HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-10-01, Page 18M THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1986. PAGE 19.
Selective demand on cattle at Brussels
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards on Friday traded on a
selective demand with medium
and heavy cattle under pressure.
Cows and feeder pigs traded
steady. There were 1309 cattle and
733 pigs on offer.
Choice steers sold from $81.50 to
$85.50 with sales to $90.75 per
hundredweight. Good steers were
$78 to $81.50.
A steer consigned by Ed Mi
chaels of RR 1, Sebringville
weighing 1160 lbs. sold for $90.75
with his offering of 20 mixed steers
averaging 1169 lbs. selling for an
overall price of $84.09. Forty-four
steers consigned by Murray Shiell
of RR 3, Wingham averaging 1174
lbs. sold for an overall price of
$85.43 with sales to $86.50. Three
steers consigned by Bev Schenk of
RR 1, Neustadtaveraging 1060 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $85.90.
Twenty-six steers consigned by
Ralph and Roger Morrison of RR 1,
Lucknow averaging 1081 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $83.85 with
sales to $85. Thirty-six steers
consigned by Ken McClinchey of
RR 3, Parkhill averaging 1230 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $83.53
with sales to $87. Two steers
consigned by Clare Knechtel of RR
2, Gadshill averaging 1115 lbs.
sold for $84.60. Twenty-six steers
consigned by Howard Martin of RR
3, Brussels averaging 1141 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $82.90
with sales to $83.70.
One Hundred and Three here-
ford steers consigned by Gerald
Ball of RR 1, Embro averaging 1052
lbs. sold for an overall price of
$82.32 with a sale at $86. Five
steers consigned by Ken Steffler of
RR 3, Teeswater averaging 1264
lbs. sold for an overall price of
$82.27 with sales to $83.85.
Twenty-eight mixed steers con
signed by Maple Emblem Farms of
RR 1, Dungannon averaging 1184
lbs. sold for an overall price of
$82.40 with sales to $85.25.
Fourteen steers consigned by Jim
Poortinga of RR 1, Woodham
averaging 1063 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $82.37. Fifteen
steers consigned by Jack Bowman
of RR 5, Brussels averaging 1161
lbs. sold for $82.
Eight steers consigned by Stew
art Knechtel of RR 2, Gadshill
averaging 1041 lbs. soldfor$82.30.
Twenty-six steers including some
very heavy steers consigned by Jim
Howatt of RR 1, Londesborough
averaging 1329 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $81.19.
Choice exotic heifers sold from
$80 to $84 with a sale to $93.25.
Choice white-faced heifers were
$77 to $81.
A heifer consigned by Rae
McPhail of RR 3^ Kerwood weigh
ing 1110 lbs. topped the market at
$93.75 with his offering of 20
heifers averaging 1165 lbs. selling
for an overall price of $83.93.
Soil conservation
advisor named
Brent Kennedy has been recent
ly appointed as OMAF’s Senior
Soil Conservation Advisor for
Huron County at the Agricultural
Office, Clinton.
Brent is a native of Sudbury and
a 1985 Soil Science graduate of the
University of Guelph. He has been
working for the past year and a half
as a Soil Conservation Advisor with
OM AF at the Perth County office in
Stratford. Brent succeeds Jane
Sadler Richards who accepted a
position with Ecologistics - Lon
don, earlier.
As Senior Soil Conservation
Advisor, Brent will be responsible
for the erosion control portion of
the Ontario Soil Conservation and
Environment Protection Assis
tance Program and will be working
closely with the Conservation
District, Huron County Soil and
Crop Improvement Association.
Twenty-three heifers consigned by
Glen Rollings of RR 2, Lucan
averaging 1049 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $82.66 with a sale at
$89. Twenty heifers consigned by
George Blake of RR 2, Brussels
averaging 1126 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $82.51 with a sale to
$84.75. Fifty-two heifers consign
ed by Cliff Cook of Granton
averaging 1115 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $82.27 with sales to
$84.25. Eight heifers consigned by
Triple A Farms of RR 3, Clinton
averaging 1004 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $82.22. Nine
heifers consigned by Elmer Riley
of RR 4, Walkerton averaging 1139
lbs. sold for $81.85.
Eleven heifers consigned by
John Jacques of RR 2, Clifford
averaging 1004 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $81.87 with a sale to
$85. Sixteen heifers consigned by
Lome Hackett of RR3, Lucknow
averaging 988 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $81.13 with sales to
$82.30. Seven heifers consigned by
Gordon Daer of RR 1, Auburn
averaging 1044 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $81.62 with sales to
$82.85. Seven heifers consigned by
Tom Wylie of RR 4, Durham
averaging 948 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $81.40 with a sale at
$83. Twenty-three heifers consign
ed by Cliff Rollings of RR 2, Lucan
averaging 1091 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $80.74 with sales to
$81.35.
Choice cows sold from $50 to
$53. Good cows were $46 to $50.
Canners and cutters were $42 to
$46.
Pigs under 30 lbs. traded to a
high of $1.50 per lb.; 30 to 40-lb.
pigs traded to a high of $1.52; 40 to
50-lb. pigs to a high of $1.35; 50 to
60-lb. pigs to a high of $1.27; 60 to
70-lb. pigs to a high of $1.20; 70 to
80-lb. pigs to a high of $1.04 per lb.
Brussels Stockyards are holding
their next Special Stocker & Feeder
Sale on Tuesday, October 7 at 1:30
p.m. To consign cattle to this sale,
phone 887-6461.
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