HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-09-09, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2010. PAGE 15.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Sept.
3 were 1,641 cattle, 685 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a good active trade.
Choice steers and heifers sold $94 to
$98 with sales to $101.75. Second
cut sold $92 to $94. Cows sold $1 to
$2 higher. On Tuesday veal sold on a
strong active market, with beef veal
selling fully steady to last week and
holstein veal selling $2 to $3 higher.
Lambs sold on a strong active trade
at prices $3 to $5 higher and sheep
and goats sold steady. On Friday
calves and yearlings sold on a good
strong active trade.
There were 83 steers on offer.
Aaron F. Martin of Newton,
consigned thirteen steers averaging
1,473 lbs. selling for an average of
$98.71 with two limousin steers
averaging 1,468 lbs. selling to
Horizon Meat Packers for $101.75.
Murray Shiell of Wingham,
consigned twenty steers averaging
1,572 lbs. selling for an average of
$95 with one charolais steer
weighing 1,575 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $97.
Enid Schmidt of Baden, consigned
six steers averaging 1,553 lbs.
selling for an average of $94.18 with
one limousin steer weighing 1,360
lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $95.25. Miriam Terpstra
of Brussels, consigned four steers
averaging 1,408 lbs. selling for an
average of $94.37 with one black
steer weighing 1,408 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $95.
Murray Rennick of Monkton,
consigned three steers averaging
1,247 lbs. selling for an average of
$91.79 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,285 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $94.25.
John Wiersma of Blyth, consigned
four steers averaging 1,333 lbs.
selling for an average of $91.40 with
one limousin steer weighing 1,455
lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $93.75. Larry Reinhart
Sr. of Mildmay, consigned ten steers
averaging 1,356 lbs. selling for an
average of $90.91 with two red
steers averaging 1,428 lbs. selling
for $93. Bryon Beyersbergen of
Lucknow, consigned one simmental
steer weighing 1,520 lbs. selling for
$93. George M. Martin of Lucknow,
consigned five steers averaging
1,341 lbs. selling for an average of
$91.32 with four charolais steers
averaging 1,346 lbs. selling for
$92.75. Brendon Casemore of
Wingham, consigned one black steer
weighing 1,265 lbs. selling for $91.
There were 106 heifers on offer.
Lionel Court of Hannon, consigned
nine heifers averaging 1,327 lbs.
selling for an average of $94.38 with
one limousin heifer weighing 1,235
lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for
$99.75. Jayme Reid of Tiverton,
consigned two limousin heifers
averaging 1,353 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $95. Craig
Scott of Parkhill, consigned eight
heifers averaging 1,224 lbs. selling
for an average of $91.93 with three
gold heifers averaging 1,235 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for
$92.75. Randy McLeod of Caledon
East, consigned twenty-eight heifers
averaging 1,286 lbs. selling for an
average of $90.83 with six limousin
heifers averaging 1,258 lbs. selling
for $92.25. Art and Geo Hinz of
Monkton, consigned six heifers
averaging 1,296 lbs. selling for an
average of $87.49 with one gold
heifer weighing 1,150 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers or $92.
John Hunter of Grand Valley,
consigned 11 heifers averaging
1,283 lbs. selling for an average of
$91.70 with nine charolais heifers
averaging 1,278 lbs. selling for
$91.75. Walter McKenzie of Dublin,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,137 lbs. selling for an average of
$85.45 with three limousin heifers
averaging 1,088 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $91.
George Miller of Jarvis, consigned
three red heifers averaging 1,190 lbs.
selling for $89.25. Lenus Yeo of
Clinton, consigned two heifers
averaging 1,135 lbs. selling for
$88.04 with one gold heifer
averaging 1,180 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $89.
Murray Gordon of Blyth, consigned
three heifers averaging 1,270 lbs.
selling for an average of $86.30 with
one grey heifer weighing 1,220 lbs.
selling to St. Helen’s Meat Packers
for $88.50.
There were 171 cows on offer.
