The Citizen, 2010-02-11, Page 11Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Feb. 5
were 2,456 cattle, 378 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a steady market.
Choice steers and heifers sold on a
strong active trade at prices $1 to $2
higher. On Thursday holstein veal
sold on a very strong market from
prices $2 to $5 higher, while beef
veal traded steady from last week.
Lambs, sheep and goats sold on a
strong active trade with prices steady
to last week. On Friday calves sold
$2 to $5 higher and yearlings sold $2
to $3 higher.
There were 312 steers on offer. M-
R Farms of Exeter, consigned five
steers averaging 1,480 lbs. selling
for an average of $88.64 with one
belgium blue steer weighing 1,275
lbs. selling for $98.50. Costa Plenty
Farms of Wingham, consigned one
limousin steer weighing 1,405 lbs.
selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for $87.50. Randy Diebold of
Cargill, consigned thirty-two steers
averaging 1,653 lbs. selling for an
average of $82.33 with one limousin
steer weighing 1,585 lbs. selling to
Holly Park Meat Packers for $87.
Corgercrest Farms of Seaforth,
consigned five steers averaging
1,476 lbs. selling for an average of
$84.08 with two black steers
weighing 1,445 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $87.
K/C McAlpine Farms of Ailsa
Craig, consigned eight steers
averaging 1,628 lbs. selling for an
average of $83.81 with one charolais
steer weighing 1,495 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $86.25.
Murray Wagg of Mitchell, consigned
ten steers averaging 1,534 lbs.
selling for an average of $85.51 with
eight black steers averaging 1,514
lbs. selling for $86.25. Melvin Sherk
of Wellesley, consigned twelve
steers averaging 1,484 lbs. selling
for an average of $85.29 with five
charolais steers averaging 1,471 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$86.10.
Kevin Wagg of Mitchell,
consigned ten steers averaging 1,559
lbs. selling for an average of $85.85
with seven black steer averaging
1,544 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $86. Brian Parsons of
Woodham, consigned seven steers
averaging 1,225 lbs. selling for an
average of $84.02 with five black
steers averaging 1,230 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $86. Chris
Smith of Brussels, consigned
twenty-five steers averaging 1,528
lbs. selling for an average of $83.65
with two red steers averaging 1,543
lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $86.
There were 261 heifers on offer.
Knechtel Farms of Gadshill,
consigned eleven heifers averaging
1,613 lbs. selling for an average of
$82.99 with two red heifers
averaging 1,510 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $89.
Sellers Farms of Bluevale,
consigned thirty-four heifers
averaging 1,495 lbs. selling for an
average of $86.17 with four limousin
heifers averaging 1,419 lbs. selling
for $88.50. Miriam Terpstra of
Brussels, consigned three heifers
averaging 1,358 lbs. selling for an
average of $87.85 with two black
heifers averaging 1,388 lbs. selling
for $88.25.
Andy VanderVeen of Blyth,
consigned fifteen heifers averaging
1,373 lbs. selling for an average of
$86.51 with five limousin heifers
averaging 1,360 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $88. Darren
Johnston of Bluevale, consigned
thirty-five heifers averaging 1,337
lbs. selling for an average of $84.76
with five red heifers averaging 1,391
lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $88. Ken Shortreed of
Walton, consigned thirteen heifers
averaging 1,335 lbs. selling for an
average of $86.09 with one grey
heifer weighing 1,360 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $87.50.
Samuel H. Weber of Clifford,
consigned four heifers averaging
1,331 lbs. selling for an average of
$83.72 with one red heifer weighing
1,395 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for $85.75. Glen Bieman of
Ayton, consigned one rwf heifer
weighing 1,520 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $85.60.
George Roney of Staffa, consigned
fourteen heifers averaging 1,381 lbs.
selling for an average of $84.88 with
three charolais heifers averaging
1,376 lbs. selling for $85.25. Tim
Metske of Lucknow, consigned one
charolais heifer weighing 1,375 lbs.
selling for $85.25.
