The Citizen, 2010-10-07, Page 15THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010. PAGE 15.AgricultureBrussels Livestock report
Veal prices stay steady through week
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Oct. 1
were 2,029 cattle, 701 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifer sold on a steady active market.
Choice steers and heifers sold $92 to
$94 with sales to $100. Second cut
sold $90 to $92. Cows sold on a fully
steady market. On Thursday veal
sold on a good active trade with
prices steady to last week. Heavy
lambs sold barely steady at prices $2
to $5 lower and light lambs sold
steady. Sheep and goats both sold
steady. On Friday calves and
yearlings sold on a good steady
market.
There were 163 steers on offer.
John Wiersma of Blyth, consigned
six steers averaging 1,343 lbs.
selling for an average of $95.06 with
three limousin steers averaging
1,365 lbs. selling for $97.50. Murray
Shiell of Wingham, consigned thirty
steers averaging 1,515 lbs. selling
for an average of $94.05 with eleven
charolais steers averaging 1,497 lbs.
selling to Holly Park Meat Packers
for $94.35. Loomis Farms of Ailsa
Craig, consigned seventeen steers
averaging 1,559 lbs. selling for an
average of $92.87 with eleven black
steers averaging 1,565 lbs. selling
to Holly Park Meat Packers for
$94.25.
Leonard and Andrew Black of
Proton Station, consigned twelve
steers averaging 1,509 lbs. selling
for an average of $93.23 with four
charolais steers averaging 1,503 lbs.
selling to Holly Park Meat Packers
for $93.50. Chris Irwin of Lucknow,
consigned three gold steers
averaging 1,375 lbs. selling for
$92.75. Kevin Leddy of Auburn,
consigned nine crossbred steers
averaging 1,470 lbs. selling for
$92.25. Perry and Scott McPherson
of Orangeville, consigned two
simmental steers averaging 1,480
lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $91.25. Frank Foran of
Lucknow, consigned four steers
averaging 1,406 lbs. selling for an
average of $90.36 with three
charolais steers averaging 1,342 lbs.
selling for $90.50.
There were 180 heifers on offer.
M-R Farms of Exeter, consigned ten
heifers averaging 1,257 lbs. selling
for an average of $93.71 with one
piedmontese weighing 1,170 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for $100.
Kevin Stewardson of Wyoming,
consigned four heifers averaging
1,380 lbs. selling for an average of
$89.52 with one black heifer
weighing 1,290 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $94.50.
John Dekroon of Dublin, consigned
thirty-four heifers averaging 1,369
lbs. selling for an average of $91.19
with five red heifers averaging 1,340
lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for
$94.50. John Vanloo of Bluevale,
consigned two heifers averaging
1,230 lbs. selling for an average of
$90.11 with one gold heifer
weighing 1,135 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $93.75.
John Hunter of Grand Valley,
consigned twenty-three heifers
averaging 1,310 lbs. selling for an
average of $92.19 with nine
charolais heifers averaging 1,370
lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $93.25. Murray Switzer
of St. Marys, consigned twenty
heifers averaging 1,308 lbs. selling
for an average of $91.90 with one
black heifer weighing 1,155 lbs.
selling to Holly Park Meat Packers
for $92.25. Knechtel Farms of
Gadshill, consigned twelve charolais
heifers averaging 1,380 lbs.
selling for an average of $91.
Jack R. Nonkes of Auburn,
consigned three limousin heifers
averaging 1,360 lbs. selling for an
average of $90.75.
There were 317 cows on offer.
Export types sold $48 to $52 with
sales to $62.50; beef cows, $53 to
$64 with sales to $65; D1 and D2,
$47 to $53; D3, $35 to $47; D4, $30
to $35. Scottslea Farms of Blyth,
consigned two cows averaging 1,465
lbs. selling for an average of $61.07
with one gold cow weighing 1,395
lbs. selling for $65. Almelo
Holsteins of Brussels, consigned two
cows averaging 1,635 lbs. selling for
an average of $58.57 with one
holstein cow weighing 1,435 lbs.
selling for $62.50. Mat Hamel of
Elmwood, consigned two cows
averaging 1,458 lbs. selling for an
average of $53.66 with one holstein
cow weighing 1,700 lbs. selling for
$59.50.
There were 16 bulls on offer
selling $59 to $67.50 with sales to
$73. Murray Rennick of Monkton,
consigned one limousin bull
weighing 2,115 lbs. selling for $73.
Allan and Marg Cunningham of
Wingham, consigned one limousin
bull weighing 1,960 lbs. selling for
$67.50.
