; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$126 to $140.75; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$126 to $135; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$110.50 to $124; 900 lbs. and over,
$107.75 to $112.25.
By John Clement
I’m starting to show my age
because I recently realized that I’ve
spent very close to 30 years working
at a professional career in Ontario’s
entrepreneurial agricultural
community. Having grown up on a
century-plus farm in southern
Ontario, I moved into agricultural
journalism for a number of years
before going to work as a staff
member for the Christian Farmers
Federation of Ontario. Over the
course of those three decades, I’ve
assembled some overarching
observations about farming in
Ontario that seem to give shape to
lots and lots of smaller observations.
Here are just a few:
1. Agricultural Innovation
Roars Along at a Rapid Pace.
Farming continues to be one of the
most innovative industries in the
country. Production know-how has
increased by leaps and bounds and
now includes all the potential found
within genetic engineering.
Marketing of products has moved
away from undifferentiated
commodities to value-added
markets that serve to fulfill multiple
consumer demands for convenience,
nutrition and health. Finally,
agriculture has added industrial
production for industry and energy
to its usual mix of food.
2. No Agricultural Commodity
Gets A Free Ride in the Market. I
grew up when tobacco was king in
my county and now the industry has
virtually disappeared. And while
that commodity had health concerns
attached to it, the same can’t be said
for other commodities like beef and
pork. Domestic beef production has
continued to struggle from the
devastation that started with BSE,
while pork, formerly one of the
commodities I considered most
resilient, was knocked off its feet a
few years back and continues its
climb back from the brink. Our
Federal Government’s commitment
to expanding trade will only keep
the pressure on for the vast majority
of commodities.
3. Social Understandings about
Farming Shift Over Time. Years
ago, a lot of the discussion on
farming was carried out amongst
farmers themselves. I recall lots of
conversations about farmers being
colleagues rather than competitors,
along with debates about which
types of marketing systems helped
build stronger rural communities.
But now that discussion has moved
outwards from farmers to include
urban consumers. And while the
conversation used to be about how
farmers engaged each other and the
marketplace, it now is centred on
broader questions like food security,
nutrition and things like
“environmental footprints”.
I don’t expect any of these
overarching themes to change any
time soon. Farming will continue to
be an industry that raises crops and
livestock, but the environment in
which it carries this out will keep
marching forward in a dynamic
fashion. I hope that three decades
from now we’ll be able to continue
contemplating and celebrating an
Ontario agricultural sector that
meets the challenges of the day,
despite the struggle it brings.
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