HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-02-02, Page 13THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2000. PAGE 13.
Brussels Livestock report
Small heifers sell over $37 range
Total receipts at Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Jan.
28 were 2,105 head of cattle and
239 lambs and goats.
Fed steers and heifers sold on a
steady market. Cows traded on a
very strong market. Beef veal traded
on a stronger demand with the hol-
steins selling steady. Lambs traded
on a strong market. All weights of
stockers sold on strong, active trade.
There were 265 steers on offer
selling from $100 to $105 with sales
to $115.25. One limousin steer con
signed by John Gingerich, Mount
Forest, weighing 1,315 lbs. sold to
Norwich Packers for $115.25 with
his overall offering of twelve steers
averaging 1,396 lbs. selling for an
average of $104.72. One blonde
steer consigned by Keith Watt,
Alvinston, weighing 1,220 lbs. sold
to Norwich Packers for $1 12.50.
Two steers consigned by James
Armstrong, Bayfield, averaging
1,405 lbs. sold for an average of
$107.86.
Forty steers consigned by Earl
Foster, St. Marys, averaging 1,410
lbs. sold for an average of $104.60
with sales to $108.50. Four steers
consigned by Robert S. McLachlan,
Alvinston, averaging 1,462 lbs. sold
for an average of $104.51 with sales
to $105.25. Thirty steers consigned
by Cunningham Farms, Lucan, aver
aging 1,456 lbs. sold for an average
of $103.89 with sales to $108.75.
Ten steers consigned by Ivan
Schmidt, Hanover, averaging 1,220
lbs. sold for an average of $102 with
sales to $109.
Three steers consigned by Fred
and Clyde McClure. Walton, aver
aging 1,366 lbs. sold for an average
of $104.01 with sales to $106.75.
Nine steers consigned by Bob Rice,
Staffa, averaging 1,551 lbs. sold for
an average of $100.18 with sales to
$106. Fourteen steers consigned by
Clarence Martin, Mount Forest,
averaging 1,323 lbs. sold for an
average of $96 with sales to $106.
There were 241 heifers on offer
selling from $100 to $105 with sales
to $1 17.25. One limousin heifer
consigned by Perry Sereda,
Crediton, weighing 1,265 lbs. sold
to Norwich Packers for $1 17.25
with his overall offering of forty-
one heifers averaging 1,297 lbs.
selling for an average of $106.22.
Two heifers consigned,, by
Fanholme Farms, Fullarton, averag
ing 1.240 lbs. sold for an average of
$111.42 with sales to $113.50. Nine
gold heifers consigned by Johnston
Farms, Bluevale, averaging 1,141
lbs. sold to Dominion Meat Packer
for $109 with their total overall
offering of eighteen heifers averag
ing 1,171 lbs. selling for an average
of $107.22. Three heifers consigned
by Kenton Leitch, Alvinston, aver
aging 1,186 lbs. sold for an average
of $106.37 with sales to $107.25.
Two heifers consigned by Craig
Simpson, Glencoe, averaging 1,232
lbs. sold for an average of $104.80
with sales to $107. Fifteen heifers
consigned by Glen Walker,
Wingham, averaging 1,237 lbs. sold
for an average of $104.17 with sales
to $113.25. Nine heifers consigned
by Andy Vanderveen, Blyth, aver
aging 1,354 lbs. sold for an average
of $102.29 with sales to $106.50.
Twenty-two heifers consigned by
Gordon Dougherty, Goderich, aver
aging 1,234 lbs. sold for an average
of $102.22 with sales to $109.25.
Six heifers consigned by David
Bowles, Brussels, averaging 1,026
lbs. sold for an average of $100.35
with sales to $106.25. Three heifers
consigned by Ron Tullock,
Meaford, averaging 1,141 lbs. sold
for an average of $98.85 with sales
to $106.25.
There were 224 cows on offer. DI
and D2 cows sold $57 to $64 with
sales to $75; D3, $52 to $57; D4,
$47 to $52. Three cows consigned
by Elmer Goetz, Ayton, averaging
1,277 lbs. sold for an average of
$67.34 with sales to $75. Four hol-
stein cows consigned by Ikendale
Farms, Walkerton, averaging 1,699
lbs. sold for an average of $56.80
with sales to $74.50. Three holstein
cows consigned by Gerard
Hendrick, Seaforth, averaging 1,285
lbs. sold for an average of $65.06
with sales to $73.50.
There were 14 bulls on offer sell
ing from $63.50 to $69 to the high
of $78. One limousin bull consigned
by Pioneer Creek Farms Ltd.,
Ayton, weighing 2,070 lbs. sold for
$78. One limousin bull consigned
by Len Wilhelm, Walkerton, weigh
ing 2,110 lbs. sold for $77.
There were 226 veal on offer.
Beef sold $95 to $147; Holstein,
$88 to $98; Plain Holstein, $75 to
$88. Five veal consigned by Melvin
B. Martin, Linwood, averaging 660
lbs. sold to an average of $142.25
with sales to $147. Five veal con
signed by Richard Horst, Listowel,
averaging 645 lbs. sold for an aver
age of $143.62 with sales to $146.
Five veal consigned by Ken Vines,
Gowanstown, averaging 640 lbs.
sold for an average of $121.47 with
sales to $139.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $161 to
$188; 65 to 79 lbs., $157 to $174;
80- 94 lbs., $127.50 to $150.
Sheep sold $57.50 to $72.50.
Goats sold $75 to $120 per head.
