HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1999-04-28, Page 15THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1999. PAGE 15.
Brussels Livestock report
Veal prices drop $2 to $3, beef hit $116
The total receipts at Brussels
Livestock for the week ending
April 23 were 3.601 head of cattle
and 294 lambs and goats.
Fed steers, heifers, cows and
bulls traded on a good steady trade.
On Thursday the veal sold at prices
$2 to $3 lower. The lambs traded
on a strong active trade. Stocker
steers sold at prices $2 higher with
the yearlings selling steady to last
week.
There were 390 steers on offer
selling from $93 to $97 to the high
of $109. One limousin steer
consigned by Johnston Farms,
Bluevale, weighing 1,300 lbs. sold
to Norwich Packers for $108.75
with the overall offering of forty
eight steers averaging 1,411 lbs.
selling for an average of $95.27.
One gold steer consigned by Larry
Ryan, Crediton, weighing 1,505
lbs. sold to Norwich Packers for
$107.25 with the overall offering of
twenty-seven steers averaging
1.494 lbs. selling for an average of
$97.86.
Six steers consigned by John
Giousher, Wingham, averaging
1,476 lbs. sold for an average of
$98.07 with sales to $107. Nineteen
steers consigned by Cunningham
Farms, Lucan, averaging 1,447 lbs.
sold for an average of $96.66 with
sales to $106.75. Twelve steers
consigned by Schmidt Brook
Farms Inc., Woodstock, averaging
1,606 lbs. sold for an average of
$94.06 with sales to $105. Forty
steers consigned by Earl. Dale and
Dave Foster. St. Marys, averaging
1,344 lbs. sold for an average of
$97.79 with sales to $104.50.
Five steers consigned by Gary
Potter, Clinton, averaging 1,446
lbs. sold for an average of $90.80
with sales to $104. Eleven steers
consigned by Terry McCarthy,
Dublin, averaging ,1553 lbs. sold
for an average of $90.90 with sales
to $102. Fourteen steers consigned
by Murray Shiell, Wingham,
averaging 1,434 lbs. sold for an
average of $93.86 with sales to
$102. Forty steers consigned by
Dale and John Taylor Farms,
Creemore, averaging 1,537 lbs.
sold for an average of $92.34 with
sales to $95.50.
There were 224 heifers on offer
selling from $93 to $97 to the high
of $106.50. One limousin heifer
consigned by Kada Farms,
Bluevale, weighing 1,215 lbs. sold
to Dominion Meat Packers for
$106.50 with the overall offering of
thirteen heifers averaging 1,274 lbs.
selling for an average of $100.06.
One limousin heifer consigned by
Mux Lea Farms, Woodstock,
weighing 1,245 lbs. sold to
Dominion Meat Packers for
$102.50 with the overall offering of
fourteen heifers averaging 1,281
lbs. selling for an average of
$102.50.
Nineteen heifers consigned by
Wayne King, Gorrie, averaging
1,207 lbs. sold for an average of
$93.58 with sales to $100.50. Eight
heifers consigned by Dale Weppler,
Ayton, averaging 1,370 lbs. sold
for an average of $92.12 with sales
to $100.50. Four heifers consigned
by Noah Weppler, Ayton,
averaging 1,198 lbs. sold for an
average of $96.08 with sales to
$99. Three heifers consigned by
Steve Fritz, Walton, averaging
1,215 lbs. sold for an average of
$97.70 with sales to $98.25.
Six heifers consigned by Karl
Terpstra, Mitchell, averaging 1,258
lbs. sold for an average of $94.08
with sales to $97.50. Three heifers
consigned by Lome Baird,
Wingham, averaging 1,242 lbs.
sold for an average of $94.74 with
sales to $97.50. Ten heifers
consigned by Fairfield Farms,
Meaford, averaging 1,076 lbs. sold
for an average of $94.43 with sales
to $97.25. Two heifers consigned
by Mike Kerr, Palmerston,
averaging 1,170 lbs. sold for an
average of $95.01 with sales to
$96.75.
There were 221 cows on offer
selling: DI and D2, $52 to $57
with sales to $73.50; D3, $50 to
$52; D4, $40 to $50. Three holstein
cows consigned by Gerard
Hendrick, Seaforth, averaging
1,262 lbs. sold for an average of
$56.99 with sales to $73.50. One
limousin cow consigned by
Queen's Bush Limousin,
Walkerton, weighing 1,460 lbs.
sold for $73. Six cows consigned
by Aaron and Jason Coultes,
Belgrave, averaging 1,127 lbs. sold
for an average of $58.60 with sales
to $72.50.
