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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2003-03-05, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2003. Agriculture Brussels Livestock report 2,006 head on offer, fed steers, heifers higher Total receipts for Brussels Livestock for the week ending Feb. 28 were 2,006 head of cattle, 371 lambs and goats. On Tuesday the fed steers and heifers sold steady at $1 to $2 higher. Cows sold on a fully steady market. On Thursday the beef veal sold at prices steady to last week while the holstein veal calves traded at prices $2 to $5 lower. The lambs sold on an active trade with prices steady to the week’s decline. On Friday all weights and classes of stockers sold on a steady market. There were 316 steers on offer selling from $107 to $111 with sales to $117. Jason B. Martin, Chesley, consigned two blonde steers averaging 1,468 lbs. which sold to Dominion Meats for $117. His overall offering of seven steers averaged 1,409 lbs. for an average price of $113.86. Eight steers consigned by Ivan B. Weber, Paisley, averaged 1,459 lbs. selling for an average of $110.11 with his top limousin steer weighing 1,440 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers for $116.50. Two black steers consigned by Brian Bearss, St. Marys, averaged 1,175 lbs. selling for $113. His overall consignment of six steers averaged 1,258 lbs. selling for an average of $ 111.41. Steve Weishar, Teeswater, consigned twenty-three steers averaging 1,417 lbs. selling for an average of $110.50 with his top gold steer weighing 1,360 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers for $113.25. Twelve steers consigned by Paul Martin, Chesley, averaged 1,385 lbs. selling for an average of $110.46 with his top two black steers averaging 1,248 lbs. selling for $113.75. George Horst, Paisley, consigned one hereford steer BIO, OMAF launch aid prog. Beef Improvement Ontario (BIO) in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food’s (OMAF) Meat Inspection Branch is pleased to announce the launch of a new service that provides assistance to provincial packing plants for retiring Canadian Cattlemen’s Identification Agency’s (CCIA) tags. This optional service is being offered to 204 provincially inspected abattoirs that slaughter beef in Ontario. There are approximately 140 meat inspectors involved in the process of entering tag retirement data into their laptops using a standard format. The aim of this service is to help ensure that a carcass and its ID can be traced up to the point of disposition (approval or CCIA to retire dead stock tags Following the successful implementation of tag retirements at provincial packing plants, Beef Improvement Ontario (BIO) has initiated a project to assist dead stock depots across the province to retire tags to the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) database. The requirements of dead stock operators as outlined by the CCIA are to: • Record and report the numbers of CCIA-approved tags on cattle that they have handled. weighing 1,400 lbs. which sold to Packerland Packing Co. for $113. His overall offering of five steers averaged 1,458 lbs. and sold for an average of $110.03. Ten steers consigned by Lyle and Dave Noble, Glencairn, averaged 1,480 lbs. selling for an average of $109.75 with their top limousin steer weighing 1,465 lbs. being purchased by Dominion Meats for $115.25. One blonde steer consigned by Samuel M. Martin, Chesley, weighed 1,415 lbs. which sold to Ryaing Regency for $113.50. His overall offering of ten steers averaged 1,504 lbs. for an average of $109.49. Dave and Dale Foster, St. Marys, consigned thirty-nine steers averaging 1,471 lbs. which sold for an average of $107.98 with their top two limousin steers averaging 1,305 lbs. selling to Dominion Meats for $113.50. Twenty steers consigned by Jim Howatt, Londesboro, averaged 1,488 lbs. selling for an average of $107.65 with his top two black steers averaging 1,420 lbs. selling for $113. There were 260 heifers on offer selling from $107 to $111 with sales to $117.50. Merkley Farms, Wroxeter, consigned four limousin heifers averaging 1,250 lbs. selling for an average of $114.84 with their top heifer weighing 1,205 lbs. selling to Dominion Meats for $117.50. One limousin heifer consigned by Carter Farms, Lucan, weighed 1,250 lbs. selling to Dominion Meats for $114.50. Their overall offering of twelve heifers averaged 1,339 lbs. selling for an average of $110.35. Dr. Keith Dunstan, Mildmay, consigned one red wf heifer weighing 1,405 lbs. which sold to Holly Park Meat condemnation). This will be key in the trace-back process should there be a disease outbreak or food safety concern. Using this shared approach, the packing plants are responsible to maintain their own in-house information such as tag numbers and purchase source for all cattle being processed on their premises. The meat inspectors will help by entering this information in electronic format and sending it to BIO for further processing and submission to the CCIA on the plant’s behalf. The official launch of this service for tag retirement in Ontario’s provincial abattoirs was Jan. 13. Nigel Henriques, manager of BIO’s Food Safety Services Unit said that: ”BIO is very pleased with the co­ • Record information about the location of untagged cattle and keep this information in their records. Nigel Henriques, BIO’s food safety project manager said, “The collection