HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-02-07, Page 22BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK
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UPCOMING SALES
TUESDAYS 9:00 a.m. Fed Cattle,
Bulls & Cows
THURSDAYS 8:00 a.m. Drop Calves, Pigs,
Veal, Lambs,
Goats & Sheep
FRIDAYS 10:00 a.m. Stockers
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PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2001.
Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
1,910 head of cattle, 381 lambs, goats on offer
Total receipts at Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Feb. 2
were 1,910 head of cattle and 381
lambs and goats.
On Tuesday, fed steers and heifers
sold steady. The cows also sold on a
steady market. On Thursday, veal
sold at stronger prices. Lighter lambs
sold higher while all other weights
sold on a strong market. On Friday,
all classes and weights of stockers
sold on a strong steady market.
There were 483 steers on offer
selling from $108 to $115 with sales
to $125. Clarence Martin, Mount
Forest, consigned one limousin steer
weighing 1,450 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meats for $125. His
overall offering of twelve steers
averaged 1,334 lbs. and sold for an
average of $111.70. Perry Sereda,
Crediton, consigned one black steer
weighing 1,300 lbs. which sold to
Holly Park Meat Packers for $124.
His overall offering of thirty-nine
black steers averaged 1,438 lbs.
selling for an average of $112.87.
Two gold steers consigned by Alton
O'Neil, Lucan, averaged 1,545 lbs.
In today's economic environment
where all crop profits are marginal,
wheat is the number one crop, says
Peter Johnson, cereals specialist with
OMAFRA in Stratford.
"Anyone not growing wheat is
missing the boat," said Johnson,
speaking to the annual meeting of
the Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association in Blyth,
Jan. 30. "I've always said we should
grow a million acres of wheat in
Ontario.
Speaking at the same meeting,
crop marketing specialist Bob
Huckle of Newbury suggested those
who didn't plant winter wheat last
fall might want to look at spring
wheat this year, he said. -But, he
urged, price and market the crop
before you grow it.
Johnson also spoke on the subject
of wheat a day later at the Centralia
Swine Research Update in Kirkton.
The value of wheat in a crop rotation
is not just what it brings in itself, but
in the improvement in the yields of
other crops in the rotation. Even in a
year like 2000 when crops were
under stress, he said, there was a
seven bushel per acre increase in
selling for an average of $116.21
with one steer selling for $119.50.
Larry Ryan, Crediton, consigned
twenty steers averaging 1,380 lbs.
selling for an average of $115.94
with one limousin steer weighing
1,365 lbs. selling for $119.50. Eight
steers consigned by John A. Elliott,
Ripley, averaged 1,576 lbs. selling
for an average of $114.84 with sales
reaching $117. Eric Hinz, Mitchell,
consigned one blonde steer weighing
1,180 lbs. which sold to Dominion
Meats for $119.50. His overall
consignment of four steers averaged
1,249 lbs. selling for an average of
$114.83. Eleven steers consigned by
Oscar Weber, St. Clements averaged
1,467 lbs. and sold for an average of
4)114.34 with his top sale of $117.75.
Bender Beef Farms, Hensall,
consigned one charolais steer
weighing 1,270 lbs. which sold to
Norwich Packers for $123. Their
overall offering of forty-four steers
averaged 1,546 lbs. selling for an
average of $113.23.
Twenty-eight steers consigned by
Cunningham Farms, Lucan,
corn where wheat was part of the
rotation.
Johnson, at the Kirkton meeting,
also emphasized the value of
underseeding wheat with red clover.
If corn is grown after wheat
underseeded to red clover the yield
will increase an additional- 6.6
bushels, he said and soybeans will
go up 1.5 bushels. The red clover
also increases the advantage
spreading of manure after wheat
harvest because the clover will tie up
nitrogen in an organic form and
prevent the loss of nitrogen to the
environment.
The problem With wheat in recent
years as been fusarium fungal
infections, Johnson told the Blyth
meeting. He gave results of field
trials on the fungicide Folicur used
to treat the disease. Timing is
everything in application of the
chemical, he said. Farmers should
walk their fields and apply the
fungicide between the second and
sixth day of the emergence of the
heads.
Getting good coverage with the
chemical is also important, Johnson
said. It's difficult for farm-sized
averaged 1,588 lbs. selling for an
average of $112.88 with one steer
weighing 1,490 lbs. selling for
$120.50. John Smuck, Wingham,
consigned two steers averaging
1,243 selling for an average of
$112.70 with sales to $116.50.
There were 211 heifers on offer
selling from $108 to $115 with sales
to $121.50. One gold heifer
consigned by Andy Vander Veen,
Blyth, weighing 1,425 lbs. sold to
Holly Park Meat Packers for
$121.50. His overall offering of
eleven heifers averaged 1,288 lbs.
and sold for an average of $114.26.
