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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-06-20, Page 11These little piggies • •111 ... were among the attractions for the kindergarten students from Brussels Public School when they visited Shayrina Sheep Farm north of Brussels last week. • Locals rank top in dairy BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd. UPCOMING SALES TUESDAYS 9:00 a.m. Fed Cattle, Bulls & Cows THURSDAYS 8:00 a.m. Drop Calves, Veal, Pigs, Lambs, Goats & Sheep FRIDAYS 10:00 a.m. Stockers Visit our webpage at: www.brusselslivestock.ca email us at: info@brusselslivestock.ca Call us 519-887-6461' McKERcHER CONSTRUCTION LTD. H.R. 2 Bluevale • LICENSED SEPTIC INSTALLATIONS • SCREENED & FIELD TOPSOIL • BARK MULCH • SAND • GRAVEL • FILL • BACKHOEING • BULLDOZING • EXCAVATING • LOADING & HAULING Give us a call 887-9061 Fax 887-9999 p The uron Stewardship Comm presents a Healthy Landscape Tour featuring: 13 properties in the Clinton, Goderich and Blyth areas Saturday, July 7, 2001 from 10:00 am till 4:00 pm See as many of the properties as you wish in whichever order suits you best. Admjssion free Cash donations or non perishable food items accepted. Call Steve Bowers at 482-3661 for further details or get information on line at: http://www.huronstewardship.on. ca/index.cfm?page=64 Brochures will be available at the OMNR/OMAFRA office at 100 Don Street in Clinton or tile the tour THE C T ZEN WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20 2001 PAGE 11 Agriculture Brussels steers down $2-$3 dollars, goats stay same Local dairy farmers have ranked as some of the best in Huron County and the province. In the recently released Dairy Progress Report farmers were marked on BCA averages and management. Ernst Gubelmann near Walton had the third best producing Brown Swiss diary farm in Ontario. His Breed Class Average (BCA) was 247.7 over • 30 milking cows. Gubelmann's BCA average was the second best in Huron Country and in the Ontario top 50. Lyle Martin of Sun Holm Holsteins near Ethel had the third best Huron County BCA average at 249. Management was graded on the annual milk value, udder health, age of first calving, calving intervals, longevity and percentage in milk. Gerry Rijkhoff of Gerthea near Walton had the best managed herd in Huron County and was in the top 20 of Ontario herds with a score of sixth best BCA average in Huron at 230.7. MI ......... III Keep Your Kids Safe - Learn First Aid Injdries kill more children under 19 than all other cause, of death combined. Call Red Cross for courses near you. MIN Canadian Red Cross I Freddy and Lisa Pot of Jackpot Jerseys near Auburn had the second best managed herd in Huron scoring 935 and made the Huron milk producers. top 25 BCA average at 223.3. Other top BCA average producers in Huron were Viktor Haag of Breezy Braes near Brussels at 234.3 with the fifth best average while Adrie Bos of Bellestein near Blyth had the 10th best average at 225.3. Tony and Anita Vanhittersum had the third best managed Huron herd with 920 points. Other local producers with top 25 BCA averages in Huron County were Tony and Jocolus Verburg near Auburn at 220.7. The provincial BCA average was I 98.7. Total - receipts for ' Brussels Livestock for the week ending June 15 were 2,286 head of cattle, 563 lambs and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and heifers sold $2 to $3 lower. The cows sold on a steady market. On Thursday the veal sold on a steady active trade while the lambs sold fully steady to last week's prices. On Friday all weights of stockers sold on a steady trade.... There were 571 steers on offer selling from $116 to $122 with sales to $135. Schmidt Brook Farms, Woodstock, consigned one gold steer weighing 1,510 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $135. Their overall offering of twelve steers averaged 1,467 lbs. and sold for an average of $120.20. Robert Elg, Listowel, consigned one red steer weighing 1,275 lbs. sellinglo Norval Meat Packers for $129.25. One limousin steer consigned by Joel Martin, Paisley, weighed 1,305 lbs. and sold for $125.75. Jason B. Martin, Chesley, consigned ten steers averaging 1,362 lbs. selling for an average of $122.09 with his top limousin