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Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Dec.
2 were 3,830 cattle, 790 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold $2 to $3 higher. Choice
steers and heifers sold $114 to $123
with sales to $126.25. Second cut
sold $110 to $117. Cows sold steady.
Veal sold on a strong active trade at
prices steady to last week’s market.
Lambs sold steady while sheep and
goats sold $10 to $20 lower. On
Friday calves sold steady and
yearlings sold at prices $1 to $2
higher. At the vaccinated sale calves
sold $2 to $3 higher.
There were 119 steers on offer.
Jim and John Bennett of Goderich,
consigned one limousin steer
weighing 1,470 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $126.25.
Miriam Terpstra of Brussels,
consigned two steers averaging
1,325 lbs. selling for an average of
$119.45 with one black steer
weighing 1,405 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $122.50.
Wendy McCarthy of Dublin,
consigned one gold steer weighing
1,505 lbs. selling for $122.25.
Kirsten Saunders of Dublin,
consigned one limousin steer
weighing 1,500 lbs. selling for $122.
Gerald Geisel of Elmira, consigned
14 steers averaging 1,649 lbs. selling
for an average of $118.58 with two
simmental steers averaging 1,605
lbs. selling to St. Helen’s Meat
Packers for $121.50.
Tom McDonnell of Gadshill,
consigned two black steers
averaging 1410 lbs. selling for $121.
Andrew McCarthy of Dublin,
consigned one black steer weighing
1,550 lbs. selling to St. Helen’s Meat
Packers for $121. Dan Coulthard of
Stratford, consigned 41 steers
averaging 1,408 lbs. selling for an
average of $120.73 with seven black
steers averaging 1,381 lbs. selling to
St. Helen’s Meat Packers for $121.
Brian and Bill Dallmer of Atwood,
consigned three steers averaging
1,387 lbs. selling for an average of
$120.36 with two black steers
averaging 1,435 lbs. selling $120.75.
John Wiersma of Blyth, consigned
four steers averaging 1,526 lbs.
selling for an average of $117.26
with one black steer weighing 1,415
lbs. selling for $118.25.
There were 185 heifers on offer.
Knechtel Farms of Gadshill,
consigned 12 heifers averaging
1,294 lbs. selling for an average of
$120.03 with one blonde heifer
weighing 1,155 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $126. Bill
Frank of Listowel, consigned 12
heifers averaging 1,305 lbs. selling
for an average of $120.67 with two
limousin heifers averaging 1,298 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for $124.
Glen Walker of Wingham, consigned
11 heifers averaging 1,310 lbs.
selling for an average of $123.22
with one heifer weighing 1,195 lbs.
selling to Horizon Meat Packers for
$123.75.
Glen Geisel of West Montrose,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,317 lbs. selling for an average of
$119.48 with two limousin heifers
averaging 1,265 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $122.25. Larry
Reinhart Sr., of Mildmay, consigned
four heifers averaging 1,115 lbs.
selling for an average of $118.32
with one limousin heifer weighing
1,180 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $122.
Bill Dufton of Tara, consigned 11
heifers averaging 1,173 lbs. selling
for an average of $114.23 with two
limousin heifers averaging 1,215 lbs.
selling to St. Helen’s Meat Packers
for $121.50. George Roney of
Staffa, consigned 10 heifers
averaging 1,262 lbs. selling for an
average of $113.87 with two black
heifers averaging 1,288 lbs. selling
to St. Helen’s Meat Packers for
$120. Southlore Farms of
Palmerston, consigned 12 heifers
averaging 1,324 lbs. selling for an
average of $118.01 with one
charolais heifer weighing 1,510 lbs.
selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for $120. Martin Metske of
Lucknow, consigned 26 heifers
averaging 1,350 lbs. selling for an
average of $118.33 with 11 black
heifers averaging 1,398 lbs. selling
for $118.60.
There were 444 cows on offer.
Export types sold $55 to $63 with
sales to $71; beef cows, $60 to $70
with sales to $80; D1 and D2, $55 to
$60; D3, $50 to $55; D4, $35 to $45.
Case Vanderdose of Allenford,
consigned five cows averaging 1,416
lbs. selling for an average of $66.25
with one bwf cow weighing 1,495
lbs. selling for $82.50. Bernard
Osawamick of Wilwemikong,
consigned four cows averaging
1,495 lbs. selling for an average of
$69.33 with one simmental cow
weighing 1,470 lbs. selling for $78.
Francis Walters of Mildmay,
consigned five cows averaging 1,423
lbs. selling for an average of $66.02
with one black cow weighing 1,695
lbs. selling for $76.
There were 23 bulls selling $59.50
to $77 with sales to $80. Berkana
Farms of Brussels, consigned one
black bull weighing 2,060 lbs.
selling for $80. Byrnel Newman of
Harriston, consigned one charolais
bull weighing 2,025 lbs. selling for
$74.50.