There were 178 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $110 to $130 with
sales to $134; good holstein, $90 to
$105 with sales to $114; medium
holstein, $80 to $90; plain holstein,
$60 to $70; heavy holstein, $85 to
$95 with sales to $100. Mosie J.
Shetler of Lucknow, consigned
twelve veal averaging 777 lbs.
selling for an average of $118.85
with one blonde heifer weighing 680
lbs. selling for $134. Lamar Frey of
Listowel, consigned five veal
averaging 697 lbs. selling for an
average of $132.82 with one
limousin heifer weighing 710 lbs.
selling for $133. Frank
Vanhooydonk of Parkhill, consigned
one black steer weighing 715 lbs.
selling for $125.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $202 to
$233; 65 - 79 lbs., $160 to $209; 80
- 94 lbs., $148 to $168; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$145 to $165; 110 lbs. and over,
$129 to $143.
Sheep sold $56 to $77 with sales
to $120.
Goats: kids sold $75 to $110 to
$145 per head; nannies, $50 to $100
to $120 per head; billies, $150 to
$250 to $375 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $121 to $156; 400 - 499
lbs., $126 to $149; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$116 to $137; 600 - 699 lbs., $113 to
$127; 700 - 799 lbs., $107 to
$116.25; 800 - 899 lbs., $103.50 to
$114.75; 900 - 999 lbs., $101.50 to
$109; 1,000 lbs. and over, $95.50 to
$107.25.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs., sold $115 to $140; 300 -
399 lbs., $112 to $151; 400 - 499
lbs., $105 to $133.50; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$109 to $122; 600 - 699 lbs., $97 to
$114; 700 - 799 lbs., $97 to $113;
800 - 899 lbs., $98 to $110; 900 lbs.
and over, $94 to $104.
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UPCOMING SALES
2010 Special Fall Sales
4-H Show & Sale
Sat., Oct. 9 Show at 10:00 a.m.,
Sale at 1:00 p.m.
Vaccinated Sales
Mon., Oct. 25, Nov. 8, Nov. 22
Sale starting at 11:00 a.m.
Bred Cow Sale
Sat., Nov. 6
Sale starting at 11:00 a.m.
(Cows need to be here by 9 a.m.)
Hereford Influence
Fri., Oct. 29
Sale starting at 1 p.m.
Angus Influence
Fri., Nov. 12
Sale starting at 1 p.m.“Unintended consequences”
assessed by Prov. program
By Bette Jean Crews, President
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture (OFA) often points out
that farmers are likely the one sector
of our economy most affected by
regulation.
As employers, as business people
responsible for stewardship of land
and resources, as users of fertilizers
and crop protection products and
simply as Ontario’s largest private
landowner group, farmers deal
directly with regulations that may or
may not work in their favour.
Increasingly, as landowners,
Ontario farmers are finding
themselves as victims of
“unintended consequences” of
regulations not aimed at their farm
business but seriously impacting it in
some fashion.
Our concerns are now being
addressed by the Ontario
government through its Open for
Business initiative. After much
lobbying for relief from many of the
obstacles that have been placed on
doing business efficiently in Ontario,
the OFA is being given an
opportunity to help undo some of
those obstacles.
The OFA has been asked to
spearhead the agriculture and agri-
food consultations on the top five
regulatory priorities for our sector.
As part of the Ontario Government’s
Business Sector Strategy, the OFA
will have the opportunity to provide
the government with the key issues
that affect agriculture and the agri-
food sector’s ability to do business
efficiently.
The OFA will soon invite partners
in the agriculture and agri-food
sectors to consult in the
identification of the five priority
issues to improve the regulatory
regime in Ontario. Late fall will be
the target date for completion of this
stage of the process.
When the top five priorities are
determined, the Open For Business
directorate will convene a round
table that will include
representatives from the OFA, and
key representatives from relevant
ministries identified in the
submission.
This may involve the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and
Rural Affairs, Ministry of Natural
Resources, Ministry Of
Environment, and Ministry of
Finance, to name a few. The round
table will be held in January 2011
with a mandate to address the issues
and associated recommendations for
improvement.
Affected government ministries
will then have two months to work
with the OFA to develop and work
out solutions to the priorities, where
possible. If priorities cannot be fully
addressed, the ministries must
develop alternative
recommendations on how the issues
can be addressed.
The OFA fought for and won this
opportunity to address an important
issue faced by all our farm
businesses – the need for practical
and workable regulation.
We look forward to grassroots
input on priorities and to working
with our agri-food partners to ensure
the entire agriculture and food chain,
on which we all depend, operates
more smoothly and without
unnecessary regulatory burden. We
thank the Ontario government for
this opportunity.