HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2010-09-30, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Sept.
24 were 2,219 cattle, 632 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a good strong active
trade. Choice steers and heifers sold
$93 to $95 with sales to $104.
Second cut sold $90 to $92. Cows
sold on a steady market. On
Thursday veal sold on a very strong
active trade with beef veal trading at
prices $5 to $10 higher and holstein
veal up $2 to $3. Lambs and sheep
sold steady and goats sold on an
active trade $2 to $5 higher. On
Friday calves and yearlings sold on a
steady market.
Thee were 140 steers on offer.
Aaron F. Martin of Newton, con-
signed seventeen steers averaging
1,536 lbs. selling for an average of
$88.96 with one limousin steer
weighing 1,560 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $98.75.
Miriam Terpstra of Brussels, con-
signed four steers averaging 1,411
lbs. selling for an average of $93.87
with two black steers averaging
1,498 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $95.75. Don Weigand of
Dashwood, consigned three steers
averaging 1,410 lbs. selling for an
average of $94.45 with two black
steers averaging 1,453 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $95.
Brad Hutchison of Gorrie, consigned
forty steers averaging 1,364 lbs. sell-
ing for an average of $91.50 with
eleven charolais heifers averaging
1,365 lbs. selling for $92.75. Peter J.
Lawlor of Mount Forest, consigned
three steers averaging 1,342 lbs. sell-
ing for an average of $87.98 with
one simmental steer weighing 1,320
lbs. selling to St. Helen’s Meat
Packers for $90.
There were 193 heifers on offer.
Henry Kanters of Elmwood, con-
signed six heifers averaging 1,233
lbs. selling for an average of $95.68
with one crossbred heifer weighing
1,170 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for $104. M-R Farms of
Exeter, consigned ten heifers averag-
ing 1,282 lbs. selling for an average
of $96.02 with one gold heifer
weighing 1,170 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $100.50. Greg
Hackett of Lucknow, consigned four
heifers averaging 1,336 lbs. selling
for an average of $93.71 with one
black heifer weighing 1,505 lbs. sell-
ing to Dominion Meat Packers for
$96.50. David Bowles of Brussels,
consigned ten heifers averaging
1,398 lbs. selling for an average of
$95.33 with one limousin heifer
weighing 1,290 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $96.25.
Hank W. Huigenbos of Wingham,
consigned three heifers averaging
1,232 lbs. selling for an average of
$94 with two limousin heifers aver-
aging 1,165 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for $95.75. Johnston Farms
of Bluevale, consigned fifty-five
heifers averaging 1,247 lbs. selling
for an average of $92.62 with one
black heifer weighing 1,385 lbs. sell-
ing to Dominion Meat Packers for
$95.75.
Knechtel Farms of Gadshill, con-
signed twelve heifers averaging
1,284 lbs. selling for an average of
$92.88 with five charolais heifers
averaging 1,332 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $93. Craig
Scott of Parkhill, consigned twelve
heifers averaging 1,179 lbs. selling
for an average of $91.61 with four
charolais heifers averaging 1,235
lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for
$92.75. Art and George Hinz of
Monkton, consigned seven heifers
averaging 1,314 lbs. selling for an
average of $88.17 with one limousin
heifer weighing 1,285 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $91.75.
Gerald Becker of Ayton, consigned
eleven heifers averaging 1,050 lbs.
selling for an average of $83.87 with
one red heifer weighing 1,065 lbs.
selling for $91.50.
There were 226 cows on offer.
Export types sold $48 to $52 with
sales to $60; beef cows, $53 to $64
with sales to $69; D1 and D2, $47 to
$53; D3, $35 to $47; D4, $30 to $35.
Bev McNay of Lucknow, consigned
two cows averaging 1,043 lbs. sell-
ing for an average of $55.61 with
one black cow weighing 840 lbs.
selling for $58. Audrey Lowry of
Kitchener, consigned one black cow
weighing 2,115 lbs. selling for
$57.50. Tony and Joanne Los of
Atwood, consigned seven cows aver-
aging 1,341 lbs. selling for an aver-
age of $50.91 with one holstein cow
weighing 1,805 lbs. selling for $57.
