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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1986. PAGE 17.
Prices under pressure at Brussels Stockyards
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards traded under pressure with
heavy steers being discounted.
Pigs sold higher. There were 853
cattle and 748 pigs on offer.
Choice steers sold from $81.50 to
$85.50 per hundredweight with a
sale at $92.50. Good steers sold
from $78 to $81.50.
A steer consigned by Ken Dalton
of RR1, Walton weighing 1030 lbs.
sold for $92.50 with his lot of 24
steers averaging 1153 lbs. selling
for an overall price of $84.81.
Twenty-two steers consigned by
Jack and Wayne Tebbutt of RR 2,
Clinton averaging 1182 lbs. soldfor
an overall price of $84.81 with a
sale at $87.25. Twenty-nine steers
consigned by Murray Forbes of RR
2, Clinton averaging 1224 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $84.26 with
sales to $85.25 and his grandson,
Chris’ steer weighing 1290 lbs.
sold for $90.
Thirteen steers consigned by
Ken McLinchey of RR 3, Parkhill
averaging 1275 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $84.12 with sales at
$85. Thirty-five steers consigned
by Murray Shiell of RR 3,
Wingham averaging 1167 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $84.45 with
sales to $85.30. Eleven steers
consigned by Jim Howatt of RR 1,
Londesboro averaging 1236 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $84.19.
Seven heavy steers consigned by J
& M Ranch of Brussels averaging
1310 lbs. sold for an overall price of
$83.52.
Eight choice steers consigned by
Gordon Daer of RR 1, Auburn
averaging 1143 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $83.24 with his five
heifers in the same load averaging
1038lbs. sold for an overall price of
$81.85. Fourteen steers consigned
by Ralph and Roger Morris of RR 1,
Lucknow averaging 1161 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $83.69 with
sales to $85.50. Forty-two steers
consigned by Maple Emblem
Farms of RR 1, Dungannon
averaging 1191 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $8371 with a sale to
$85. Ten steers consigned by Ron
Gross of Londesboro averaging
1152 lbs. sold for an overall price of
$83.69 with a sale to $85. Twenty-
four steers consigned by Keith
Johnston of RR 2, Bluevale
averaging 1199 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $83.48 with a sale to
$85.25.
Ten.steers consigned by John
Kuepfer of RR 2, Milverton
averaging 1217 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $83.24 with a sale at
$86.
Forty-two steers including some
very heavy steers consigned by
George Underwood Farms of RR 1,
Wingham sold for an overall price
of $83.01 with sales to $84. Ten
steers consigned by Tom and
Roger Moore of RR 4, Goderich
averaging 1174 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $83. Fifteen steers
consigned by Jack Bowman of RR
5, Brussels averaging 1163 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $82.80.
Choice exotic heifers sold from
$81 to $84 with a sale at $91 .-50.
Choice white-faced heifers were
$77 to $81.
A heifer consigned by Carl
Dinsmore of RR 1, Gorrie weighing
920 lbs. sold for $91.50 with his lot
of six heifers averaging 1073 lbs.
selling for an overall price of
$83.23.
Eighteen heifers consigned by
Jack Stewart of RR 1, Listowel
averaging 1041 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $83.28. A heifer
consigned by John Howard of RR 7,
Lucknow weighing 1110 lbs. sold
for $82.50. Five heifers consigned
by Ken McKague of RR 2,
Wingham averaging 998 lbs. sold
for $85.10 with his lot of 13 heifers
averaging9291bs. sellingforan
overall price of $81.82. Six fancy
light heifers consigned by Triple A
Farms of RR 3, Clinton averaging
845 lbs. sold for an overall price of
$81.56 with a sale at $84.
Three heifers consigned by
Hilbert VanAnkum of RR 2,
Wroxeter averaging 897 lbs. sold
for $81.40. Twenty-two heifers
consigned by George Blake of
Brussels averaging 1054 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $80.32 with a
sale at $86.
Twenty-seven heifers mainly
herefords, consigned by Lloyd
Morrison of RR 1, Lucknow
averaging 963 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $79.59 with sales to
$82.60. Thirty-eight mixed hei
fers, mainly hereford, consigned
by Paul Schlegel of RR 1, Tavistock
averaging 918 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $79.34 with a sale to
$84.50. Thirteen hereford heifers
consigned by Larry Elston of RR 4,
Wingham averaging 940 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $78.79 with
sales to $81.75.
Choice cows were $52 to $56 with
sales to $61. Good cows were $48 to
$52. Canners and cutters were $44
to $48.
Choice pigs under 30 lbs. traded
to a high of $1.72 per lb.; 30 to
40-lb. pigs to traded to a high of
$1.49; 40 to 50-lb. pigs to a high of
$1.39; 50 to 60-lb. pigs to a high of
$1.34) 60 to 70-lb. pigs to a high of
$1.25; 70 to 80-lb. pigs to a high of
$1.18 per lb.
Brussels Stockyards are holding
a special stocker sale on Tuesday,
September 9 at 1:30 p.m. To
consign cattle, phone 887-6461.
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