There were 1 1 bulls on offer
selling from $65.50 to $68 to the
high of $75. One red bull
consigned by Darryl Wilson,
Ravenna, weighing 1,925 lbs. sold
for $75. One limousin bull
consigned by Don Murray,
Holyrood, weighing 2,065 lbs. sold
for $74.50.
There were 303 head of veal on
offer selling; Beef, $85 to $1 16;
Holstein, $70 to $85; Plain
Holstein, $55 to $70. A limousin
veal consigned by John Martin,
Lucknow, weighing 680 lbs. sold
for $116. A limousin veal
consigned by Bert Dykstra,
F arm
Clinton, weighing 680 lbs. sold for
$116. Two charolais veal
consigned by John Verburg,
Londesboro, averaging 680 lbs.
sold for $114.
Two hundred and ninety-four
head of sheep, lambs and goats sold
on a strong active trade.
Lambs, under 50 lbs. sold
$147.50 to $160; 50 Jo 64 lbs.,
$150 to $182.50; 65 to 79 lbs.,
$ 173 to $ 180; 80 to 94 lbs., $ 170 to
$177.50; 95 to 110 lbs., $155 to
$155.
Sheep sold $47.50 to $90.
Goats sold $ 11 to $ 100 each.
Steers, under 400 lbs., sold
$122.50 to $134; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$122 to $141; 500 - 599 lbs., $113
to $138; 600 - 699 lbs., $103 to
$130; 700 - 799 lbs., $100 to $116;
800 - 899 lbs., $93.50 to $111.25;
900 lbs. and over, $90 to $109.
Heifers, 300 - 399 lbs., sold $117
to $123; 400 - 499 lbs., $114 to
$126; 500 - 599 lbs., $106 to $126;
600 - 699 lbs., $94 to $127; 700 -
799 lbs., $90 to $113.25; 800 -
899 lbs., $93.50 to $104; 900 lbs.
and over, $83 to $107.25.
Plain stockers sold $48 to $65.
Breeders take top honours
Two local families arrived home
from Halifax on the weekend with
the highest award a Holstein breed
er can attain: the Master Breeder’s
shield.
Lyle and Barbara Martin of Ethel
and Paul and Ellen Gibbings of the
Summerhill area were among 26
breeders from across Canada hon
oured at the national convention of
Holstein Canada.
The award ceremony was a veiy
formal affair, the Paul and Ellen
Gibbings said.
Barbara Martin remembers how
all master breeders were assembled
in a reception line and everyone,
even delegates they’d never met
before, lined up to congratulate
them.
In the history of the Holstein
association since 1924 just over
600 people have won the master
breeders award. The master breed
ers award honours long-term
improvement of the Holstein breed.
Each cow they have bred classi
fied as “very good” earns up to 12
points and each “excellent” cow
earns up to 18 points. Farmers can
use their results from 20 years to
amass enough total points to win
the award.
The Martins earned their award
with 18 years’ worth of results and
the Gibbingses in 15 years.
The Martins had two excellent
cows, 39 very good and seven star
brood cows. The Gibbingses had
three excellent, 34 very good and
one star brood cow.
For Paul Gibbings it’s the accom
plishment of a dream he had when
he was still in 4-H and worked for a
couple of master breeders. He took
over the family farm, just north of
Summerhill, 15 years ago. They
have had the top producing herd in
Huron for the last three years. They
sell heifers, bulls and embryos
throughout North America as well
as Japan, Brazil, Holland and the
United Kingdom.
The Martins too have aimed for
this goal for many years. “It’s sort
of a goal that’s always in the back
of your mind,” says Barbara.
“When you start (farming) you
never think you’ll make it. It takes
a long time to get the points togeth
er to do it.”
“When you breed cattle you
breed cattle to excel in type that
have the ability to produce,” says
Lyle who credits the whole family
including son Grant and his wife
Pam and daughter Wanda with
helping create the success. Over the
years the Marlins have had one of
the top producing herd in the coun
ty and have sold heifers to many
top herds.
Well done
Paul and Ellen Gibbings of the Sumerhill area proudly
display their Master Breeder sheild which they recently
received at a ceremony in Halifax.
Proud family
Lyle and Barbara Martin of Ethel and their family hold the Master Breeder shield recently
presented to them at an awards ceremony during the national convention of Holstein
Canada. In the history of the association, since its formation in 1926, just 600 people have
attained this status.
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