The Citizen, 2010-01-21, Page 11Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Jan.
15 were 2,367 cattle, 289 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold $1 lower. Choice steers
and heifers sold $82 to $85 with
sales to $90. Second cut sold $78 to
$82. Cows sold on a strong active
trade at prices $1 higher. On
Thursday holstein veal sold on a
good active trade at steady prices,
while beef veal traded stronger with
prices $2 to $3 higher to last week.
Lambs sold on a strong active trade,
while sheep and goats sold on a
stronger market to last week. On
Friday calves sold on a strong active
trade at steady prices. Yearlings sold
on a strong active trade with prices
$1 to $2 higher.
There were 223 steers on offer.
Chad Fischer of Brussels, consigned
forty-three steers averaging 1,418
lbs. selling for an average of $85.98
with one charolais steer weighing
1,435 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $90. Schmidtbrook of
Woodstock, consigned fourteen
steers averaging 1,550 lbs. selling
for an average of $86.66 with five
red steers averaging 1,540 lbs.
selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for $88.25 John Newans of
Wroxeter, consigned two steers
averaging 1,423 lbs. selling for an
average of $85.50 with one limousin
steer weighing 1,425 lbs. selling to
Holly Park Meat Packers for $86.
Fred and Clyde McClure of Walton,
consigned five steers averaging,
1,520 lbs. selling for an average of
$84.92 with four red steers
averaging 1,491 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $86. Geisel
Cattle Company of Elmira,
consigned twenty-eight steers
averaging 1,579 lbs. selling for an
average of $82.14 with two black
steers averaging 1,535 lbs. selling to
St. Helen’s Meat Packers for $86.
Ken Eadie of Holyrood, consigned
sixteen steers averaging 1,607 lbs.
selling for an average of $84.34 with
five charolais steers averaging 1,609
lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $85.
Brian Parsons of Woodham,
consigned three steers averaging
1,247 lbs. selling for an average of
$84.84 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,315 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $85. Titus
Brubacher of Wroxeter, consigned
two red steers averaging 1,450 lbs.
selling to Ryding Regency for
$83.75. John Sherk Jr. of Clifford,
consigned one black steer weighing
1,330 lbs. selling for $83.50.
Marvara Farms of Drayton,
consigned six black steers averaging
1,374 lbs. selling for $83.35.
There were 281 heifers on offer.
Johnston Farms of Bluevale,
consigned forty-six heifers
averaging 1,378 lbs. selling for an
average of $87.38 with seven red
heifers averaging 1,296 lbs. selling
to Dominion Meat Packers for
$89.10. K & A Beef Farms of
Wroxeter, consigned four heifers
averaging 1,345 lbs. selling for an
average of $85.03 with one white
heifer weighing 1,300 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $88.25. Hehn
Farms of Walkerton, consigned
nineteen heifers averaging 1,265 lbs.
selling for an average of $83.87 with
one charolais heifer weighing 1,330
lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $87. Darren Johnston of
Bluevale, consigned twenty-six
heifers averaging 1,403 lbs. selling
for an average of $85.29 with ten
black heifers averaging 1,417 lbs.
selling for $86.50.
Knechtel Farms of Gadshill,
consigned eight heifers averaging
1,531 lbs. selling for an average of
$81.33 with one red heifer weighing
1,495 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $86.25. Kevin
Stewardson of Wyoming, consigned
eight heifers averaging 1,334 lbs.
selling for an average of $81.51 with
three charolais heifers averaging
1,398 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $86. Tom Hern of
Woodham, consigned ten heifers
averaging 1,282 lbs. selling for an
average of $83.72 with one
charolais heifer weighing 1,360 lbs.
selling to St. Helen’s Meat Packers
for $86.
Martin Metske of Lucknow,
consigned thirteen black heifers
averaging 1,398 lbs. selling for
$85.25. Connie Boyd of Monkton,
consigned three heifers averaging
1,377 lbs. selling for an average of
$82.73 with one red heifer weighing
1,360 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $85.25. Doug Knechtel
of Gadshill, consigned two black
heifers averaging 1,553 lbs. selling
to St. Helen’s Meat Packers for $85.
There were 491 cows on offer.
Export types sold $38 to $44 with
sales to $63.50; beef cows, $37 to
$45 with sales to $51.50; D1 and D2,
$39 to $47; D3, $33 to $39; D4, $22
to $33. Ralph Dietrich of Mildmay,
consigned three cows averaging
1,297 lbs. selling for an average of
$43.25 with one holstein cow
weighing 895 lbs. selling for $54.
John VanBakel of Bornholm,
consigned two cows averaging 1,575
lbs. selling for an average of $47.55
with one limousin cow weighing
1,625 lbs. selling for $49. Isaac
Stutzman of Lucknow, consigned
three cows averaging 1,693 lbs.
selling for an average of $45.74 with
one simmental cow weighing 1,805
lbs. selling for $48.50.
There were 11 bulls on offer
selling $44 to $55.50 with sales to
$57. Ernest Grubelmann of Walton,
consigned one brown swiss bull
weighing 890 lbs. selling for $57.
Dennis Bridge of Kincardine,
consigned two bulls averaging 1,293
lbs. selling for an average of $54.17
with one black bull weighing 1,150
lbs. selling for $55.