There were 364 cows on offer.
Export types sold $39 to $46 with
sales to $63; beef cows, $38 to $47
with sales to $55; D1 and D2, $40 to
$48; D3, $33 to $40; D4, $22 to $33.
Rossview Farms of Lucknow,
consigned three cows averaging
1,373 lbs. selling for an average of
$50.57 with one holstein cow
weighing 1,395 lbs. selling for $63.
John Richardson of Harriston,
consigned three cows averaging
1,397 lbs. selling for an average of
$50.12 with one charolais cow
weighing 1,290 lbs. selling for $55.
James L. Taylor of Wingham,
consigned two cows averaging 1,415
lbs. selling for an average of $50.52
with one limousin cow weighing
1,430 lbs. selling for $52.
There were 19 bulls on offer
selling $40.50 to $46.50 with sales
to $57.50. Robert Gowland of
Holyrood, consigned one limousin
bull weighing 2,085 lbs. selling for
$57.50. John D. Shetler of Lucknow,
consigned one red bull weighing
2,145 lbs. selling for $54.50.
There were 242 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $95 to $110 with
sales to $115; good holstein, $90 to
$100 with sales to $103; medium
holstein, $82 to $90; plain holstein,
$70 to $80; heavy holstein, $80 to
$90 with sales to $95. Mosie J.
Shelter of Lucknow, consigned three
veal averaging 702 lbs. selling for an
average of $114.03 with one
limousin steer weighing 740 lbs.
selling for $155. Terry Greidanus of
Londesborough, consigned twelve
veal averaging 781 lbs. selling for an
average of $112.28 with one
limousin heifer weighing 710 lbs.
selling for $115. Eric Nonkes of
Auburn, consigned five veal
averaging 683 lbs. selling for an
average of $94.22 with one limousin
heifer weighing 660 lbs. selling for
$114.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $201 to
$255; 65 - 79 lbs., $198 to $225; 80
- 94 lbs., $177 to $202; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$168 to $188; 110 lbs. and over,
$114 to $133.
Sheep sold $55 to $87 with sales
to $125.
Goats: kids sold $70 to $140 with
sales to $151 per head; nannies, $75
to $105 with sales to $120 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $109 to $140; 400 - 499
lbs., $100 to $133; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$108 to $122; 600 - 699 lbs., $104 to
$118; 700 - 799 lbs., $92 to $107.50;
800 - 899 lbs., $95.75 to $103.75;
900 - 999 lbs., $94.25 to $98.25;
1,000 lbs. and over, $89.75 to
$98.50.
Top quality stocker heifer under
300 lbs. sold $97 to $125; 300 - 399
lbs., $103 to $128; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$100 to $126; 500 - 599 lbs., $94 to
$111; 600 - 699 lbs., $90.50 to $101;
700 - 799 lbs., $85 to $103.50; 800 -
899 lbs., $89.25 to $95.50; 900 lbs.
and over, $87 to $103.75.
AgricultureBrussels Livestock reportFed steers, heifers sell steady at saleTHE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010. PAGE 11.
Morris-Turnberry will not be
loaning money to the Wingham Golf
and Curling Club, nor will it be
forgiving interest on back taxes for
the club.
At their Feb. 2 meeting,
councillors learned that the club had
been able to get financing elsewhere
and would not need a loan from
council, as it had sought last year.
The news was also good in that the
club is $18,000 ahead of last year.
But the club asked that council
consider forgiving $1,736.50 in
interest charges on the tax arrears.
Councillors declined, agreeing that
it would unfair to forgive interest in
this case when others in financial
difficulty would still be required to
pay.
***
Councillors will ask the history
book committee to attend a future
meeting of council. Several
councillors were disturbed by a
report that the book might not be
available in time for Christmas sales
this year.