of this information helps complete the picture and close the loop of retiring tags on both slaughtered and deadstock animals.” Beef Improvement Ontario with the assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food’s Meat Inspection Branch, and the support of the CCIA and the Packers for $112.50. Bruce Dale, Centralia, consigned two black heifers averaging 1,235 lbs. which sold for $113. His overall offering of thirteen heifers averaging 1,237 lbs. selling for an average of $112.04. Fourteen heifers consigned by Hugh Love, Atwood, averaged 1,313 lbs. selling for an average of $ 111.51 with his top limousin heifer weighing 1,295 lbs. selling to Dominion Meats for $113. Lloyd Greenwood, Palmerston, consigned five heifers averaging 1,271 lbs. which sold for an average of $ 110.57 with his top black heifer weighing 1,335 lbs. selling for $111.75. Four gold heifers consigned by Melvin Bearinger, Mount Forest, averaged 1,284 lbs. selling for $112. His overall consignment of thirty-nine heifers averaged 1,295 lbs. selling for an average of $ 110.51. James Wright, Kippen, consigned six heifers averaging 1,354 lbs. selling for an average of $108.64 with two red heifers averaging 1,278 lbs. bringing his top price of $112. Thirty-six heifers consigned by Terry Dalton, Lucknow averaged 1,132 lbs. selling for an average of $107.40 with his top red heifer weighing 1,250 lbs. selling for $113.75. Dwayne Dickert, Ayton, consigned one red heifer weighing 1,475 lbs. which sold to Dominion Meats for $111.50. His overall offering of four heifers averaged 1,403 lbs. for an average of $106.75. There were 306 cows on offer. DI and D2 cows sold $54 to $64 with sales to $86; D3, $50 to $54; D4, $40 to $50. One gold cow consigned by Carl Elms, Owen Sound, weighed 1,010 lbs. selling to St. Helens Meat Packers Ltd. for $86. Jerry Freiburger, Wingham, consigned operative development of this service by OMAF, CCIA, the Canadian Federal Inspection Agency (CFIA), the Ontario Independent Ontario Meat Packers (OIMP) and the Ontario Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) and the uptake by participating abattoirs. To date, 125 plants have opted to utilize this service. This collaborative service will help ensure that there is compliance with the National ID Program and will provide a standard way to collect data at provincially inspected plants in Ontario.” The CFIA remains the only agency allowed to enforce the National ID Program. Enforcement will target all segments of the industry including producers, sales bams and packing plants. Canadian Food Inspection Agency have organized the accumulation of tags from 12 dead stock depots in Ontario. The tags have been transported to a central location where they are being scanned using an electronic bar code reader. Tags will be scanned and sent electronically to the CCIA database for retirement. The retirement of tags from dead stock depots is part of the overall implementation of the National Cattle Identification Program in Ontario. one red wf cow which weighed 1,625 lbs. selling to Moyer Packing Co. for $75. One holstein cow .consigned by Stonecreek Farms, Woodham, weighed 1,990 lbs. selling to Moyer Packing Co. for $74.50. There were nine bulls on offer selling from $53 to $72.50 with sales to $78. Tom Black, Belgrave, consigned one blonde bull weighing 2,190 lbs. which was purchased by Denview Meats for $78. One limousin bull consigned by Norman Robertson, Kincardine, weighed 1,815 lbs. selling to Levinoff Meat •Products for $72.50. There were 128 head of veal on offer. Beef sold $115 to $142.50; Holstein, $86 to $92 with sales up to $95; Plain Holstein, $60 to $70 with sales to $75. George Ducharme, Dashwood, consigned one red wf veal heifer weighing 670 lbs. which sold to Holly Park Meat Packers for $142.50. Don Eadie, Wingham, consigned one limousin veal heifer weighing 690 lbs. which sold to Equine owners learn of West Nile prevention Warning about the West Nile virus became commonplace last summer with regards to human infection, and owners of horses should be just a vigilant. A public awareness seminar about West Nile encephalitis surveillance and prevention will be held at the Brussels Legion, March 19 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. - Dr. Leslie Woodcock, a veterinary scientist with OMAF will talk about disease prevention and the West Nile virus. CONSTRUCTION LTD. R.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 TUESDAYS THURSDAYS FRIDAYS Abbingdon Meat Packers for $135. One holstein/blue cross veal heifer consigned by Dan and Joanne Baarda, Blyth, weighed 705 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers for $112. Lambs under 50 lbs., sold $177.50 to $200; 50 - 64 lbs., $165 to $180; 65 - 79 lbs., $131 to $174; 80 - 94 lbs., $114 to $163; 95 - 109 lbs., $141; 110 lbs. and over, $169. Goats sold $35 to $180. Sheep sold $30 to $55. Stocker steers, under 400 lbs., sold $115 to $134; 400 - 499 lbs., $128 to $161.50; 500 - 599 lbs., $115.25 to $155; 600 - 699 lbs., $112 to $134; 700 - 799 lbs., $110 to $135; 800~- 899 lbs., $103.25 to $120.50; 900 - 999 lbs., $104 to $118; 1,000 lbs. and over, $103 to $117. Heifers, 300 - 399 lbs., sold $112 to $116; 400 - 499 lbs., $112 to $125; 500 - 599 lbs., $115.50 to $123; 600 - 699 lbs., $103 to $122; 700 - 799 lbs., $97 to $118; 800 - 899 lbs., $102 to $112.75; 900 lbs. and over, $94 to $ 111.50. 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