HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-08-12, Page 11Brusse/s Stockyards THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1987. PAGE 11.
Steers, heifers sei! $4 higher at Brussels yard
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards was very active with steers
and heifers selling $4 higher than
last week’s sale. Cows were strong
and pigs sold higher. Choice veal
sold strong while plainer kinds sold
under pressure. Sheep and lambs
met an active buyer demand.
There were 684 cattle, 506 pigs and
331 sheep and lambs on offer.
Choice steers sold from $90 with
sales to $100.50 per hundred
weight. Good steers were $86 to
$90.
Forty steers consigned by K & L
Bray Farms of RR 1, Ethel,
averaging 1172 lbs. sold for an
average price of $90.58 with sales
to$100.50. Fifteen steers consign
ed by Ken Dalton and family of RR
1, Walton averaging 1214 lbs. sold
for an average price of $92.92 with
sales to $97.25. Two steers con
signed by Bruce Bros, of RR 1,
Belgrave averaging 1215 lbs. sold
for an average price of $94.10 with
his total offering of 13 steers
averaging 1258 lbs. selling for an
overal' price of $90.97.
A steer consigned by Maple
Emblem Farms of RR 1, Dungann
on weighing 1110 lbs. sold for
$93.25 with his total offering of 28
steers averaging 1188 lbs. selling
for an overall price of $91.19.
Fifteen steers consigned by Mur
ray McKague of RR 2, Wingham,
averaging 1145 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $91.48 with sales to
$92.50. Seventeen steers consign
ed by Bill Sellers of RR 2, Bluevale
averaging 1064 lbs. sold for $90.42
with sales to $92.75.
A steer consigned by Howard
Martin of RR 3, Brussels weighing
1070 lbs. sold for $92 with his total
offering of 16 steers averaging
1127 lbs. selling for an overall price
of $90.44. Four steers consigned by
Jim Taylor of RR 5, Wingham
averaging 1148 lbs. sold for $90.50.
Choice exotic heifers sold from
$90 to $93 with sales to $95.50.
Good red-white-faced heifers were
Farm
$84 to $89.
One heifer consigned by Mui-
ray Mulvey of RR 1, Clifford
weighing 1010 lbs. sold for $95.50
with his total lot of 11 heifers
averaging 1038 lbs. selling for an
overall price of $90.07. Thirty-two
heifers consigned by JimHowattof
RR 1, Londesborough averaging
1092 lbs. sold for an average price
of $91.15 with sales to $93.50.
Thirty heifers consigned by Joe
Hodgins of Parkhill averaging 1046
lbs. sold for an average price of
$91.64 with sales to $92.75.
Two heifers consigned by Rick
Smith of Ripley averaging 1035 lbs.
sold for $92.85 with his total
offering of 18 heifers averaging984
lbs. selling for $89.69. Twelve
heifers consigned by Harry Ver-
beek of RR 2, Bluevale averaging
935 lbs. sold for an average price of
$89.34 with sales to $92.75. A
heifer consigned by Wilfred Short
reed of RR 1, Walton weighing 980
lbs. sold for $91.75 with his total
offering of 10 heifers averaging 975
lbs. averaging $89.44. Fourteen
heifers consigned by Doug Walker
of RR 1, Belgrave averaging 1026
lbs. soldfor$88.07 with sales to
$91. Four heifers consigned by
Hilbert Van Ankum of RR 2,
Wroxeter averaging 965 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $88.81.
Choice cows were $60 to $65 with
sales to$70. Good cows were $57 to
$62. Canners and cutters were $50
to $57.
Thirty - 40 lb. pigs traded to a
high of $1.09 per lb.; 40 to50 lb.
pigs traded to a high of $1.00 per
lb.; 50 to60 lb. pigs traded to a high
of$l .00 per lb.; 60to70lb. pigs
traded to a high of .87 cents per lb.;
over 70 lb. pigs traded to a high of
.80 cents per lb.
Seventy -801b. lambs traded to a
high of $1 18.50 per lb.; 80 - 90 lb.
lambs traded to a high of $1.14.50
per lb.; 90 to 100 lb. lambs traded to
a high of $ 1.07.00 per lb.; over 100
lb. lambs traded to a high of
$1.03.50 per lb.
Sheep traded to a high of $58 per
lb. Goats traded to a high of $104
per head.
Choice veal was $90 to $112 per
hundred; medium veal, $80 to $90.
“ATTENTION”
Hani Red Wheat Producers
We have purchased a grain protein analyzer
and we are able to receive your Max and
Monopol Wheat along with other varieties this
harvest.
