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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 INSURANCE PREMIUMS TOO HIGH? fp Omni Insurance Brokers Save 20-40% on your auto Insurance and more on other insurance services * Free No Obligation Quote Paul Hallahan R.R. #3 Blyth Offering Insurance & (519) 523-9110 Fax: (519) 523-9278 Financial Services Farm/Commercial/ Residential/Auto AccidenUSIckness Clinton Office: (519) 482-3434 ...rtail:phallahan@odyssey.on.ca D.S.I 4-Hers participate in Careermania An overflow number of 4-H mem- 4-H member attending from Huron experienced jiving in a university bers participated in 4-H Ontario's County were: Rebecca Burton, dormitory, Careermania, held recently at the Wingham; Preston Drennan, This year's Careermania was made University of Guelph. The expanded Lucknow; Mark McLean, Goderich; possible through generous sponsor- three-day program, attended by 72 Stephanie Munday, Wingham; Erica ships from Agrium, Syngenta Crop members from across the province, Murray, Wingham; Candace Procter, Protection, Ontario Agricultural was an excellent, opportunity for Brussels; and Irene Schuttle, College (OAC) Dea9's Office and them to hone their life skills and pre- Goderich. the Student Federation of OAC. pare for career decisions. Hearing guest speakers talk about As an informal educational pro- Rebecca Burton, Wingham, said, their education and careers was a gram, 4-H helps young people, 10 to "The highlights of the conference highlight for many of the 4-H mem- 21 years of age, to develop personal were meeting new people and gain- bers. Also popular was participating skills while learning about a topic of ing valuable knowledge that will be in a personality evaluation program interest to them. Almost 8,000 mem- of great use." called True Colours, designed to bers and 2,000 volunteers took part "Careermania gave me confidence assist the youth to better understand in over 1,200 clubs across Ontario to make changes in my career and themselves and how to work with last year. life path. Everyone encouraged me to others. To learn more about the 4-H pro- accept that different paths make us The members also identified their gram, visit the website at www.4- better people", said Jennifer Peart, marketable skills, wrote resumes, hontario.ca or call the 4-H Ontario Haldimand County. participated in mock interviews and office at 1-877-410-6748. ., Hazardous Waste days, successful This year's annual household haz- ered were paints and oil, which ported to a licensed hazardous waste ardous waste days proved to be the accounted for 27,600 and 16,300 management facility where the waste most successful and expensive year, litres respectively for 70 per is recycled, treated, or disposed of since the Association began hosting cent in total of the materials properly. these events in 1994. received: This year's events also accepted These special collection days, In total 684 cars brought material sharps (needles), propane tanks which were held over the weekend of to these special collection days. At and rechargeable batteries for collec- Oct. 12 - 14, resulted in the diversion the collection sites the hazardou‘ tion. of over 62,620 litres of hazardous material was unloaded by communi- The cost for this year's event waste materials. This material con- ty volunteersand sorted by a haz- exceeded $53,000 which is a signiti- sisted of items such as motor oil, ardous waste specialist into appropri- cant increase over previQ ars. antifreeze, paint, solvents, pesticides, ate containers. Based on the participation -6 684 oven cleaners and the like. At the end of the day, the contain- cars, this resulted in a cost of over The most popular materials recov- ers are labelled, sealed, and trans- $77 per car. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY,- NOVEMBER 7, 2001. PAut Agriculture Brussels Livestock report New crop lambs sell on strong, active trade Total receipts for Brussels Livestock for the week ending Nov. 3 were: 3,446 head of cattle, 402 lambs and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and heifers sold at prices $2 higher. The cows traded barely steady. The veal traded at prices $5 to $10 lower. The lambs traded steady with the new crop lambs selling on a strong active trade. The calves sold $5 lower while the yearlings sold steady to last week. There were 523 steers on offer sell- ing from $97 to $102 with sales to $117. Perry Sereda, Centralia, con- signed blue steers averaging 1,233 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $117. His overall consignment of fifty-five steers averaged 1,354 lbs. for an average price of $100.84. One limousin steer consigned by Cunningham Farms, Lucan, weighed 1,340 lbs. and was purchased by Highland Packers Ltd. for $106. Their overall consignment of twenty- five steers averaged 1,463 lbs. at $99.09. Murray Shiell, Wingham, con- signed eight black steers averaging 1,376 lbs. which sold to Moyer Packing Co. Ltd. for $102.75. His overall consignment of twenty black steers averaged 1,359 lbs. for an average of $102.01. One gold steer consigned by Joel Martin, Paisley, weighed 1,360 lbs. selling