HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-10-08, Page 16THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986. PAGE 17.
Selective demand for cattle at Brussels
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards met a selective demand and
traded under pressure due to lower
railprices. Cowstradedsteady.
Pigs sold lower. There were 1261
cattle and 798 pigs on offer.
Choice steers sold from $81 to
$85 with a sale to $89.50 per
hundredweight. Good steers were
$77 to $81.
A steer consigned by Lome
Forster of RR 1, Lucknow weighing
1060 lbs. sold for $89.50 with his
offering of 22 steers, including
several heavy ones, averaging
1222 lbs. sold for an overall price of
$82.21. Three steers consigned by
Alvin Granger of RR 2, Wroxeter
averaging 1193 lbs. sold for $85.90
with his offering of 41 steers
averaging 1287 lbs. selling for an
overall price of $83.52. Three
steers consigned by Wilhelm Bros,
of RR 4, Walkerton averaging 1200
lbs. sold for $85.20 with their lot of
9 steers averaging 1271 lbs. selling
11
for $83.30.
Six steers consigned by Frank
Dolmage of RR 1, Seaforth averag
ing 1055 lbs. sold for an overall
price of $82.77. Eight steers
consigned by Rae McPhail of RR 3,
Kerwood averaging 1146 lbs. sold
for $83 with his lot of 11 steers
averaging 1173 lbs. selling for
$82.30.
Twenty-four steers including
very heavy steers, consigned by
Dave Steeper of RR 8, Parkhill, the
load averaging 1295 lbs. selling at
an overall price of $82.43 with a
-sale at $86. Five steers consigned
byCalvin Sempleof RR 1, Ethel
averaging 1280 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $82.17 with a sale at
$84.25. Fifteen steers consigned
by Murray McKague of RR 2,
Wingham averaging 1207 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $82.15 with
sales to $83.70.
Forty-two steers consigned by
Maple Emblem Farms of RR 1,
Dungannon averaging 1180 lbs.
Farmers' Helpline
open 24 hours a day
In times of trouble, help for farm
families is only a phone call away.
Set up last December under
funding from the Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Food, the
Farmer’s Helpline supplies a
toll-free number to provide round-
the-clock information for farm
families seeking professional help
with creditors, stress counselling,
family problems, legal informa
tion, or any number of other
services. For families which have
decided to leave the farm, transi
tion counselling is also available.
Barb Atkinson, co-ordinator of
the service, says that the Helpline
logged more than 1,300 calls
between last December and Au
gust, more than 60 of them from
Huron County alone. Calls have
become more frequent in the past
few weeks, she said, partly as a
response to the recently announc
ed Farmers in Transition program,
but also as a result of the foul
weather, pending crop losses, and
just because farm families have
finished the heavy work of the
summer. She added that the
majority of calls to date have been
from cash croppers and hog
farmers.
Trained staff are on duty during
regular office hours five days a
week, and on call nights and
weekends. After hours, an answer
ing service ensures that urgent
calls are answered promptly.
Typically, a caller will be referred
to a trained advisor, usually within
the callers own commodity group,
within three orfourdays, butastaff
member may intervene directly
and immediately in a problem, if
the situation warrants such a
response.
Advisors are often farmers who
have done well and who have a
marked aptitude for counselling,
according to Miss Atkinson. Client
and advisor will set a date for an
initial meeting, and then may
spend 3-4 days a week together for
several weeks, with the advisor
quickly becoming an uncritical
friend and business advisor.
appropriate action on his own
behalf.
Often Helpline calls will begin as
general questions, Miss Atkinson
points out, but as the caller gains
confidence in the sympathetic and
thoughtful response he receives,
will begin to expose the real
problems troubling him. She
stresses that all calls are in strictest
confidence, with absolutely no
access to the file by anyone other
than Helpline staff. Callers are also
matched with advisors from out
side their own district, if request
ed, she said.
* ‘This is an excellent service: we
really CAN help, ’ ’ the co-ordinator
said. To reach Farmer’s Helpline,
call 1-800-265-1511.
sold for an overall price of $82. with
sales to $84.50. Seven steers
consigned by Joe Devereaux of RR
4, Seaforth averaging 1073 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $82.14.
Six steers consigned by Keith
Johnston of RR 2, Bluevale
averaging 1220 lbs. sold for $83.80
with his offering of 27 steers
averaging 1258 lbs. Thirty-eight
steers consigned by Ed McCann of
RR 3, Dashwood averaging 1131
lbs. sold for an overall price of
$81.94 with a sale to $84.25. Seven
steers consigned by Joe Morkin of
RR3,Lucan aver agingll 80 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $82.75
with a sale to $83.50.
Nineteen steers consigned by
Leo Deitmer of RR 1, Ethel
averaging 1130 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $81.91. Ten steers
consigned by Earl Schmidt of RR 2,
Milverton averaging 1174 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $81.88 with a
sale at $85.
Choice exotic heifers sold from
$80 to $84 with a sale at $88.75.
Choice white-faced heifers were
$77 to $81.
A heifer consigned by Larry
Elston of RR 4, Wingham weighing
1040 lbs. topped the market at
$88.75 with his 16 exotic heifers
averaging 1116 lbs. selling for an
overall price of $85.66 and his 11
hereford heifers averaging936 lbs.
selling for an overall price of
$78.28. Fifteen heifers consigned
by Rae McPhail of RR 3, Kerwood
averaging 1160 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $83.04 with a sale to
$86.25.
Ten heifers consigned by Doug
McPherson of RR 2, Wingham
averaging 1050 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $80.30 with a sale to
$83. Seven heifers consigned by
Doug Durrer of RR 2, Mildmay
averaging 984 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $79.49 with sales to
$82.10. Eight mixed heifers con
signed by Rick Zettler of RR 2,
Walkerton averaging 936 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $79.02 with
salesto$82.10. Nine mixed heifers
consigned by David Bowles of RR
3, Brussels averaging 1038 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $78.24
with sales to $82.80. Ten heifers,
mainly herefords, consigned by
Schultz Bros, of RR 3, Blyth
averaging 945 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $77.99 with sales to
$80.85.
Choice cows were $50 to $54.
Good cows were $46 to $50.
Canners and cutters were $42 to
$46.
Thirty to 40-lb. pigs traded to a
high of $1.25 per lb.; 40to50-lb.
pigs to a high of $1.16; 50 to 60-lb.
pigs to a high of $1.15; 60 to 70-lb.
pigs to a high of $1.00 per lb.
On Thanksgiving Day, Monday,
Oct. 13 there will be the Special 4-H
Calf Club Sale for Bruce and Huron
Counties’ young farmers. There
are over 50 entries of show cattle.
Judging is at 10:30a.m. and Sale at
1 o’clock.
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