HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-01-21, Page 15THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987. PAGE 15.
Supply good, prices steady at Brussels Stockyards
A good supply of cattle at
Brussels Stockyards meta good
demand at steady prices on steers.
All classes of finished heifers sold
higher. Cowsandpigscontinued to
trade at firm prices. There were
1095 cattle and 769 pigs on offer.
Choicesteerssoldfrom$83to
$87 with a sale to $95.25 per
hundredweight. Good steers were
$79 to $83.
A steer consigned by Donald
Thornton of RR 1, Gorrie weighing
1030lbs. soldfor $95.25 with his lot
of 6 steers averaging 1157 lbs.
selling for $86.75. Seven steers
consigned by Andy McMichael of
RR2, Wroxeter averaging 1278
lbs. sold for $88.40 with his
offering of 18 steers averaging
1257 lbs. selling for an overall price
of$86.45. Two steers consigned by
Neil Olson of RR 3, Wingham
averaging 1245 lbs. sold for $86.85.
Three steers consigned by Jim
Taylor of RR 5, Wingham averag
ing 1 207 lbs. sold for an overall
price of $86.34. Forty seven steers
consigned by George Adams of RR
2, Wroxeter averaging 1230 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $85.49
with sales to $88.
Eleven steers consigned by Jim
Hayden of RR 3, Goderich averag-
ing 1 292 lbs. sold for an overall
price of $85.13 with a sale to $87.
Eight steers consigned by George
Underwood Farms of RR 1,
Wingham averaging 1290 lbs. sold
for $86.20 with his offering of 39
steers averaging 1230 lbs. selling
for an overall price of $84.73 with
sales to $87.75. Eight steers
consigned by Warren Gear of
Georgetown averaging 1098 lbs.
sold for $84.65 Eleven steers
consigned by Murray Wagg of RR
5, Mitchell averaging 1259 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $84.65
with a sale at $88.
Twenty-six steers consigned by
Hodgins Bros, of RR 8, Park hill
averaging 1269 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $84.27 with a sale at
$86.50. Forty steers consigned by
Maple Emblem Farms of RR 1,
Dungannon averaging 1216 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $84.45
with a sale at $90.25. Ten steers
consigned by Tom and Roger
Moore of RR 4, Goderich averaging
1158 lbs. sold for an overall price of
$84.67 with sales to $85.30. Four
fancy steers consigned by Jim
Cronin of RR 4, Seaforth averaging
1107 lbs. sold for $86.
Eight steers consigned by Bill
Elston of RR 5, Brussels averaging
1191 lbs. sold for an overall price of
Cost of crop insurance
$84.37. Thirteen steers consigned
by Vicke Valanstine of RR 1,
Dundalk averaging 1239 lbs. sold
for $84.30 with a sale at $87.
Sixteen heavy steers consigned by
Lome Eadie of RR 1, Holyrood
averaging 1427 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $83.88.
Choice exotic heifers sold from
$83 to $87 with sales to $94.25.
Choice white-faced heifers were
$79 to $83.
A heifer consigned by Harold
and Garry Bell of RR 1, Wroxeter
weighing 1290 lbs. sold for $94.25
with his lot of 10 heifers averaging
1225 lbs. selling for the overall
price of $84.63. Five heifers
consigned by Harold Elliott of RR
6, Goderich averaging 1158 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $89.10
with a sale at $91.75. Nine heifers
consigned by Jack and Wayne
Tebbutt of Clinton averaging 1140
lbs. sold for $87.30 with their
offering of 30 heifers averaging
1151 lbs. sellingforan overall price
of $85.91.
Thirty-two heifers consigned by
Murray Mulvey of RR 1, Clifford
averaging 1086 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $85.13 with a sale at
$89. Thirty heifers consigned by
George Blake of RR 2, Brussels
averaging 1058 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $84.70 with sales to
$86. Four black heifers consigned
by Chester Edgar of RR 2,
Wroxeter averaging 975 lbs. sold
for $84.70. Fifty-one heifers con
signed by Earl Fitch of RR 1,
Wroxeter averaging 1085 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $83.72 with
sales to $85.50.
