The Citizen, 2009-07-30, Page 15Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending July
24 were 1,973 head of cattle, 943
lambs and goats. On Tuesday fed
steers and heifers sold on a steady
market. Choice steers and heifers
sold $92 to $95 with sales to $98.50.
Second cut sold $88 to $91. Cows
sold fully steady. On Thursday beef
veal sold on a good active trade.
Holstein veal sold under pressure.
Light lambs sold on a strong demand
with higher prices $5 to $10. Heavy
lambs sold on a lower demand $2 to
$5 lower. Sheep and goats sold
steady. On Friday calves and
yearlings sold on a steady market.
There were 94 steers on offer.
Southlore Farms of Palmerston,
consigned six steers averaging 1,387
lbs. selling for an average of $91.48
with one gold steer weighing 1,465
lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $96.75. Robert S.
Mitchell of Listowel, consigned
twenty steers averaging 1,413 lbs.
selling for an average of $92.87 with
eleven red steers averaging 1,437
lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $95. Marvara Farms of
Drayton, consigned two steers
averaging 1,352 lbs. selling for an
average of $89.94 with one limousin
steer weighing 1,430 lbs. selling to
Holly Park Meat Packers for $93.
Enid Schmidt of Baden, consigned
six steers averaging 1,507 lbs.
selling for an average of $89.65 with
two limousin steers averaging 1,490
lbs. selling for $92.75. Hank Dejong
of Fordwich, consigned seven steers
averaging 1,231 lbs. selling for an
average of $89.12 with four black
steers averaging 1,330 lbs. selling to
St. Helen’s Meat Packers for $92.50.
Don Walter of Mildmay, consigned
two steers averaging 1,468 lbs.
selling for an average of $89.33 with
one limousin steer weighing 1,510
lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $92. Clarence W. Martin
of Mount Forest, consigned five
steers averaging 1,331 lbs. selling
for an average of $89.64 with one
limousin steer weighing 1,400 lbs.
selling to Holly Park Meat Packers
for $91.50.
Bryon Beyersbergen of Lucknow,
consigned four steers averaging
1,355 lbs. selling for an average of
$90.26 with three charolais
averaging 1,343 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $90. Ronjac
Farms of Grand Valley, consigned
three steers averaging, 1445 lbs.
selling for an average of $84.34 with
one grey steer weighing 1,430 lbs.
selling to Holly Park Meat Packers
for $90. George Martin of Millbank,
consigned twelve steers averaging
1,277 lbs. selling for an average of
$86.68 with six crossbred steers
averaging 1,228 lbs. selling for $89.
There were 39 heifers on offer.
Alan Baker of Brussels, consigned
one limousin heifer weighing 1,395
lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $98.50. Miriam Terpstra
of Brussels, consigned four heifers
averaging 1,356 lbs. selling for an
average of $90.73 with one limousin
heifer weighing 1,325 lbs. selling for
$96. Terry Richardson of Harriston,
consigned three heifers averaging
1,445 lbs. selling for an average of
$83.32 with one blue heifer
weighing 1,405 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $95.50. Bill
Scott of Harriston, consigned three
heifers averaging 1,366 lbs. selling
for an average of $92.36 with two
grey heifers averaging 1,408 lbs.
selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for $92.75. Murray Johnston of
Bluevale, consigned one black heifer
weighing 1,325 lbs. selling to St.
Helen’s Meat Packers for $90.50.
There were 228 cows on offer.
Export types sold $52 to $60 with
sales to $61; beef cows, $47 to $58
with sales to $59; D1 and D2, $49 to
$55; D3, $40 to $49; D4, $26 to $40.
Todd Konechy of Walkerton,
consigned four cows averaging
1,473 lbs. selling for an average of
$55.42 with one limousin cow
weighing 1,470 lbs. selling for $59.
Val Brook Farms of Chepstow,
consigned two cows averaging 1,343
lbs. selling for an average of $51.71
with one limousin cow weighing
1,470 lbs. selling for $58.50. Victor
Martin of Drayton, consigned four
cows averaging 1,396 lbs. selling for
an average of $53.52 with one rwf
cow weighing 1,250 lbs. selling for
$56.50.
There were two bulls on offer. Not
enough to establish a market.
There were 209 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $100 to $135 with
sales to $143; good holstein, $75 to
$82 with sales to $88.50; medium
holstein, $60 to $70; plain holstein,
$50 to $60; good heavy holstein, $75
to $80. Mike Durnin of Auburn,
consigned five veal averaging 786
lbs. selling for an average of $115.08
with one blonde heifer weighing 785
lbs. selling for $141. Nigel Beirnes
of Listowel, consigned two veal
averaging 833 lbs. selling for an
average of $130.35 with one blonde
heifer weighing 810 lbs. selling for
$136. Maynard Brubacher of
Wallenstein, consigned eight veal
averaging 765 lbs. selling for an
average of $127.30 with one
limousin steer weighing 775 lbs.
selling for $146.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $204 to
$212; 50 - 64 lbs., $182 to $225; 65
- 79 lbs., $153 to $215; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$141 to $163; 95 - 109 lbs., $151 to
$158; 110 lbs. and over, $139 to
$156.
Sheep sold $60 to $69.50 with
sales to $102.
Goats: kids sold $40 to $100 with
sales to $125 per head; nannies, $30
to $100 with sales to $110 per head;
billies, $150 to $250 with sales to
$300.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $81 to $141; 400 - 499
lbs., $108 to $148; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$104 to $144; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$103.50 to $122; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$94.50 to $109.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$96.50 to $104.25; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$95.50 to $103; 1,000 lbs. and over,
$90 to $99.75.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $95 to $139; 400 - 499
lbs., $103 to $112; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$98 to $126; 600 - 699 lbs., $97.50
to $115; 700 - 799 lbs., $90.50 to
$109.75; 800 - 899 lbs., $87 to $100;
900 lbs. and over, $85 to $98.25.
AgricultureBrussels Livestock reportFed steers, heifers sell steady at saleTHE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009. PAGE 15.
Hundreds of pork producers from
Huron and Perth Counties and across
southwestern Ontario took part in a
tractor rally from Shakespeare to
Sebringville, Friday, calling for
government assistance to their
industry.
A Sebringville rally capped the
protest, which was organized by the
“Beginning Farmer Group”, most of
whose members are under the age of
40. Concerned pork producers of all
ages, as well as veterinarians and
suppliers to the pork industry, also
took part.
While all pork producers are
suffering with low prices that have
been in place since 2007, the group
says young farmers have been hit the
hardest.
The provincial government’s
Ontario Cattle Hog and Horticultural
Payment (OCHHP) Program and as
well the Federal Government’s COP
(Cost of Production) program and
Agri-Invest Kick-start help more
established farmers but not farmers
new to the business. These programs
paid out based on historical data
(2000-2004 years) and therefore
farmers that started their hog
business in those years didn’t have
the historical data required to get
assistance.
Meanwhile farmers who had
retired were eligible for payments
under the program, says the group, a
message repeated on signs on
tractors taking part in the parade.
But Wayne Bartels, one of the
group’s leaders said that though
young farmers are particularly
suffering there are 60-year-old
farmers who are also losing their
farms.
“We need all farm leaders to sit
down and come up with a plan to
take to the government,” he said.
Main target of the anger seemed to
be Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario’s
Minister of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs. “As farms are
teetering on the brink of disaster we
have no idea of what is being done at
the provincial level,” Bartels said.
“We’ve heard nothing to calm our
fears about losing our farms. It’s
hard to care for your family when
you can’t sleep at night. We need to
hear from Ontario Pork and Leona
Dombrowsky.”
Bartels denied that the Beginning
Farmer Group is anti-Ontario Pork
and anti-Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, two groups that
supported the criteria for the
OCHHP in an effort to get aid to
farmers as quickly as possible.
Both groups, along with provincial
government representatives were
notably absent at the rally, however,
and were the subject of criticism by
speakers.
Caitlin Hall, Ontario Youth
Adviser with the National Farmers
Union said her group was the first
group to speak up about the
inequities built into the OCHHP
which gave money to retired farmers
but not young farmers starting in the
business.
“Farmers have been divided into
haves and have-nots,” she said. She
pointed out the average pork farmer
is in his 50s.
“If we lose this generation of
young pork farmers it will mean the
pork industry will be lost forever.”
Hall said young farmers are
bearing the brunt of the latest hit to
hog prices caused by the scare from
H1N1, the so-called “Swine Flu”
which caused some countries to ban
imports of Canadian pork. The
programs that help older farmers
while discriminating against
Pork producers rally
protests lack of aid
Continued on page 18
By Keith Roulston
The Citizen
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