HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-11-18, Page 25Brussels Stockyards THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1987. PAGE 25.
Sheep, lamb sales slated for December 4, 11,18
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards saw choice steers and heifers
selling on a very strong demand at
$1 to$2 per hundredweight higher.
Cows sold $2 higher. Veal sold
steady. Pigs sold at fully steady
prices. There were 1099 cattle and
681 pigs on offer.
Choice steers sold from $86.50 to
$90.50 with sales to $97 per
hundredweight. Good steers were
The George Procter family of RR 5, Brussels won four championships with their market hogs at the Royal
Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto on Friday, re-affirming the position of Bodmin Farms Ltd. as one of
the foremost pork producers. Mr. Procter and his daughters, Jennifer, centre and Kate display some of
the ribbons and trophies they brought home.
More Winter Fair results next week
$84 to $86.
A steer consigned by Ken
Johnston of RR 2, Bluevale
weighing 1350 lbs. sold for $97. A
steer consigned by Lome Forster of
RR 1, Lucknow weighing 1190 lbs.
sold for $95.75 with his total lot of
22 steers averaging 1202 lbs. and
selling for an overall price of $90. A
steer consigned by Doug Wagg of
RR 5, Mitchell weighing 1200 lbs.
sold for $94 with his total offering of
1 1 steers averaging 4255 lbs.
selling for an overall price of
$88.37.
Twenty-eight steers consigned
by Maple Emblem Farms of RR 1,
Dungannon averaging 1215 lbs.
sold for an average price of $88.87
with sales to $93.75. Forty-one
steers consigned by Mac Willits of
RR 1. Wingham averaging 1 175
lbs. in weight sold for an average
price of $86.53 with sales to $92.75.
A steer consigned by Roy Taylor of
RR 2, Auburn weighing 1200 lbs.
sold for $92.75. Acharloissteer
consigned by Paul Johnston of RR
2, Bluevale weighing 1290 lbs. sold
for $92.75.
Forty-one steers consigned by
Jim Simpson of RR 3, Goderich
averaging 1241 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $89.87 with sales to
$91.50. Twenty-one steers con
signed by Howard Kamrath of RR
2, Mild may averaging 1 102 lbs.
sold for an average price of $86.61
with sales to $91.50. A steer
consigned by Jim Taylor of RR 5,
Wingham weighing 1100 lbs. sold
for$92.50with his total lot of seven
steers averaging 1166 lbs. selling
for an average price of $88.91.
Ninety-two steer scon signed by
Gerald Ball of RR 1, Embro
averaging 1195 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $86.99 with sales to
$91.50.
Twelve steers consigned by
Stam Farms of RR 4, Kincardine
averaging 1203 lbs. sold for an
average price of $87.29 with sales
to $90.50. Twenty-six steers
consigned by Bill Van Dyke of RR 7,
Lucknow averaging 1158 lbs. sold
for $86.79 with sales to $90.50.
Choice heifers sold from $87.50
to$90.50 with sales to$93.50. Good
heifers were $83 to $87.
A heifer consigned by Murray
Mulvey of RR 1, Clifford weighing
1050 lbs. sold for $93.50 with his
total offering of 19 heifers averag
ing 1110 lbs. selling for an overall
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price of $88.91. A heifer consigned
by Terry Murray of RR 2, Clifford
weighing 990 lbs. sold for $93 with
his total lot of 28 heifers averaging
1086 lbs. selling for an overall price
of $86.98.
A red heifer consigned by Ellen
Keith of RR 3, Teeswater weighing
11 70lbs. sold for $92. Forty heifers
consigned by Fred Marshall of RR
3, Fergus averaging 1140 lbs. sold
for an average price of $88.65 with
sales to $90.10. Five heifers
consigned by Harold Elliott of RR
6, Goderich averaging 1108 lbs.
sold for $88.60 with sales to $90. A
heifer consigned by Jim Taylor of
RR5, Wingham weighing 1050 lbs.
sold for $91. Seventeen heifers
consigned by Lloyd Husk of RR 4,
Kincardineaveraging 10221bs.
sold for an average price of $85.90
and he had sales to $88.50
Choice cows sold from $58 to $63
with sales to $67. Good cows were
$56 to $59. Canners and cutters
were $50 to $55.
Thirty to 40 lb. pigs traded to a
high of $1.00 per lb.; 40 - 501b. pigs
traded to a high of .95 cents per
lb.; 50 - 60 lb. pigs traded to a high
of .90 cents per lb.; 60 - 70 lb. pigs
traded to a high of .86 cents per lb.;
70 - 80 lb. pigs traded to a high of
.82 cents per lb.
Choice Veal sold from $85 to $95
with sales to $97; good veal, $75 to
$85.
Brussels Stockyards will be
holding a special sheep and lamb
sales on the first three Fridays in
December. For further informa
tion please phone 887-6461.
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fourth place ribbon in the Single
Market Hog category; and a fifth in
the Pair of Market Hogs class.
At the same show, Bodmin
Farms Ltd. won the Championship
for the Single Market Hog, and
Last day spent in Brussels
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ber, and is active on the provincial
committee toplan weekend leader
ship programs for Junior Farmers
executives across the province for
the coming year.
Mr. Hamilton enjoys working
with young people, and finds that
his work as a rural organization
specialist is both challenging and
rewarding.
“Our job is becoming more and
more of a challenge as the farm
community changes and dwin
dles,’’ he says. “It is our responsi
bility to develop leadership within
the traditional rural organizations
so that they don’t disappear
altogether, and to develop new
programs and directions to attract
membership.’’
Mr. Hamilton’s last day in
Huron County was spent in
Brussels on Monday, assisting
north Huron 4-H Club leaders of
the Ontario Fruits and Vegetables
project, which holds its Achieve
ment Day at the Brussels, Morris
and Grey Community Centre on
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example, Lewis Carroll’s poem
‘The Walrus and The Carpenter’
associates cabbages with kings. In
more recent years, Canadian artist
Gathie Falk has selected cabbage
as a worthy subject for sculpture.
took fourth place ribbons in each of
the Carcass Class, Pair of Market
Hogs, and Group of Three Market
Hogs.
Not to be outdone, Mr. Procter’s
14-year-old daughter, Jennifer,
won big for the second year in a row
Thursday. He took up his new
duties in Woodstock on Tuesday.
Last weekend, Mr. Hamilton
became engaged to his long-time
girlfriend in Ancaster, a student at
the University of Guelph. Marri
age plans are on hold until 1989,
but he is happy to be working
somewhat closer to his fiancee
until that time.
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attheOntarioJunior Barrow Show,
also held Friday, by showing her
barrow to the Reserve Grand
Championship in a class of more
than 100 hogs from 11 counties.
In 1986, showing at the Royal for
the first time ever, Jennifer
stunned the competition by winn-
ingboththeGrandandthe Reserve
Grand Championships at the Bar
row Show, an unprecedented feat
for a first-time exhibitor.
A large number of other north
Huron County exhibitors are still at
the Royal, which closes Sunday,
exhibiting top-quality hogs, beef
and dairy cattle and sheep, but no
other results were available at
press time. The Citizen will carry
full coverage on local winners next
week.
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