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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- New life possible for Brussels beef plant SOYBEANS • Fertilizer • Seed Wheat • Trucking Available We're all ready to receive your 2010 Come in and see us or give us a call and let us help you look after your crops. GRAIN ROASTING AVAILABLE Custom application and Glyphosate Elevators 1 1/4 miles east of Blyth on County Rd. 25, then 1/2 mile north HOWSON & HOWSON LTD. 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