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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-07-30, Page 12THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986. PAGE 13. Good demand at higher prices at Brussels The market at Brussels Stock- yards met a good demand at higher prices on finished cattle. Cows sold easier, pigs continued at firm prices. There were 815 cattle and 589 pigs on offer. Choice steers sold from $83 to $87 per hundredweight with sales to $90.25. Good steers were $78 to $83. Ten steers consigned by J & M Ranch of Brussels averaging 1268 lbs. sold for an overall price of $87.87 with a sale at $90.25. Ten steers consigned by Jack and Wayne Tebutt of RR 2, Clinton averaging 1195 lbs. sold for an overall price of $87.63. Six steers consigned by Keith Johnston of RR 2, Blue vale averaging 1173 lbs. sold for an overall price of $86.25. Seven steers consigned by Alvin Grainger of RR 2, Wroxeter averaging 1126 lbs. sold for an overall price of $86.03. Fifteen steers consigned by Murray Forbes of RR 2, Clinton averaging 1129 lbs. sold for an overall price of $85.89. Eleven steers consigned by Jim Howatt of Londesboro averaging 1206lbs. sold for an overall price of $85.40 with a sale at $88. Twenty- three steers consigned by Karel Michiels of RR 1, Sebringville averaging 1177 lbs. sold for an overall price of $84.91 with a sale to $89. Nine steers consignedby John McKenzie of RR 1, Dungannon averaging 1123 lbs. soldfor$85.10. Farmers work for less than wages The Agricultural Council of Ontario released a 266-page report on the incomes of Ontario farmers and their families at a news conference recently. “The council’s report presents detailed statistics on the changing structure of agriculture and its effect on farmers and their fami­ lies,’’ said council chairman Del­ bert O’Brien. Among the findings of the report was that 30 per cent of Ontario’s farmers generate 84 per cent of the province’s food production. These farms, described as commercial scale farms (sales of more than $50,000) in the report, command 60 per cent of the farm assets but also account for 80 per cent of farm debt. “It is these farmers and their families whose incomes have been most squeezed by the down-turn in commodity prices and persistently high interest rates,” said O’Brien. “Popular statistics on farm families include a large number of families who do not look to farming for more than a small portion of their income. These families, in fact, enjoy a level of income that is higher than urban families. For those wholooktofarming as the major source of income, the siutation is not rosy,” he said. He said among families whose major source of income is farming, there are enormous disparities - 29 per cent earned less than $10,000 in 1980 of whom one-third reported zero or negative total income. At the other end of the scale, 35 per cent earned more than $25,000. “The council is deeply concern­ ed about the plight of the low- income commercial farmers and their families,” said O’Brien. A study of 93 sample commercial farms commissioned by the council shows that the operating income generated by these farms was substantially lower than what their operators could have earned off the farm in wages alone. In addition, their equity in the farm would have earned substantial dividends had they been invested in the non-farm sector. In recent years, farm land values have declined by more than 10 pej- cent or approximately $3 billion. . Twenty-eight steers consigned by Maple Emblem Farms of Dungan­ non averaging 1174 lbs. sold for an overall price of $84.89 with a sale at $86.50. Six steers consigned by Wilhelm Bros, of RR 4, Walkerton averaging 1238 lbs. sold for an overall price of $85.35 with a sale at $90. Thirty-four steers consigned by Murray Shiell of RR 3, Wingham averaging 1174 lbs. sold for an overall price of $84.71. Twelve steers consigned by Fred Knechtel of RR 2, Gadshill averag­ ing 1249 lbs. sold for an overall price of $84.07. Nineteen steers consigned by Fondview Farms of RR 3, Lakeside averaging 1136 lbs. sold for an overall price of $84.06. Sixteen steers consigned by Ken Dalton of RR 1, Walton averaging 1143 lbs. sold for an overall price of $83.23 with a sale at $85.75. Four steers consigned by Jim Shaw of RR 1, Bluevale averaging 1132 lbs. sold for an overall price of $84.28. Twenty-six steers consign­ ed by Berberick Bros, of RR 1, Mildmay averaging 1241 lbs. sold for an overall price of $82.53 with a sale at $85.50. Twenty-three light steers consigned by Ralph and Roger Morrison of RR 1, Lucknow averaging 980 lbs. sold for an overall price of $85.99. Choice exotic heifers sold from $80 to $84 with a sale at $88.50. Choice white-faced heifers were $78 to $82. A heifer consigned by Carl Dinsmore of RR 1, Gorrie weighing 1000 lbs. topped the market at $88.50 with his lot of six heifers averaging 1078 lbs. selling for an overall price of $84.72. Thirty-four heifers consigned by Murray Mulvey of RR 1, Clifford averaging 1076 lbs. sold for an overall price of $82.77 with a sale to $85.75. Four heifers consigned by Gregory Higgins of Brussels averaging 915 lbs. sold for an overall price of $81.81. Twenty-nine heifers consigned by John Jacques of RR 2, Clifford averaging 997 lbs. sold for an overall price of $81.01 with sales to $83.75. Fourteen heifers, mainly here- fords, consigned by Jack Flanna- gan of RR 1, Dublin averaging 928 lbs. sold for an overall price of $79.91 with sales to$81.25. Sixteen hereford heifers consigned by Keith McLean of Brussels averag­ ing 951 lbs. sold for an overall price of$80.22with sales to $82.25. Four heifers consigned by N. T. L. Farms of RR 1, Ethel averaging 880 lbs. sold for an overall price of $80.54 with a sale at $86.25. Fifteen hereford heifers con­ signed by Lloyd Morrison of RR 1, Lucknow averaging 861 lbs. sold for an overall price of $79.85 with sales to $80.70. Twenty-nine here­ ford heifers consigned by Harold Johnston of RR 4, Wingham averaging 1000 lbs. sold for an overall price of $79.67 with sales to $81.20. Five hereford heifers consigned by Skinner Farms of RR 2, Mitchell averaging 1004 lbs. sold for an overall price of $80.27 with sales to $81.50. Five heifers consigned by Fred Marshall of RR 3, Fergus averaging 1014 lbs. sold for an overall price of $80.46 with sales to $81.50. Choice cows sold from $52 to $55 with sales to $60.50. Good cows were $48 to $52. Canners and cutters were $44 to $48. Thirty to 40-lb. pigs traded to a high of $1.42 per lb.; 40to50-lb. pigs to a high of $1.39; 50 to 60-lb. pigs to a high of $1.32; 60 to 70-lb. pigs to a high of $1.07; 70 to 80-lb. pigs to a high of $1.01 per lb. Brussels Stockyards will hold a special stocker and feeder sale on Tuesday, August 12 at 1:30 p.m. CONTACT DOUG RATHWELL Sand & Gravel Haulage R.R. 2, BRUSSELS FORALLYOURGRAVELNEEDS • crushed cement • crushed lane, sand etc. Phone - 887-6930 Before8:30a.m.orat noon or after 6:30 p.m. X. LOGEL Enterprises RR3, Listowel, Ont. TOPDOLLARS PAIDFOR SCRAPCARS ANDTRUCKS Partstofit mostvehicles Check Our Prices! Call us at 291-1464