to Dominion Meats for $105. His over- all consignment of eighteen steers averaged 1,465 lbs. selling for an average of $99.84.. Percy Bros., Holyrood, consigned three steers averaging 1,312 lbs. which sold for an average of $99.11 with sales up to $102.50. One blue _steer consigned by Phares Kraemer, Paisley, weighed 1,460 lbs. selling to Moyer Packing Co. Ltd. for $103.75. His overall consignment of fourteen steers averaged 1,525 lbs. for an average price of $98.79. Forty-one steers consigned by John Gingerich, Mount Forest, averaged 1,331 lbs. for an average price of $98.33 with a top gold steer weigh- ing 1,115 lbs. selling for $104.50. Martin Metske, Lucknow, con- signed two black steers averaging 1,370 lbs. selling to Dominion Meats for $104. His overall consignment of thirty-five steers averaged 1,462 lbs. for an average of $97.62. Nine steers consigned by Costa Plenty Farms Ltd., Wingham, averaged 1,485 lbs. for an average of $96.56 with sales up to $102.50. Lorne Benedict, Kerwood, consigned one red steer weighing 1,485 lbs. selling to Dominion Meats for $104.50. His overall consignment of sixteen steers averaged 1,398 lbs. selling for an average of $94.65: There were 301 heifers on offer selling frOm $97 to $102 with sales to $106.75. One heifer consigned by Jim Dixon, Lucan, weighed 1,240 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $106.75. His overall consignment of five heifers averaged 1,310 lbs. for an average of $103.18. Merkley Farms, Wroxeter, con- signed six limousin heifers averaging 1,193 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $105.50. Their overall consign- ment of ten heifers averaged 1,186 lbs. for an average price of $102.71. Ten heifers consigned by Dennis Lamport, Crediton, averaged 1,230 lbs. for an average of $101.52 with his top black heifers averaging 1,240 lbs. selling to Moyer Packing Co. Ltd. for $104. James Tyler, St. Marys, consigned five black heifers averaging 1,296 lbs. which sold to Moyer Packing Co. Ltd. for $104.25. His overall con- signment of fifteen heifers averaged 1,295 lbs. for an average of $100.72. Four heifers consigned by Russel Kernighan, Goderich, averaged 1,251 lbs. for an average of $100.34 with his top grey heifer weighing 1,315 lbs. bringing $104. Adam Brubacher, Wroxeter, con- signed nine heifers averaging 1,265 lbs. selling for an average of $99.80 with his top limousin heifer weighing 1,275 lbs. selling to Dominion Meats for $103. Thirty heifers consigned by Donald Cormack, Mount Forest, averaged 1,252 lbs. selling for an average of $99.15 with his top ten charolais heifers averaging 1,250 lbs. selling to Moyer Packing Co. Ltd. for $101.75. Muxlea Farms, Woodstock, consigned fourteen heifers averaging 1,314 lbs. for an average of $98.44 with sales to $102.50. 'QC McAlpine Farms, Ailsa Craig, consigned one red heifer weighing 1,400 lbs. which sold to Norwich Packers for $101. His overall consignment of five heifers averaged 1,262 lbs. for an average of $97.44 Four heifers con- signed by John Polo Ltd., Guelph, averaged 1,408 lbs. and sold for an average of $95.20 with sales up to $102.25. There were 333 cows on offer. Dl and D2 cows sold $58 to $65 with sales to $86; D3, $53 to $57; D4, $45 to $55. Harold Vandermeer, Kippen, consigned one holstein cow weigh- ing 1,060 lbs. which sold for $86. One holstein cow consigned by Fred Veenstra, Clinton, weighed 1,025 lbs. selling for $76. Dale Becker, Ayton, consigned one limousin cow weigh- ing 1,305 lbs. which sold to Packerland Packing Co., for $73.50. There were 23 bulls on offer sell- ing from $65 to $73.50 with sales to $79. MBRHEO Cattle Co. Ltd., Clifford, consigned one blonde bull weighing 1,480 lbs. which sold for $79. One limousin bull consigned by Ray Crannie, Kemble, weighed 2,215 lbs. and was purchased by Aylmer Meat Packers for $78. There were 132 head of veal on offer. Beef sold $110 to $145.50; Holstein, $90 to $102; Plain Holstein, $65 to $85. Mark and Paul Pennington, Mildmay, consigned one charolais veal heifer weighing 685 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers for $145.50. One blue veal heifer consigned by Dwight Beierling, Dashwood, weighed 695 lbs. selling for $141. Collin Martin, Listowel, consigned one blue veal heifer weighing 695 lbs. which sold to Holly Park Meat Packers for $139.50. Lambs, under 50 lbs. sold $150; 50 - 64 lbs., $127 to $192; 65 - 79 lbs., $97 to $185; 80 - 94 lbs., $85 to $131; 95 - 109 lbs., $93 to $111; and 110 lbs. and over, $87 to $93. Goats sold $32.50 to $157.50. Sheep sold $40 to $70. Stocker steers, under 400 lbs. sold $100 to $146; 400 - 499 lbs„ $118 to $148; 500 - 599 lbs., $111 to $154; 600 - 699 lbs., $101 to $134; 700 - 799 lbs., $103 to $127.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $103.50 to $126; 900 - 999 lbs., $97 to $122.75; and 1,000 lbs. and over, $93 to $121.50. Heifers, under 300 lbs., sold $92 to $132; 300 - 399 lbs., $81 to $135; 400 - 499 lbs., $102 to $142; 500 - 599 lbs., $101 to $134; 600 - 699 lbs., $101 to $118; 700 - 799 lbs., $94 to $120.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $90.50 to $114 and 900 lbs. and over, $91 to $110.