Scott Hodgins, Crediton, consigned
one limousin heifer weighing 1,115
lbs. selling to Norval Meat Packers
for $118. His overall offering of
fourteen heifers averaged 1,313 lbs.
selling for an average of $111.30.
Two heifers consigned by Salverda
Bros., Londesborough, averaged
1,280 lbs. selling for an average of
$114.75 with sales to $115.
Merkley Farms, Wroxeter,
consigned seven heifers averaging
1,224 lbs. selling for an average of
spraying equipment to get good
coverage of this chemical. You need
an operator with a wide boom or
application from an aircraft to be
able to cover the entire head of the
plant.
While Folicur doesn't make a huge
yield difference, it can make enough
difference in infection rates to
prevent wheat samples from being
downgraded to feed wheat from
milling-quality wheat, he said.
Group backs proj.
The Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association voiced
support for an healthy futures
initiative at the Jan. 31 annual
meeting.
Huron County and the
conservation authorities are
establishing a project to address
environmental issues within
agricultural and rural communities.
It is hoped grant monies will be
available for the labour aspect of
undertakings such as nutrient
management .plans and
improvement to sewage systems.
$114.16 with one black heifer
weighing 1,210 lbs. selling for
$116.50. Fourteen heifers consigned
by Mux Lea Farms, Woodstock,
averaged 1,324 lbs. and sold- for an
average of $114.04 with sales to
$117.50. Charles Fischer, Brussels,
consigned four heifers averaging
1,321 lbs. selling for an average of
$112.17 with sales to $113.75.
Four heifers consigned by Don
Campbell, Mitchell, averaged 1,130
lbs. and sold for an average of
$111.64 with one charolais heifer
weighing 1,135 lbs. selling for
$113.75. Steve Weishar, Teeswater,
consigned four heifers averaging
1,234 lbs. selling for an average of
$111.39 with sales reaching $113.75.
Thirty-four heifers consigned by
Johnston Farms, Bluevale, averaged
1,201 lbs. selling for an average of
$111.37 with sales up to $113.75.
Norm McClinchey, Auburn,
consigned five heifers averaging
1,127 lbs. selling for an average of
$111.19 with one limousin heifer
weighing 1,175 lbs. selling for $114.
There were 219 cows on offer. D1
and D2 cows sold $62 to $67 with
sales to $81; D3, $56 to $61; D4, $46
to $56. Randy Hoffman, Dashwood,
consigned one black cow which
weighed 1,150 lbs. and sold for $81.
One black cow consigned by David
Wheeler, Bluevale, weighing 1,605
lbs..sold for $78. The high holstein
cow was consigned by L & M
Rumph, Moorefield, weighing 1,480
lbs. and sold for $73.50.
There were 13 bulls- bn offer
selling from $68 to $76.50 with sales
to- $89. One simmental bull
consigned by Hilbert Van Akum,
Wroxeter, weighing 2,295 lbs. and
sold for $85. Neil Mitchell, Brussels,
consigned one charolais bull
weighing 2,260 lbs. selling for
$82.50.
There were 176 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $100 to $148.50;
Holstein, $84 to $94; Plain Holstein,
$70 to $84. Don Eadie, Wingham,
consigned one limousin veal heifer
weighing 685 lbs. selling for
$148.50. One limousin veal steer
consigned by Richard Horst,
Listowel, weighed 655 lbs. and sold
for $141.50. Decroft Farms Ltd.,
Clinton, consigned one blue .veal
heifer, weighing 725 lbs. selling for
$137.
- Lambs, under 50 lbs. sold $160 to
$185; 50 - 64 lbs., $185 to $209; 65
- 79 lbs., $161 to $190; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$136 to $169; 95 - 109 lbs., $133 to
$147; 110 lbs. and over, $109 to
$135.
Goats sold $20 to $115.
Sheep sold $20 to $90.
Steers, under 400 lbs., sold $104 to
$167; 400 - 499 lbs., $137.50 to
$170; 500 - 599 lbs., $134 to
$166.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $137 to
$157; 700 - 799 lbs., $109 to $144;
800 - 899 lbs., $100 to $134; 900 -
999 lbs., $110 to $130.50; 1,000 lbs
and over, $111 to $126.50.
Heifers, under 300 lbs. sold to
$156; 300 - 399 lbs., $114 to $143;
400 - 499 lbs"., $107 to $144; 500 -
599 lbs., $115 to $148; 600 - 699
lbs., $119 to $139.50; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$102 to $126; 800 - 899 lbs., $89 to
$120; 900 lbs. and over, $96.75 to
$117.
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