There were 17 bulls on offer sell-
ing $56.50 to $62.88 with sales to
$69.50. Brent Grainger of Zurich,
consigned one blonde bull weighing
1,975 lbs. selling for $69.50. Gayle
Haldenby of Kincardine, consigned
one limousin bull weighing 2,190
lbs. selling for $69.50.
There were 182 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $115 to $120 with
sales to $155; good holstein, $95 to
$110 with sales to $115; medium
holstein, $85 to $95; plain holstein,
$60 to $75; heavy holstein, $95 to
$105. Alvin Horst of Listowel, con-
signed four veal averaging 739 lbs.
selling for an average of $133.76
with one charolais steer weighing
730 lbs. selling for $155. Lamar Frey
of Listowel, consigned five veal
averaging 705 lbs. selling for an
average of $134.72 with two gold
steers averaging 735 lbs. selling for
$153. George Ducharme of
Dashwood, consigned four veal
averaging 686 lbs. selling for an
average of $122.51 with one limou-
sin heifer weighing 720 lbs. selling
for $139.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $200 to
$206; 50 - 64 lbs., $135 to $242; 65
- 79 lbs., $150 to $195; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$151 to $168; 95 - 109 lbs., $153 to
$165; 110 lbs. and over, $143 to
$155.
Sheep sold $52 to $75.
Goats: kids sold $75 to $110 to
$135 per head; nannies, $50 to $100
to $120 per head; billies, $150 to
$250 to $300 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $130 to $159; 400 -499
lbs., $122 to $153; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$118 to $131.50; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$106 to $129.50; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$103 to $121.25; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$104.50 to $115; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$101.75 to $110.75; 1,000 lbs. and
over, $97.75 to $107.25.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs. sold $103 to $140; 300 - 399
lbs., $103 to $138; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$106 to $133; 500 - 599 lbs., $105 to
$125; 600 - 699 lbs., $98.50 to
$115.50; 700 - 799 lbs., $98 to $110;
800 - 899 lbs., $94.50 to $111.75;
900 lbs. and over, $90 to $106.25.
New life may be breathed in the
Brussels Beef Plant proposal once
again as a Chinese investment group
has shown an interest in large-scale
opportunities in southwestern
Ontario.
Paul Nichol, economic develop-
ment manager at the Huron Business
Development Corporation, says that
the project has been on the back
burner for a while now, but “out of
the blue” this opportunity came up
last month. Nichol says that he and
the consultants who worked on the
initial report are working on updat-
ing the data, which is now five years
old.
The proposal, which included data
from 2005, was initially designed to
be funded in part by the Canadian
government, but when the plug was
pulled on that funding, the proposal
was shelved. At press time, Nichol
says the proposal information has
been 75 per cent updated and that it
will be completely updated in time
for the investment forum that the
group will be taking part in later this
year. The forum will be held in
Ottawa, but Nichol says he is not
sure when the meeting will actually
take place.
“The main thing that happened
was that we lost the 50 per cent
funding and that made it harder to
raise the capital that we needed,”
Nichol said, adding that the overall
capital required for the project is in
the neighbourhood of $30 million.
“But now this group is planning a
meeting in Ottawa where they want
to review a number of different
investment opportunities in south-
western Ontario.”
Nichol says the group will be
looking at major initiatives through-
out the area and that it would be
foolish to not think of this project,
given the work that has already been
done and the group that is looking at
the potential investments.
“When they came to me, this was
the first thing that came to mind,” he
said. “It would be ideal to have
investment from southeast Asia
because that’s exactly the market
that we were going after with this.”
Nichol says because the southeast-
ern Asian markets are now looking
for high quality beef that they can’t
produce right now, it seems like a
logical next step that high quality
Canadian beef could be exported to
China where the market would cur-
rently be strong.
The updating of the information,
Nichol said, was where the munici-
pality of Huron East came in. At the
Sept. 21 meeting of Huron East
council, councillors discussed fund-
ing to update the data. As Deputy-
Mayor Bernie MacLellan said, no
more money would be put into the
proposal unless a serious offer exist-
ed and this is considered a serious
investment opportunity, so paying to
have the data updated seemed logi-
cal.
The only grey area, Nichol says, is
the competition, which he admits he
knows nothing about.
“I have no idea how many other
proposals the group will be seeing,”
he said. “I don’t know what the com-
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