“It’s just going to go on and on,”
said councillor Bill Thompson when
he heard the committee wanted to
hire students to help with research
and copy editing this summer.
Councillors were also adamant
that, though there might be separate
volumes for Morris and Turnberry,
they would only be sold as a set, not
individually. Councillor Mark
Beaven said that “under no
circumstance” would he support the
sale of the volumes separately
because it’s all one municipality
now.
***
Councillors agreed to prepare a
bylaw to amend its policy for
entrance permits for a Bluevale
property to recognize a historical
entrance that is no longer used.
Under the current policy, the
entrance would not have been
allowed to the existing house which
has no driveway, because there
wasn’t enough visibility distance to
a nearby hill.
***
Council learned the bank wants to
either have the remaining loan for
the Belgrave water system paid off,
or have a payment schedule set up.
Council had originally borrowed
$1 million to finance construction
until homeowners were billed. But a
dispute with North Huron has meant
that the bills couldn’t be sent out
until an arbitration hearing was held
to settle the matter. That process has
been dragging on with no resolution.
Council had paid back half of that
but still owes $500,000.
Council voted to send a letter to
North Huron saying it wants to have
the issue resolved by March 31.
The municipality has been picking
up the interest charges in the
meantime but Beaven insisted the
water system must pay for itself and
taxpayers outside Belgrave
shouldn’t have to pick up the cost of
the interest payments.
***
Council approved a zoning change
for Wayne and Deborah Colclough
for their property just east of
Bluevale to allow them to erect
additional grain storage bins on their
property for private use.
***
Grants of $500 were given to the
Brussels Agricultural Society and
the Belgrave, Blyth, Brussels School
Fair. A $125 grant was given to the
Huron County Plowmen’s
Association.
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UPCOMING SALES
Morris-Turnberry council briefs
No loan for Wingham Golf and Curling Club
Morris-Turnberry will draft an
agreement to allow a Turnberry ward
gravel pit owner to sell gravel to
clients other than the municipality.
Morris-Turnberry holds the licence
for extraction from the pit on the land
of Don Woolcock, after contracting
to take gravel from the pit for the last
10 years. The contract is up for
renewal and council wants to extend
it for two years to obtain gravel for
Salem Road rebuilding and for
maintenance gravel. But the permit
allows for 100,000 tonnes a year to
be extracted and the municipality is
likely to need less than half that
amount.
“Come hell or high water I want to
be able to extract gravel because I’m
not going to leave $50,000 lying
there,” said Don Woolcock who
attended the Feb. 2 meeting of
municipal council.
Councillors struggled with how to
be fair to Woolcock while also being
sure they have all the gravel they
needed. There’s also the problem of
who pays for rehabilitation costs if
someone else is buying gravel. It’s
Morris-Turnberry’s responsibility, as
extraction permit holder, to
rehabilitate the pit when they’re
finished.
Mike Thomas director of public
works, and Nancy Michie,
administrator, clerk-treasurer, will
draft an agreement to try to solve
these issues. It will be sent to
Woolcock as the next step of the
negotiations.
Permission given for sale of gravel
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
A request from the Georgian Bay
Funeral Service Association for the
county to increase ts funding for
indigent services was answered at
county council’s Feb. 3 meeting.
However, rather than pay the
amount of $4,995 this year, the
recommendation that came from
committee of the whole was to pay
it in two stages.
An additional $934.50 to the
current contribution of $3,126 this
year would bring the amount to
$4,060. Increasing the payment in
2011 by the same amount would
bring the total to the requested
value.
Councillor John Bezaire of
Central Huron wondered as this was
an election year if such action was
possible. “The second year of the
increase is coming to the next
council. Can we bind them to
this?”
Chief administrative officer Larry
Adams said that while there are
times when it wouldn’t be allowed
this wasn’t one of them. “You have
the ability to bind the next council to
this recommendaton.”
County ups funds for funerals
By Bonnie Gropp
The Citizen