Export types sold $52 to $62; beef
cows, $57 to $62 with sales to
$68.50; D1 and D2, $47 to $53; D3,
$35 to $47; D4, $30 to $35. Klaas
Jorritsma of Brussels, consigned one
red cow weighing 1,550 lbs. selling
for $68.50. Mike and Darlene
Schnurr of Walkerton, consigned
five cows averaging 1,311 lbs.
selling for an average of $61.55 with
one limousin cow weighing 1,435
lbs. selling for $66. Weigand Farms
of Dashwood, consigned two cows
averaging 1,545 lbs. selling for an
average of $64.49 with one limousin
cow weighing 1,535 lbs. selling for
$66.
There were seven bulls on offer
selling $58.50 to $68.50 with sales
to $79. Enos S. Miller of Lucknow,
consigned one charolais bull at 1,955
lbs. selling for $73.50. Vanderkuylen
Holsteins of Atwood, consigned two
bulls averaging 1,418 lbs. selling for
an average of $52.15 with one
holstein bull weighing 1,485 lbs.
selling for $58.50.
There were 181 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $90 to $125 with
sales to $128; good holstein, $90 to
$103 with sales to $109; medium
holstein, $80 to $90; heavy holstein,
$90 to $100. Jim Stewart of
Kenilworth, consigned eleven veal
averaging 792 lbs. selling for an
average of $107.61 with one
limousin heifer weighing 735 lbs.
selling for $128. Angus M. Martin of
Lucknow, consigned two veal
averaging 735 lbs. selling for an
average of $123.49 with one grey
heifer weighing 730 lbs. selling for
an average of $125. Lamar Frey of
Listowel, consigned two veal
averaging 655 lbs. selling for an
average of $126.02 with one
limousin steer weighing 660 lbs.
selling for $128.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $159 to
$260; 65 - 79 lbs., $185 to $230; 80
- 94 lbs., $147 to $173; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$155 to $169; 110 lbs. and over,
$136 to $159.
Sheep sold $52 to $100 with sales
to $131.
Goats: kids sold $60 to $120 to
$130 per head; nannies, $50 to $120
to $136 per head; billies, $150 to
$250 to $300 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $122 to $162; 400 - 499
lbs., $123 to $149; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$113 to $139; 600 - 699 lbs., $106 to
$135; 700 - 799 lbs., $98.50 to
$115.75; 800 - 899 lbs., $99.25 to
$109; 900 - 999 lbs., $104 to
$107.25; 1,000 lbs. and over, $94.50
to $102.75.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs. sold $122 to $143; 300 - 399
lbs., $126 to $141; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$117 to $147; 500 - 599 lbs., $93 to
$124; 600 - 699 lbs., $104 to $117;
700 - 799 lbs., $93 to $110; 800 -
899 lbs., $96 to $107; 900 lbs. and
over, $90 to $103.50.
Given just enough moisture, heat
and the right growing environment,
white beans can be attacked by a
disease known as anthracnose.
Three different factors came
together to see Huron County’s
white beans become affected by the
disease, which renders them useless
as produce.
Due to the moist, hot weather that
rolled in to Huron County early in
the spring, the plants became more
vulnerable to the disease than
normal, and Bruce Howson of
Howson and Howson Elevators says
this has resulted in every single crop
having some beans affected.
“It’s not as severe as what was
once thought, but it is in every single
field that we’ve dealt with,” he
said.
Anthracnose is a seed-borne
disease, and it causes black marks on
both the pod and the seed of the
white bean plant, and any crops
afflicted with the disease are usable
only as furnace beans.
The disease isn’t just a pain for
farmers, who may lose anywhere
from one to 14 per cent of their
white bean crops this year, but also
for the elevators, who have to put the
seeds through an ‘electric eye’ more
often than usual to weed out the
offensive beans.
“Normally we only have to clean
the crop once [by putting it through
the electric eyes], but now we’re
putting it through [up to six times],”
Howson said.
While this could be devastating to
farmers in Huron County who grow
white beans, it won’t be as
problematic for the county as a
whole, as Howson believes that only
five per cent of their customers grow
white beans.
“It means that there will be a
decrease in profits for those
producers,” he said. “It will bring
down the dollars that are coming
back in.”
Howson went on to say that
farmers are dealing with the problem
efficiently.
“The farmers are managing quite
well,” he said. “They are trying to go
around pockets that they see to limit
the amount that comes in.”
White bean disease not
as bad as first thought
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By Denny Scott
The Citizen