HomeMy WebLinkAboutFarming '90, 1990-03-21, Page 23FARMING ‘90, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1990. B7.
Fridays abound with animal action at Brussels Livestock
On Fridays, the Brussels Livestock is a hustle and bustle of activity as
farmers unload livestock, workers herd the animals into pens, auctioneers
fast-talk numerous buyers into paying money and curious visitors amble
about the barns.
A lot of money changes hands by the day’s end but there is a lot of activity in
the barns before the final sale and the camera recorded some of the animal
action going on at the Brussels Livestock.
ft Over 40 people crowd into the pig barn to bid on pigs being auctioned off by Brussels Livestock
president Gordon Brindley. Mr. Brindley is the main auctioneer for the pig ring and for the Stocker
ring in the other barn. The pigs are sold the way the farmer wants them in groups from five up to 30 and
the numbers on the chalkboard are how many pigs are in the ring and their weight. The pigs are
auctioned by dollar per head and there are usually 200 to 300 pigs on sale on Fridays. Mr. Brindley
hopes to increase the numbers in the pig barn because the pigs aren’t making any profit for the
livestock business.
Pig pen
The pigs arrive in all different sizes and ages and are weighed
immediately when brought into the pig barn. Once the pigs are
sold, the Brussels Livestock takes a four per cent commission
off the sale of the pigs.
Active
Trailers, carsandtrucks line the long laneway at Brussels Livestockon Fridays and
the crowds are usually largest in the winter months because people are generally
busier in the summer months. The crowd varies from 200 to 300 people on Fridays
Taking stock
There are four girls working in the office on Fridays and here
Sharon Cowman looks on as Rhonda Fischer books in the cattle
arriving for the sale. The computers store such information as
the weight of the livestock, tag numbers, price of livestock and
who bought what. The computer automatically puts a dollar
value to the buyer of the cattle and the seller which is calculated
minus expenses such as Ontario Cattlemen’s fees, insurance
feesand a sei ling fee. The selling fee for fats is $8.50, Stockers is
$8.00 and cows are $12.00.
Large pens in the stocker barn house the many stockers
available during this week although the numbers in the barn
vary from week to week. Mr. Brindley has a buyer stationed in
the west to buy the cattle for him and Brussels Livestock pays
for the weight they are bought in the west for, not the weight
they arrive at the Livestock. ‘ ‘We don’t get rich on them,” said
Mr. Brindley whorevealed thestockers are marked up one cent
per pound from the price they were bought at and the costs of
trucking them. If they are kept in the barn for a~period and fed,
the price rises.
and there are a lot of visitors. There are steady buyers at the sale who make up the
bulk of sales for the slaughter cattle. The stockyard is a major attraction bringing
farmers to Brussels.
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