There were 250 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $95 to $115 with
sales to $120; good holstein, $90 to
$95 with sales to $100; medium
holstein, $80 to $90; Heavy holstein,
$75 to $85 with sales to $90.
Suzanne Coleman of Kippen,
consigned five veal averaging 655
lbs. selling for an average of $103.92
with one limousin steer weighing
615 lbs. selling for $120. Mosie J.
Shetler of Lucknow, consigned eight
veal averaging 779 lbs. selling for an
average of $107.63 with one
limousin heifer weighing 795 lbs.
selling for $117.50. Terry Greidanus
of Londesboro, consigned eight veal
averaging 781 lbs. selling for an
average of $108.78 with one
limousin heifer weighing 760 lbs.
selling for $117.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs., sold $220 to
$297; 65 - 79 lbs., $189 to $232; 80
- 94 lbs., $165 to $197; 95 - 110 lbs.,
$160 to $192.
Sheep sold $61 to $103 with sales
to $122.
Goats: kids sold $65 to $130 with
sales to $142.50 per head; nannies,
$90 to $130 with sales to $135 per
head; billies, $150 to $250 with sales
to $320 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $89 to $129; 400 - 499
lbs., $101 to $131.50; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$94 to $120.75; 600 - 699 lbs., $92
to $114.50; 700 - 799 lbs., $90.50 to
$103.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $92 to
$103.75; 900 - 999 lbs., $90.50 to
$97.75; 1,000 lbs. and over, $91.60
to $94.50.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $93 to $118; 400 - 499
lbs., $86 to $108; 500 - 599 lbs., $88
to $109.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $90 to
$106; 700 - 799 lbs., $90.50 to $99;
800 - 899 lbs., $85.25 to $95.75; 900
lbs. and over, $83 to $92.50.
Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
Fed steers, heifers sell $1-$2 lower
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010. PAGE 11.
While he acknowledged that 2009
was a year to forget for the beef
industry in Canada, Ontario
Cattlemen’s Association (OCA)
president Gord Hardy assured the
Huron County Beef Producers
(HCBP) that he and his camp will be
working hard on their behalf moving
into 2010.
Hardy spoke to the beef producers
at their annual meeting last week in
Brussels where producers had just
heard the sobering news from
president Harvey Hoggart about the
drop of 1,690 head of cattle from
sales in 2009 compared to sales from
2008.
“Our barbecue season was a
complete bust this year,” Hardy said.
“Demand has been terrible all year
throughout Canada.”
Hardy discussed the depressed
beef sales throughout the country last
year and the waiting game that
producers had to play throughout the
season. Once the wait was over, he
said, there was so much extra weight
on cattle that selling a head of cattle
was almost like selling a carcass and
a half.
The one silver lining of 2009 was
that exports of cows and bulls were
up slightly throughout Canada. But
there is still a lot of work that needs
to be done, he said.
One of the most positive signs,
Hardy said, was the formation of the
Ontario Agriculture Sustainability
Coalition.
Hardy said the cattle, veal, pork,
grains and oil seeds and fruits and
vegetables farmers of Ontario are
together for the first time lobbying
the different levels of government,
presenting one of the most united
fronts in the history of Ontario
agriculture.
The Coalition has since been
charged with the task of drafting a
blanket business risk management
plan for all of the commodity groups
by February. This was asked of them
by Minister of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs, Leona Dombrowsky.
One of the keys to the risk
management plan, Hardy said, would
be retroactive payment for 2009,
which was a difficult year for many
of the commodity groups throughout
Ontario. Whether or not that will
actually happen, he isn’t sure, but it
will be something they will be
seeking when the draft is brought to
the minister next month.
“The problem is always that there
aren’t funds. Funds are going to have
to be re-allocated,” he said. “We
need their support and the federal
government’s support as well.”
In addition to the united front,
Hardy said, there were also other
bright spots throughout the year.
At this year’s Queen’s Park
barbecue, over 500 people were
served with Premier Dalton
McGuinty taking part for the first
time. In addition to the
communication that was opened at
that event, there were also three fly-
ins held in Ottawa and four issues of
The Steakholder, the OCA’s
quarterly newsletter, published. The
newsletter was sent to MPs, MPPs
and is also available on the
organization’s website, at
www.cattle.guelph.on.ca
Another bright spot was what
Hardy called the McDonald’s hoax.
In 2009, several producers were sent
e-mails regarding the beef used by
the McDonald’s chain of restaurants.
The information being presented was
that McDonald’s no longer planned
on using Canadian beef, which was
proven to be false and quite a relief,
said Hardy.
The marketing of Canadian beef is
also taking on a new image, Hardy
said. With a licensing agreement
already in place with Foodland
Ontario, Ontario’s beef strategy has
been defined as beef that is raised,
slaughtered and processed in an
approved facility in Ontario.
In addition to the new Ontario beef
strategy, Canadian beef also changed
its logo recently, presenting a new
look for 2010.
Barbecue season a bust says OCA’s Hardy
The executive
With president of three years Harvey Hoggart stepping down, the executive for the Huron
County Beef Producers might not look too different, but Hoggart, left, is now appearing as past
president instead of president. Those honours now go to Matt McCall of Brussels. Treasurer
is Kittie MacGregor of Londesborough. Absent is vice-president Bob Bennett. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen