HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2008-07-17, Page 11Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending July
11 were 1,802 head of cattle, 863
lambs and goats. On Tuesday fed
steers and heifers sold $2 higher.
Choice steers and heifers sold $97 to
$101 with sales to $107. Second cut
sold $94 to $97. Cows sold on a
good strong active trade. On
Thursday veal sold steady. Lambs
sold slightly lower. Sheep sold slight
stronger and goats sold on a strong
active trade. On Friday calves and
yearlings sold $3 to $5 higher.
There were 307 steers on offer.
Chris Smith of Brussels, consigned
forty steers averaging 1,547 lbs.
selling on an average of $100.25
with eight limousin steers averaging
1,530 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $103.75. Grant Jones of
Hensall, consigned eleven steers
averaging 1,618 lbs. selling on an
average of $94.97 with two limousin
steers averaging 1,543 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $103.25. Bill
Hutchison of Gorrie, consigned four
steers averaging 1,465 lbs. selling on
an average of $101.28 with one
black steer weighing 1,530 lbs.
selling for $103. Aaron F. Martin of
Newton, consigned twelve steers
averaging 1,557 lbs. selling on an
average of $97.47 with two limousin
steers averaging 1,415 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for $103.
Scott and Glen Geisel of West
Montrose, consigned fourteen steers
averaging 1,623 lbs. selling on an
average of $98.20 with four
charolais steers averaging 1,568 lbs.
selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for $102.75. Art Bos of Blyth,
consigned four steers averaging
1,466 lbs. selling on an average of
$102.69 with three charolais steers
averaging 1,463 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $102.75. Dale
and Dave Foster of St. Marys,
consigned sixty-two steers averaging
1,557 lbs. selling on an average of
$97.01 with four limousin steers
averaging 1,555 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for
$102.50.
D & M Farms of Listowel,
consigned one black steer weighing
1,395 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $102.50. Chad Fischer
of Brussels, consigned twenty-three
steers averaging 1,384 lbs. selling on
an average of $100.49 with seven
charolais steers averaging 1,429 lbs.
selling to Holly Park Meat Packers
for $102.25. Irvin Schenk of Baden,
consigned six steers averaging 1,621
lbs. selling on an average of $95.92
with one limousin steer weighing
1,575 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat
Packers for $101.25.
There were 243 heifers on offer.
Knechtel Farms of Gadshill,
consigned twenty-six heifers
averaging 1,290 lbs. selling on an
average of $102.60 with seven mix
heifers averaging 1,258 lbs. selling
to Holly Park Meat Packers for
$107. Peter Bowman of Listowel,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,168 lbs. selling on an average of
$100.69 with two limousin heifers
averaging 1,160 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $103.50.
Audrey Knechtel of Gadshill,
consigned eight heifers averaging
1,336 lbs. selling on an average of
$100.89 with five limousin heifers
averaging 1,271 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for $102.75.
Sellers Farms of Bluevale,
consigned nineteen heifers
averaging 1,347 lbs. selling on an
average of $100.17 with ten
charolais heifers averaging 1,346
lbs. selling to Ryding Regency for
$102.25.
Connell Farms of Palmerston,
consigned eighteen heifers
averaging 1,323 lbs. selling on an
average of $98.59 with six mix
heifers averaging 1,273 lbs. selling
to Norwich Meat Packers for
$101.75. Steve Lobsinger of
Palmerston, consigned two heifers
averaging $94.67 with one limousin
heifer weighing 1,240 lbs. selling for
$100.75. Southlore Farms of
Palmerston consigned eight heifers
averaging 1,278 lbs. selling on an
average of $92 with three gold
heifers averaging 1,227 lbs. selling
for $100.50. Ronland Farms of
Stratford, consigned six heifers
averaging 1,270 lbs. selling on an
average of $97.95 with three gold
heifers averaging 1,227 lbs. selling
for $99.50. Marvara Farms of
Drayton, consigned eight heifers
averaging 1,269 lbs. selling on an
average of $97.08 with four
simmental heifers averaging 1,304
lbs. selling to Ryding Regency for
$98.50. Donald Weigand of
Dashwood, consigned one red heifer
weighing 1,185 lbs. selling for $96.
There were 235 cows on offer.
Beef cow sold $55 to $62 with sales
to $71.50; D1 and D2, $40 to $50;
D3, $30 to $40. William G. Dejong
of Brucefield, consigned twenty
cows averaging 1,480 lbs. selling on
an average of $62.73 with one RWF
cow weighing 1,490 lbs. selling for
$71.50. Doug and Amy Miller of
Lucknow, consigned one charolais
cow weighing 1,550 lbs. selling for
$69. Kevin Pfeffer of Palmerston,
consigned two cows averaging 1,483
lbs. selling on an average of $67.76
with one limousin cow weighing
1,495 lbs. selling for $68.50.
There were 20 bulls on offer
selling $53.50 to $78 with sales to
$80. Les Falconer of Clinton,
consigned one limousin bull
weighing 1,810 lbs. selling for $80.
MBRHEO Cattle Co. of Clifford,
consigned one blonde bull weighing
1,495 lbs. selling for $78.
There were 213 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $90 to $110 with
sales to $115; good holstein, $80 to
$85 with sales to $90; medium
holstein, $65 to $75; plain holstein,
$50 to $60; good heavy holstein, $60
to $70. Ervin W. Shantz of
Wallenstein, consigned seven veal
averaging 746 lbs. selling for an
average of $108.76 with one blue
steer weighing 785 lbs. selling for
$145. John Martin of Lucknow,
consigned four veal averaging 718
lbs. selling for an average of $106.84
with two limousin heifers averaging
685 lbs. selling for $122. Brian
Wideman of Gowanstown,
consigned five veal averaging 724
lbs. selling for an average of $113.97
with one limousin steer weighing
765 lbs. selling for $125.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $170 to
$195; 50 - 64 lbs. sold $170 to $195;
65 - 79 lbs., $156 to $181; 80 - 94
lbs., $155 to $167; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$153 to $167; 110 lbs. and over,
$146 to $158.
Sheep sold $27 to $63 with sales
to $90.
Goats: kids sold $60 to $100 per
head; nannies, $75 to $110 per head;
billies, $150 to $275 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $82 to $145; 400 - 499
lbs., $128 to $135; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$115.50 to $133; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$106.50 to $130; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$107 to $119; 800 - 899 lbs., $102 to
$114; 900 - 999 lbs., $102.75 to
$108.50; 1,000 lbs. and over, $95 to
$106.25.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs. sold $91.50 to $105; 300 -
399 lbs., $104 to $115; 400 - 499
lbs., $99 to $124; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$102 to $126; 600 - 699 lbs., $99 to
$124.50; 700 - 799 lbs., $97.75 to
$109; 800 - 899 lbs., $100.50 to
$106; 900 lbs. and over, $88.50 to
$101.10.
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straight avenue about four feet wide
connecting to the next circle, about
five feet away. The circles get
progressively bigger down the
line.
Rather than conjure up images of
other-world visitors,Van Maar had a
much more pragmatic first
impression.
“How many acres are flat?” he
said. “Wheat’s a pretty good price
right now.”
All told, he estimates that less
than one acre of field was flattened,
and none of the plants appear to be
broken.
Of course, the discovery was too
odd to be seen by just Van Maar.
“I had to back the truck up and
take a second look,” said Don Wise,
who stopped by the Van Maar farm
Friday morning. “Then I realized
they were crop circles.”
He said while the discovery was
surprising for this area, it isn’t
completely unheard of - comparing
it to crop circles found in Hensall in
2003.
The conditions the night before,
he said, were similar to those in
Hensall five years back.
“There was a storm last night. A
real close storm,” Wise recalled.
“That’s what I read a few years ago,
too, when I was investigating the
one in Hensall.
“The next morning was when he
realized there were crop circles in
his field as well.”
Van Maar was of a similar
opinion.
“The one in Hensall happened
right after a lightning storm too,” he
said.
While neither man wished to
speculate as to how the crop-circles
were created, the similarity between
the conditions before their discovery
and the one in Hensall were duly
noted.
“I wouldn’t want to speculate one
way or another,” said Wise.
Van Maar said it’s possible some
people just decided that his field was
a good location to create a little local
bafflement, noting it’s been done
before.
“There’s ways of doing it I think,”
he said.
However, he added the cows were
spooked during their morning
milking and perhaps it was more
than a storm that gave them the
jitters.
“We had a big crack of lightning
about 6:30 or so,” he said. “We were
milking and the cows were jumpy in
the barn.”
Regardless of how they were
made, the phenomena has already
drawn some local visitors to the site
to check out what could be the work
of human hands, a strange natural
occurrence or something from a
galaxy far, far away.
Farmer pragmatic
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