There were 112 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $130 to $160 with
sales to $172.50; good holstein,
$120 to $132 with sales to $136.50;
medium holstein, $105 to $120;
heavy holstein, $115 to $125 with
sales to $131. Kimberly White of
Mount Forest, consigned six veal
averaging 771 lbs. selling for an
average of $148.09 with one grey
steer weighing 765 lbs. selling for
$172. Lamar Frey of Listowel,
consigned 10 veal averaging 785 lbs.
selling for an average of $152.99
with two limousin heifers averaging
783 lbs. selling for $168. Lawrence
Brubacher of Harriston, consigned
two veal averaging 743 lbs. selling
for an average of $142.37 with one
limousin weighing 730 lbs. selling
for $150.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $220 to
$277.50; 50 - 64 lbs., $237 to $305;
65 - 79 lbs., $214 to $270; 80 - 94
lbs., $196 to $247; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$207 to $230; 110 lbs. and over,
$195 to $216.
Sheep sold $66 to $106 with sales
to $117.
Goats: kids sold $40 to $120 to
$140 per head; nannies, $40 to $80
to $100 per head; billies, $150 to
$250 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $120 to $195; 400 -
499 lbs., $131 to $187; 500 - 599
lbs., $136 to $179; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$126.50 to $160.25; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$108.50 to $152; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$123.50 to $149; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$121 to $143.25; 1,000 lbs. and over,
$100 to $128.50.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs. sold $121 to $190; 300 -
399 lbs., $127 to $173; 400 - 499
lbs., $131 to $161; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$100 to $156; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$114.50 to $148; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$123.50 to $140; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$120.50 to $137; 900 lbs. and over,
$117 to $127.
Top quality vaccinated steers
under 400 lbs. sold $167 to $211.50;
400 - 499 lbs., $176 to $210; 500 -
599 lbs., $156 to $189; 600 - 699
lbs., $150.25 to $178; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$146 to $156; 800 - 899 lbs., $136 to
$147.50; 900 - 999 lbs., $124 to
$136; 1,000 lbs. and over, $100 to
$125.
Top quality vaccinated heifers
under 300 lbs. sold $126 to $152;
300 - 399 lbs., $136 to $154; 400 -
499 lbs., $139 to $159; 500 - 599
lbs., $130 to $151; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$119 to $152; 700 - 799 lbs., $114 to
$139.25; 900 lbs. and over, $100 to
$113.
A province-wide publication
created by the Farm Care Foundation
will be featuring two Huron County
residents as Mrs. and Miss April.
Amy Cronin who, with her
husband, runs a hog farm near
Bluevale as well as one in Iowa, was
asked by the Ontario Farm Animal
Council and the Farm Care
Foundation to appear in their annual
Faces of Farming calendar and
accepted gladly.
“The calendar is a great promotion
of agriculture,” she said. “It’s a
group of real farmers who are
passionate about what they do. It
focuses on all the great parts of
farming.”
Cronin is very involved in both
agriculture and her community as
she is the vice-chair of the 2011
Ontario Pork Board of Directors and
is a local trustee on the Huron-Perth
Catholic District School Board.
Cronin was joined by her daughter
Emmy for the photo shoot, and
would have had more company had
the time frame allowed it.
“One of my daughters was in
France, so she couldn’t make the
August shoot, but we still went
ahead,” she said.
The calendar, which is distributed
through TSC stores across the
province, is in its seventh year and
features local farmers of all practices
and ages.
With 7,000 copies printed, more
than double the 3,000 printed in the
calendar’s first year, it has seen
success and has showed the world
what farmers can be like.
Cronin, a mother of six, feels that
farming is an important family
business and thinks the calendar is a
great way to spread that message.
Cronin and her husband Mike are
first-generation hog farmers but
were born into the agriculture
industry.
“We both grew up on dairy farms,”
she said. “We were married 16 years
ago and started working on a hog
farm then.”
Cronin said her family worked on
a hog farm operated by her father
and, in a short amount of time,
decided to buy it and make it their
own project.
From there they expanded to the
farm in Iowa five years ago. She said
that things wouldn’t be going as well
as they have for the family if it
weren’t for everyone’s involve-
ment.
“We’re definitely a family farm,
everybody works on the farm,” she
said. “We have six children and they
all do their part on the farm. They all
know how to do their chores and
help out.”
Cronin said that two of her
children are running one of the
nursery barns and that the
experience is one that will enable
them help out on the farm.
The calendar is distributed to
Ontario farmers, politicians, grocery
stores, butcher shops and is
sponsored by many Ontario
Local ladies featured in agriculture calendar
Mrs. and Miss April
Amy Cronin of the Bluevale area and her daughter Emmy posed for the Faces of Farming
calendar, an annual publication that brings farmers, producers and consumers closer together
by highlighting those who work in the agriculture industry and their contributions to the world
around them. (Photo submitted)
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By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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