The Citizen, 2010-03-04, Page 23Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Feb.
26 were 2,271 cattle, 392 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold at prices $1 to $2 higher.
Choice steers and heifers sold $84 to
$88 with sales to $93.75. Second cut
sold $79 to 484. Cows sold on a
strong steady market. On Thursday
veal sold on an active trade at
slightly easier prices. Lambs, sheep
and goats sold on a very strong
active trade. On Friday calves and
yearlings sold on a steady market.
There were 237 steers on offer.
Murray B. Martin of Wallenstein,
consigned eighteen steers averaging
1,551 lbs. selling for an average of
$88.35 with two blonde steers
averaging 1,325 lbs. selling for $93.
Jim Gibson of Lucknow, consigned
fourteen steers averaging 1,507 lbs.
selling for an average of $89.07 with
eight black steers averaging 1,473
lbs. selling for $89.25. Trevor
Pfeffer of Ayton, consigned five red
steers averaging 1,428 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $88.75. Ken
Eadie of Holyrood, consigned
sixteen steers averaging 1,643 lbs.
selling for an average of $86.81 with
six charolais steers averaging 1,598
lbs. selling for $88.50. Robt.
Mitchell of Listowel, consigned
thirty steers averaging 1,476 lbs.
selling for an average of $87.56 with
fourteen black steers averaging
1,410 lbs. selling for $88.35.
Brian and Bill Dallner of Atwood,
consigned two grey steers averaging
1,448 lbs. selling for $88.25. Art
Bos of Blyth, consigned six steers
averaging 1,459 lbs. selling for an
average of $88 with four charolais
steers averaging 1,445 lbs. selling
for $88. Gordon W. Frey of Drayton,
consigned thirty-six steers
averaging 1,548 lbs. selling for an
average of $87.59 with eight red
steers averaging 1,492 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $87.85. E.
Bruce Robinson of Freelton,
consigned seven steers averaging
1,611 lbs. selling for an average of
$80.98 with one black steer
weighing 1,335 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $87.75.
Glen Bieman of Ayton, consigned
one red steer weighing 1,555 lbs.
selling to St. Helen’s Meat Packers
for $87.75.
There were 260 heifers on offer.
M-R Farms of Exeter, consigned
thirty-three heifers averaging 1,401
lbs. selling for an average of $87.72
with four blonde heifers averaging
1,345 lbs. selling for $93.75. Hank
W. Huigenbos of Wingham,
consigned three heifers averaging
1,157 lbs. selling for an average of
$88.82 with two limousin heifers
averaging 1,173 lbs. selling for
$91.25. Rodney Heipel of
Wingham, consigned three heifers
averaging 1,263 lbs. selling for an
average of $90.08 with two limousin
heifers averaging 1,262 lbs. selling
for $91.25. Jeremy Sippel of
Milverton, consigned eleven heifers
averaging 1,306 lbs. selling for an
average of $87.70 with five red
heifers averaging 1,321 lbs. selling
for $89.25.
Sellers Farms of Bluevale,
consigned thirty-three heifers
averaging 1,401 lbs. selling for an
average of $87.81 with six charolais
heifers averaging 1,340 lbs. selling
to Norwich Packers for $89.
Johnston Farms of Bluevale,
consigned twenty-eight heifers
averaging 1,365 lbs. selling for an
average of $87.59 with four red
heifers averaging 1,420 lbs. selling
for $88.75.
Abner M. Martin of Holyrood,
consigned six heifers averaging
1,248 lbs. selling for an average of
$86.03 with one limousin heifer
weighing 1,240 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $88.50.
Eiam Farrell of Kincardine,
consigned three heifers averaging
1,280 lbs. selling for an average of
$87.24 with one limousin heifer
weighing 1,205 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $87.75.
Art and George Hinz of Monkton,
consigned seven heifers averaging
1,335 lbs. selling for an average of
$86.32 with two red heifers
averaging 1,328 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $87.75.
Matt Haney of Seaforth,
consigned seven heifers averaging
1,469 lbs. selling for an average of
$83.76 with five charolais heifers
averaging 1,393 lbs. selling for
$87.50.
There were 331 cows on offer.