For more information contact:
Independent dairy operators press
Riddell for change
TWIN COUNTY
GRAIN
ELEVATOR
Representatives of eight inde
pendent processing family-owned
dairies attended a meeting July 27
with Agriculture and Food Mini
sterjack Riddell in Toronto, to ask
for the restructuring of delivery
zones, or the removal of those
zones altogether.
At the end of the meeting, Mr.
Riddell told the processors he
would instruct the milk commis
sion to study the issue to determine
if a change in policy is necessary. If
suchachangeis recommended,
Mr. Riddell says it will take place
immediately.
The meeting was requested
earlier this year by Renus and Pat
Bailey of SunRise Dairy in Wing
ham, but was postponed twice
before the July 27 meeting.
At stake for the Baileys is the
struggle to keep Ontario’s 12
independent processing dairies
alive and operating, in the face of
what they consider unfair competi
tion from the larger corporate
dairies. They feel that opening
territorial boundaries to all dairies,
large and small, in a free competi
tive atmosphere, is the only way of
assuring the continued existence
of the small independents.
In their presentation to Mr.
Riddell, the Baileys said that they
have seen family-owned, indepen
dent processing dairies diminish
until only a few are left. * ‘We need
the right to sell our farm product to
customers who want it,” Mrs.
Bailey said. “If the government
continues to protect the large
corporate giants with licensed
delivery areas, the decline in the
family-owned dairy will contin
ue.”
The Baileys pointed out that any
of Ontario’s more than 450 non
processingdistributors can deliver
milk to any area in which the parent
company holds a license, while the
province’s 12 small independents
are restricted in their territory.
The Baileys claim the policy is
inconsistent and unfair, with all the
advantage given to the larger
corporations.
The eight independents will now
await the results of Mr. Riddell’s
promised milk commission study
of the issue.
HERE’S HOW TO FIND US
Brussels
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Huron Cty. «Henfrvn
Rd. #16 Twin *
County
Grain Elevators-----
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-----''Perth Cty. Rd.
~ #6• Silver Corners
RR 3, BRUSSELS, ONT.
PHONE: (519) 356-2292
Manager: Glenn Thorpe
ig bale wrap new in Exeter
An Exeter manufacturer will
beginworklaterthis month on a
new 6,000 square foot building
which will greatly expand its
present ability to produce a big
bale wrap widely used in Europe,
but just now becoming known on
the Canadian market.
Syfilco Ltd. has been manufac
turing the polyethelene net wrapp-
ingfor aboutayear, using three
imported machines adapted for the
Canadian market, which demands
a wider and heavier wrap than that
produced for European farmers,
but seven more machines are due
to arrive in October, and will be in
full use by early next year.
The netting is used to replace
twine on big round bales, and
covers the entire bale except for the
ends. Because the bale is turned a
maximum of only three times in the
baler using the new product, as
opposed to 16 times using twine,
balingcanbe accomplished at a
much greater speed, and with
much less loss of leaves on the hay.
The wrap also comes off the bales
more quickly and easily, requiring
justoneand a half turns, and no
knife.
Syfilco Ltd. has already devel
oped a burgeoning market for the
product among implement dealers
and beef producers in Bruce, Grey
and Wellington Counties, and sees
a bright future for the business as
all round balers now coming in
from Europe are equipped to use
the wrap, while North American
farm equipment manufactuers
plan to have such a baler on the
market by next summer.
Sybren De Boer, company own
er, says sales should double within
the next five years. Each 3,000
meter roll will wrap 350 standard
four by four round bales, while
Syfilco’s price of $350 per roll is
$100 less than the European
product available here.
Since 1979, the company has
been manufacturing the filter
Dateline
Friday, August 14 - 4-H Dairy
Showmanship Workshop, Art
Bos’s, RR 3, Blyth, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, August 19 - Huron
County Junior Farmers Meeting,
OMAF Boardroom, Clinton 8:30
p.m.
socks used over perforated drain
age tile, but Mr. De Boer expects
that the bale wrap will soon
represent half the total production
of his company. He says that other
possible uses for the new product
include wrapping Christmas trees
for shipping, protecting ever
greens and shrubs in winter, and
wrapping and protecting pallets
containing everything from aspar
agus to zuchinni.
We're perfectly located
to handle your crop
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519-524-2773
1-800-265-5503
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HOURS:
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Alan Campbell
328 Josephine Street
WINGHAM
357-3687
or 887-9451
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