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marketive for steers Costs iu your beef herd
• The op quality steeri and heifers
sold very active at prices $2 - $3 bigh-
ts The cows traded keady,
Thursday veal sold $5 - $10 higher.
Lambs sold steady. On friday calves
sold $5 higher with he yearlings sell-
ing steady.
Steers 407 WOO On offer selling from
80.00 to 86.00 to the high of 93.00.
DOD, Winghant, 19, avg. 1374
lbs., avg. 84,77 to 93.00.
Mary BlackiewKirkton, 7, av 1316
lbs., avg. 84.93 to 92.00.
Ed McCann, Dashwood, 37, eg...
1456 lbs., avg. 83.14 to 87.00.
Martin Metske, Lucknow, 12, avg.
1241 lbs., avg. 80.75 to 80.85.
Larry Blake, Lucknow, 3, avg. 1301
lbs., avg. 77.90 to 78:00.
Heifers 374 heifers on offer selling'
from 80.00 to 86.00 to the high of
89.75.
Ray Brown, Goderich, 13, avg. 9750
lbs., avg. 82.3 to 87.50. - •
Martin Herklticks, Lucknow, 4, avg.
1073 lbs., avg.18.90 to 81.50.
Bert Elliott Cattle Co., Kincardine,
5, avg. -1024,1bs., avg. 80.40 to 80.75.
Gordon Dough,erty, Goderich, 3,
avg„ 1097 lbS., avg. 78.85 to 79.p.
O. A. Stewart Farms, Ripley, 16,
avg. 1039 lbs., avg. 76.40 to 79.10.
Cows 253 cows on effer selling from
35,00 to 53.00 to the high of 55,50•:
• Don Miltenburg, Lucknow„ 1,
'Weighing 1460 lbs., sold for 47.00.
Murray Wilken, Ripley, 5, avg. 1509'
lbs., avg. 45.65 to 46.50.
Jack Aitchison, Rp1ey, 1,. weighing
• 1325 lbs., sold for 45.50.
Bulls 13 bulls on offer selling from
45,50 to,51,50 to the.high of 62,50.
Shawn McMahon, Bluevale, 1,
• weighini 1745 lbs. sold for 6150.
Barbara .Vandenberg, Walkerton, 1,
'weighing 1625 lbs. sold for 61.50.
Veal 254 veal on offer $eef 80.00 to,
115.00 Holstein 80.00 to 95,00; plain
Holstein 60.00 to 75.00.
• David Erb, Wellesley, 8, avg. 685
lbs., avg. 97.760 11500.
John Martin, Lucknow, 3., avg. 677
lbs.., 'avg. 93.93 to 109.00.
Bill Devos Jr., Bluevale, 4, avg 649
lbs, avg. 101.50 to 106.00.
Lambs Under 50 19 lbs, 130.00 to
• 146.00; 80 - 94 lbs., 142.00 to 148.00.
Sheep 30.00 to 52.00. '
Goats 30.00 to 92.50.
four key factors that
influence profitability
are: per cent of cows
weaning Cable$1; annual
cost of maintaining a
cow; weaning weight oi.
calves; and selling price
.of calves.
With the calf crop on
the ground, you cannot
influence the number of
cows weaning calves to
any large degree, as long
as calves are kept alive
until weaning. If calf sur-
vival at birth was a prob-
lem this year, .determine
the cause and make
required changes for next
year. In this article, we'll
focus on reducing the
annual cost of maintain-
ing a cow. "
- Ten steps to cutting
costs: 1) determine your
, costs of production; 2)
minimize the use of har-
vested forages; for exam-
ple, extend grazing sea-
son by rotating and/or
stockpiling pasture; 3)
stfive, to reduce land
costs charged to the CCw,.
•calf operation; 4)
• ie fiprociavcey r5e)pursoedsut
ve
ucppi
• rnental feed based on
need (ie. feed test and
balance• rations); 6)
'develop a purchasing
• plan for all items; 7) look
to alternative, cheaper
sources of feed; 8.) fit the
cattle to the environment,
forage system and man-
agement ^style' of the
owner; 9) watch equip.
ment•costs; and 10) leave
no rocks unturned; evalu-
ate bull -to -female ratio,
use an effective, cost-
efficient health program,'
minimize use, of conve-
nience feedstuffs and
• products; fine-tune heifer
development and make
sure 'replacements calve
by two years of age.
There are, no quick
fixes, but evaluatingyour
cost of production and
setting short and long
•terra goals to reduc• e
annual cow costs will
improve your bottom
lino, For assistance in
evaluating your cost of
production, contact your
local Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and
Rural Afftdrs livestock or
• buSinessmanagement
advisor.
Joanne beef
specialist '
•Reminder
June 30 is the deadline
for all. Ontario farmers
enrolled in crop insur-
ance and/or market rev-
enue to send their final
acreage report to - the
Crop Insurance
Commission. Crop insur-
ance premium payments
are due no later than July
10.
For more information
or'help, producers should
call their district co-ordi-
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