Export types sold $42 to $50 with
sales to $67.50; beef cows, $41 to
$50 with sales to $59; D1 and D2,
$42 to $49; D3, $35 to $42; D4, $22
to $35. Zethill Farms of Hanover,
consigned two cows averaging
1,398 lbs. selling for an average of
$58.96 with one holstein cow
weighing 1,505 lbs. selling for
$67.50.
Bert Mulder of Lucan, consigned
two cows averaging 1,428 lbs.
selling for an average of $55.07 with
one holstein cow weighing 1,685
lbs. selling for $64.50.
Tony Los of Atwood, consigned
three cows averaging 1,328 lbs.
selling for an average of $56.54 with
one holstein cow weighing 1,220
lbs. selling for $62.50.
There were 12 bulls on offer
selling $53.50 to $58 with sales to
$64. Jacob A. Yoder of Lucknow,
consigned one red bull weighing
1,990 lbs. selling for $64. John L.
Miller of Lucknow, consigned one
charolais bull weighing 2,195 lbs.
selling for $63.50.
There were 199 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $95 to $110 with
sales to $118; good holstein, $85 to
$92 with sales to $95; medium
holstein, $80 to $90; heavy holstein,
$80 to $90.
Mike Durnin of Auburn,
consigned twelve veal averaging
821 lbs. selling for an average of
$100.58 with one charolais steer
weighing 720 lbs. selling for $117.
Darryl Vansickle of Thamesville,
consigned six veal averaging 743
lbs. selling for an average of $97.85
with two limousin steers averaging
748 lbs. selling for $113.50.
Terry Greidanus of
Londesborough, consigned five veal
averaging 740 lbs. selling for an
average of $104.39 with one
limousin heifer weighing 720 lbs.
selling for $100.58.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $252 to
$265; 50 - 64 lbs., $210 to $260; 65
- 79 lbs., $206 to $250; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$187 to $202; 95 - 110 lbs., $179 to
$188.
Sheep sold $65 to $100 with sales
to $145.
Goats: nannies sold $50 to $100
with sales to $110 per head; billies
sold $150 to $250 with sales to $300
per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $99 to $136; 400 - 499
lbs., $109 to $135; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$104 to $125; 600 - 699 lbs., $99 to
$124; 700 - 799 lbs., $80.50 to
$98.75; 800 - 899 lbs., $85 to
$110.25; 900 - 999 lbs., $82 to
$98.75; 1,000 lbs. and over, $80 to
$96.75.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $95 to $146; 400 - 499
lbs., $95 to $130; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$85.50 to $118; 600 - 699 lbs., $85
to $102.50; 700 - 799 lbs., $80 to
$102; 800 - 899 lbs., $81 to $95.50;
900 lbs. and over, $86 to- $97.25.
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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2010. PAGE 23. AgricultureBrussels Livestock reportLamb, sheep, and goats sell strong
In a two-paragraph letter sent
Feb. 17, the Avon Maitland District
School Board appears to have put to
rest the possibility of having the
entire St. Marys DCVI high school
renamed in honour of former Prime
Minister Arthur Meighen.
“We agree that Arthur Meighen’s
legacy should be honoured,” states
the letter, signed by Avon Maitland
education director Chuck Reid and
addressed to St. Marys mayor
Jamie Hahn. However, “in our
communication with the school
community, there has been on-
going support to maintain the
legacy of the secondary school.”
As support for maintaining the
high school’s present name, the
letter cites this summer’s upcoming
2010 St. Marys Homecoming.
“Former students will be
expecting to return home and
honour the history of the school
they attended – St. Marys District
Collegiate Vocational Institute (and
formerly St. Marys Collegiate),”
Reid’s letter states.
The current Arthur Meighen
Public School will be closed –
along with St. Marys Central Public
School – when the town’s
Kindergarten-to-Grade 6 students
relocate next September to
the new, currently-under-
construction Little Falls
Elementary School.
Grades 7-8 students will be
accommodated in a renovated
portion of St. Marys DCVI, and the
board’s original plan for
maintaining Meighen’s legacy was
to rename that portion of the high
school after the former prime
minister.
Hahn has been spearheading a
campaign to have the entire
secondary school facility renamed.
A Dec. 17 letter to the school board
made that request official.
Barring future appeals, however,
Reid’s response suggests that’s not
likely to happen.
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Renaming high school
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By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen