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Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending May
10 were 2,761 cattle and 860 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold steady. Choice steers
and heifers sold $151 to $155 with
sales to $157. Second cut steers and
heifers sold $148 to $151. Cows sold
steady.
On Thursday beef veal sold
steady. Right weight and heavier
holsteins sold on a good demand.
Lambs, sheep and goats sold steady.
On Friday calves and yearlings sold
on a strong active trade at steady
prices.
Don Walter of Mildmay,
consigned two head that averaged
1,335 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $148.06. One black heifer
weighed 1,295 lbs., sold for $146.
Gerry McPhee of Auburn,
consigned five head that averaged
1,464 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $148.18. One charolais
steer weighed 1,630 lbs. and sold
for $157. Lyndy Reid of Palmerston,
consigned four head that averaged
1,578 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $149.31. Two bwf steers
averaged 1,663 lbs. and sold for an
average price of $150.50.
There were 250 cows on offer.
Beef sold $85 to $95 with sales to
$105; D1 and D2, $70 to $75 with
sales to $98.50; D3, $62 to $68; D4,
$50 to $60. Les Caldwell of Blyth,
consigned one red cow that weighed
1,425 lbs. and sold for $102.50.
There were nine bulls selling $112
to $120. Maple Ridge Beef Farms of
Brussels, consigned one black bull
that weighed 2,235 lbs. and sold for
$120.
There were 250 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $150 to $175 with
sales to $195; good holsteins, $95 to
$105 with sales to $130; Sl heavy
holsteins, $80 to $90; heavy
holsteins, $85 to $90; medium
holsteins, $80 to $90; plain
holsteins, $70 to $80.
Emanuel M. Martin of
Wallenstein, consigned one
charolais heifer that weighed 675
lbs. and sold for $195. Owen B.
Martin of Wallenstein, consigned
four steers that averaged 855 lbs.
and sold for an average price of
$154.75. One black steer weighed
885 lbs. and sold for $165.
Royaldawn Farms of Mitchell,
consigned four holstein steers that
averaged 726 lbs. and sold
for an average price of $104.90.
One holstein steer weighed
775 lbs. and sold for $130 at the
weekly sale.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $348 to
$371; 50 - 64 lbs., $356 to $389; 65
- 79 lbs., $336 to $365; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$345 to $355; 95 - 109 lbs., $335 to
$344; 110 lbs. and over, $269 to
$339 / lb.
Sheep sold $100 to $140 / lb.
Goats: billies sold $150 to $300;
nannies, $75 to $140; kids: dairy,
$300 to $477; meat, $350 to $500.
Janet and Willis Lowe of Paisley,
consigned eight lambs that averaged
58 lbs. and sold for an average price
of $380 / lb. Allan McEwan of
Wyoming, consigned four goats.
Two goats averaged 54 lbs. and sold
for an average price of $500 / lb.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $203 to $222; 400 -
499 lbs., $210 to $235; 500 -
599 lbs., $218 to $242; 600 - 699
lbs., $201 to $230; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$195 to $212.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$188 to $196.50; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$172 to $185.50; 1,000 lbs. and over,
$166 to $172.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs. sold $199 to $220; 400 -
499 lbs., $184 to $215; 500 - 599
lbs., $178 to $198.50; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$173 to $194; 700 - 799 lbs., $152 to
$176; 800 - 899 lbs., $153 to $176;
900 lbs. and over, $147 to $171.
Casey and Cathy Hendricks of
Lucknow, consigned 14 head. Eight
gold heifers averaged 750 lbs. and
sold for an average price of $170.
Oscar Bauman of Wallenstein,
consigned 141 steers that averaged
831 lbs. and sold for an average
price of $191.53.
Two steers averaged 755 lbs. and
sold for an average price of
$205.50.
Huron County’s Official Plan is
up for its five-year review and a
number of issues, including the
implementation of the Natural
Heritage Plan, remain on the table.
Planner Monica Walker-Bolton
spoke to the review at Huron County
Council’s May 8 meeting, running
down several areas in need of
updating in this round of Official
Plan revisions.
Walker-Bolton said that while the
Huron County Planning and
Development Department has come
under fire in years past with
criticism that they didn’t get word
out regarding changes, numerous
measures would be taken to ensure
that’s not the case.
She said that in addition to online
commenting and feedback, the
department was also planning pop-
up consultation tables at community
events throughout the summer, in
addition to all of the traditional
methods to ensure they cast as wide
a net as possible.
While Walker-Bolton had named
several areas of interest as the
review goes forward, it was the
controversial Natural Heritage Plan
that garnered the most conversation.
Jennette Walker, vice-chair of the
Huron Stewardship Council, spoke
in favour of the plan, saying that
anything that would improve the
state of natural environment lands in
Huron County would be a step in the
right direction.
She said that improving natural
environment in Huron would have
great economic value in every way
from increased value in woodlots to
eco-tourism to even mental health
aspects to trail infrastructure.
Bev Hill, a Varna-area farmer who
has been critical of the plan in the
past, spoke against it, saying that his
fear wasn’t necessarily changes that
might happen next year, but a
generation from now.
Hill suggested that the plan could
open the door to allow potential
changes that might affect farmland
and its preservation. He said he
didn’t fear those changes right now,
because he trusted Huron County’s
current planners and their familiarity
with agriculture. However, down the
road, if planners are hired who have
urban backgrounds and don’t care to
preserve farmland as much as the
current generation of planners, Hill
felt the potential could be there for
them to take farmland out of
production for stewardship efforts.
Walker-Bolton reiterated a stance
she’s communicated numerous
times before regarding the plan,
saying that the measures taken by
the plan are already in place in
Huron County. The plan will simply
apply them with improved mapping.
In addition, she said, the mapping
will be resource maps not used for
land use mapping. They will be
implemented at the lower-tier level,
she said, meaning that
municipalities would be responsible
for applying natural environment
mapping, not the county.
Walker-Bolton also said the
department will seek to modify any
wording from the province that is
unclear in regards to the protection
of natural environment.
The process will hopefully
culminate, she said, in a public
meeting at the end of the
consultation process.
Director of Planning and
Development Sandra Weber said
that council would be kept in the
loop for the duration of the process.
She said the department would
And who do we have here?
Making new friends was the name of the game on Saturday as Meeting Place Organic Farm
near St. Augustine held its annual spring open house. The McQuail family welcomed visitors
from all over the community and beyond to their farm, many of whom left either with something
under their arm or waving goodbye to a new friend. Here, Rachel McQuail introduces Ray
Miller of Wingham to one of the farm’s newest chicks. (Mark Nonkes photo)
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