Twenty-nine mixed heifers con-
signedby Wayne King of RR 1,
Gorrie averaging 1095 lbs. sold for
an overall price of $83.66 with sales
to $85.20. Five heifers consigned
by Bill McDonald of RR 2, Lucknow
averaging 1118 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $83.42. A fancy
heifer consigned by Gordon
Dougherty of RR 3, Goderich
weighing 960 lbs. sold for $89 with
his lot of six heifers averaging 1033
lbs. selling for $83.10.
Choice cows sold from $53 to $57
with sales to $62. Good cows were
$49 to $53. Canners and cutters
were $45 to $49.
Feeder cattle traded actively.
Twelve steers consigned by Jim
Poortinga of RR 1, Woodham
averaging 1004 lbs. sold for $89.10
with his offering of 35 steers
averaging 1076 lbs. selling for
$86.90.
Forty-two hereford steers con
signed by Don Scott of RR 3,
Teeswater averaging 1025 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $87.76 with
sales to $88.35.
Thirty to 40-lb. pigs traded to a
high of $1.53 per lb.; 40 to50-lb.
pigs to a high of $1.49; 50 to 60-lb.
pigs to a high of $1.23; 60 to 70-lb.
pigs to a high of $1.16; 70 to 80-lb.
pigs to a high of $1.13 per lb.
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program questioned
Continued from page 14
(instead of a set per-acre rate as
presently offered).
4. That present participating in
centives be maintained.
According to an example includ
ed in the proposal the cost of the
new plan should not be much more
than the current plan. The plan,
based on crop yields of one of the
committee members for white
beans over a nine-year period,
would have seen payouts in six of
the nine years with only the current
year showing a major loss.
The cost of the program was
questioned by representatives of
the Crop Insurance program pre
sent. Bill Mullen, area manager for
the Crop Insurance Commission
said he felt the proposal would be a
terrific plan for corn coverage
where the risk of crop loss is not
high but would not work for white
beans. The example showed a
payout in six years for crop losses
that would normally have meant a
payout in only one year. To cover
the extra payouts, he said, premi
ums would really have to go up. He
pointed out that the white bean
portion of the insurance plan
already has a $7 million deficit after
last year’s crop disaster and
accumulated losses over the years.
But John Nesbit asked how
much the premiums would rise
next year anyway if the Crop
Insurance Commission is deter
mined to wipe out the deficit.
Mr. Mullin said one basic
problem with the proposal would
be that it would require a change in
the constitution of the commission
by the federal government because
the constitution says the maximum
payout can be 80 per cent of crop
loss.
He said the idea was a terrific
ideaasfar aspromoting sales of
crop insurance but he said the
program must be actuarially
sound.
Bev Hill of Varna, one of the
committee members who helped
framethe proposal emphasized
that the proposal would mean crop
insurance insures the loss of a crop
the same way a barn would be
insured for loss.
Jack Wilkinson, second vice-
president of the Ontario Federa
tion of Agriculture said after the
meeting that the Huron plan
sounded like a good one, although
he hadn’t the chance to study the
figures more deeply.
Earlier, while taking part in a
panel discussion with Mr. Mullin
and East Wawanosh crop insur
ance agent Neil Edgar, Mr.
Wilkinson had said that it was
important the crop insurance
system was changed to attract
more farmers to get insurance
because Agriculture Minister Jack
Riddell had said he doesn’t want to
get involved in helping pay for crop
disasters. “If we want to get all
farmers insured, we have to make
it more attractive to them,’’ he
said. Benefits versus costs in some
crops such as corn, he said, are so
low that many farmers are taking
the chance of not having insurance.
Mr. Hill said that acreage
percentages show that there are
problems with crop insurance.
When only 27 per cent of corn acres
are covered by insurance some
thing is wrong, he says. Some
farmers presently don’t see the
need to buy crop insurance be
cause what they want is insurance
against a loss, not income insur
ance.
Mr. Wilkinson told farmers that
the upcoming provincial hearings
into crop insurance (the panel will
tour Ontario from Feb. 9 to early
April, Mr. Riddell announced
Monday) were very important. “It
may be our only chance at
amendments to crop insurance for
the next 20 years.”
Thisproposal, adoptedby the
Huron Federation, will be present
ed at one of the hearings, as well as
being sent to the Ontario Federa
tion of Agriculture and to the
ministers of agriculture at the
provincia' r .d fedc.al Ic/els.
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Schedule of Open Houses
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