steer weighing 1,455 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $127.75. One red steer consigned by Don Shiell, Wingham, weighed 1,325 lbs. and sold to Holly Park Meat Packers for $128. His overall - offering of five steers averaged 1,378 lbs. selling for an average of $121.42 Jerry P. Cronin, Dublin, consigned one limousin steer weighing 1,405 lbs. selling for $128. His overall consignment of five steers" averaged 1,312 lbs. and sold for an average of $120.90. Urbshott Farms, Ilderton, consigned four black steers averaging 1,351 lbs. selling for an average of $120.76 with their top steer weighing 1,355 lbs. selling to Dominion Meats for $124.50. Two gold steers consigned by Glencar Farms -Ltd., Stratford, averaged 1,363 lbs. and sold for $128.50. Their overall offering of thirty-eight steers averaged 1,392 lbs. selling for an average of $119.14. D. M. McAlpine Farms Inc., Ailsa Craig, consigned forty steers averaging 1,442 lbs. selling for an average of $118.95 with their top sale of one black steer weighing 1,435 lbs. selling to Norwich Meats for $124.25. Two limousin steers consigned by Kada Farms, Bluevale, averaged 1,280 lbs. selling for $126.25. Their overall offering of thirty steers averaged 1,262 lbs. for an average price of $118.15. There were 466 heifers on offer selling from $116 to $122 with sales to $136. Paul Popp. Londesboro, consigned one red heifer weighing 1,310 lbs. selling to Norval Meat Packers for $136. One hundred and seventy-three heifers consigned by Brenda Calhoun, Chesley, averaged 1,170 lbs. selling for an average of $118.04 with their top three red heifers averaging 1,083 lbs. selling for $132.25. Two heifers consigned by Daniel Frey, Mount Forest, averaged 1,168 lbs. and sold for an average of $122.73 with sales up to $123.50. Mux lea Farms, Woodstock, consigned one limousin heifer weighing 1,000 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $126.50. Their overall consignment of fourteen heifers averaged 1,243 lbs. selling for an average of $119.41. Fourteen heifers consigned by Herman Vander Borgh, Listowel, averaged 1,274 lbs. selling for an average of $119.17 with his top black heifer weighing 1,300 lbs. selling to Moyer Packing Company for $123. Jacquie Gowing, Blu,evale, consigned by ten heifers averaging 1,195 lbs. selling for an average of $118.49 with sales up to $123. Forty- nine heifers consigned by Johnston Farms, Bluevale, averaged 1,206 lbs. and sold for an average of $118.14 with sales up to $123. Allan Hern, Woodham, consigned four heifers averaging 1,371 lbs. which sold for an average of $117.29 with his top limousin heifers averaging 1,348 lbs. Eleven heifers consigned by Hugh Love, Atwood, averaged 1,184 lbs. and sold for an average of $117.05 with sales up to $121.50. Roy A. McCulloch, Allen ford, consigned twenty-seven heifers averaging 1,254 lbs. selling for an average of $115.22 with his top blonde heifer weighing 1,295 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers for $121.50. There were 185 cows on offer. D1 and D2 cows sold $70 to $75 with sales to $97.50; D3, $65 to $70; D4, $50 to $65. A.J.K. Waechter Farms Ltd., Walkerton, consigned one charolais cow weigh* 1,100 lbs. selling for $97.50. One black cow consigned by Terpstra Farms Ltd., Brussels, weighed 1,325 lbs. selling to Moyer Packing Company for $89. Ignaz Good, Grand Valley, consigned one holstein cow weighing 1,415 lbs. which sold for $89. There were 15 bulls on offer selling from $73 to $89.50 with sales to $105.50. John P. Schiestel, Teeswater, consigned one blue bull weighing 1,950 lbs. selling to Levioff Meat Products Ltd. for $105.50. One charolais bull consigned by Gerald Henry, Owen Sound, weighed 2,340 lbs. and sold to Levinoff Meat Products Ltd. for $89.50. There were 167 head of veal on offer. Beef sold $105 to $157; Holstein $95 to $110; Plain Holstein, $80 to $90. Richard Horst, Listowel, consigned one gold veal heifer weighing 705 lbs. selling to Norval Meat Packers for $157. One blue veal steer consigned by Eric•Nonkes, Auburn, weighing 705 lbs. selling for $135. Bill Devos Jr., Bluevale, consigned one black veal heifer weighing 605 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers for $130. continued on pg. 17 •,,o;r2,r;,