Steers, 300 - 399 lbs. sold $151 to
$160; 400 - 499 lbs., $124 to $170;
500 - 599 lbs., $128.50 to $152; 600
- 699 lbs., $115 to $143; 700 - 799
lbs., $115 to $127.50; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$107.75 to $121; 900 - 999 lbs.,
$103.50 to $1 13; 1,000 lbs. and
CKNX names
new farm editor
John Beardsley is the new senior
farm editor for CKNX Radio's AM
and FM stations in Wingham.
Beardsley will be following in the
footsteps of Murray Gaunt in the
role of the Radio Voice for agricul
ture in Midwestern Ontario.
Beardsley is a graduate of the
University of Guelph with a varied
background in agriculture and
agribusiness. He’s spent the last
nine years as an agronomist
with Cook’s, a full-service
grain elevator and white bean
processor at their Centralia Branch.
Prior to that he worked with
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Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd.
UPCOMING SALES
9:00 a.m.
THURSDAYS 8:00 a.m.
FRIDAYS 10:00 a.m.
1:00 p.m.
over, $74 to $109.
Heifers, under 300 lbs., sold $138
to $175; 300 - 399 lbs., $127 to
$172; 400 - 499 lbs., $1 16 to $148;
500 - 599 lbs., $129 to $144; 600 -
699 lbs., $114 to $136; 700 - 799
lbs., $104 to $122; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$107 to $112.75; 900 lbs. and over,
$78 to $107.
Cropco, a Southern Ontario crop
consulting farm. And he spent three
years with OMAFRA in Carleton
County as a rural organizations spe
cialist.
Beardsley’s background includes
a series of jobs ranging from a dairy
herdsman to sharecropper manager.
He’s spent time on farms in
Ontario, Finland and France -
including running a farrow-to-finish
operation in Finland.
He is married with five children.
He currently lives in Lucan, but
plans to move to the Wingham area
in the next few months.
Fed Cattle,
Bulls & Cows
Drop Calves,
Veal, Lambs,
Goats & Sheep
Stockers
Pigs
HCSWQC produces water video BRUSSELS 887-6461
That is the name of the recent
video produced by the Huron
County Surface Water Quality
Coalition (HCSWQC), another first
for the non-profit group of
volunteers that has taken on
one of Huron’s most pressing
environ-mental concerns, water
quality.
Huron’s bounty of natural
resources: rich soil, long, sandy
beaches, and life-giving waters,
were irresistible to early settlers,
and over the years have developed
into a leading tourist destination,
popularly referred to as “Ontario’s
West Coast”, and made Huron
County a provincial leader in agri
cultural production.
These two important economic
sectors, not to mention quality of
life and the right to clean water, are
being jeopardized. Simply put, “we
have a water quality problem”, says
Tom Prout of the Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority.
Evert Ridder, chairperson of the
HCSWQC and resident farmer
agrees, and adds that “the first step
towards improving and protecting
water quality is cooperation, com
munity involvement, and educa
tion.”
Ridder encourages all interested
persons to come out to the Annual
General Meeting of the Huron
County Surface Water Quality
Coalition to be held Feb. 9, 7:30 -
9:30 p.m. at OMAFRA/MNR
offices, 100 Don. St., Clinton.
Topics on the agenda include year
end reports, a discussion of planned
and potential initiatives (grant pro
posal, festival etc.), and annual elec-
Vets talk of vaccinations
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen staff
Two veterinarians led the panel
discussion on pre-sale vaccination
at the Huron Beef Producers
Association meeting in Brussels,
Jan. 19.
Dr. Terry Johnston of Newry
Veterinarian Services and Dr. Keith
Dunstan of Mildmay shared their
expertise and the consensus that
vaccinating cattle works. The trick
is in knowing how to use it proper
ly-
“That’s the contusion,” said
Dunstan. “When and how.”
Johnston said, “It’s hard to tell
people what to do. You often don’t
know the history and have to be
skeptical when people say an ani
mal is vaccinated. I think we’re to
the point where you should take it
into your own hands and vacci
nate.”
Johnston spoke of the three stages
of disease, stress, viral and bacteria.
Watching an animal for signs of ill
ness may help to make the decision
on when or if to vaccinate. “I think
when you don’t know what the sta
tus is when an animal arrives, give*
tions. For more information, please
contact Terri by phone (235-2610)
or e-mail HCSWQC@abca.on.ca
it antibiotics then vaccinate, but
there are a lot of different ideas.”
Dunstan who also operates a beef
farm said he buys most of his cattle
locally and uses a vaccine as soon
as they come in to fight infections
in the calf. This, he said, seems to
be an advantage. Two weeks later
he uses a semi-live vaccine, which
is repeated in two weeks. “I think it
definitely makes a difference. I still
have sick ones but not like I would
have if I didn’t vaccinate. It proves
to me that vaccines help calves.”
A feedlot operator said he gets
upset when people say they bought
a vaccinated animal and it got sick
so they won’t do it again. “I believe
not all will be healthy but with vac
cination there will be a better mor
tality rate.”
For the vaccines to work there are
a lot of variables. “You can't make
a generalization to not buy vaccinat
ed cattle again," said Johnston.
Cattle not vaccinated two weeks
before a sale shouldn’t be part of a
premium sale, said Johnston.
“Honesty is the best policy.
Announce it and don’t let anything
be covered over.”
Continued on page 16
NOTICE TO DOG
OWNERS
in the
TOWNSHIP OF MORRIS
2000 dog tags and licences are now available at the:
Township of Morris Municipal Office,
R.R. 4,
Brussels, Ontario.
Telephone 519-887-6137
(Located on Huron County Road No. 16)
All dogs must be licenced in compliance with By-law 7-1998. A
copy of the complete By-law is available for review at the
Municipal Office. All dogs must be identified by means of a tag
and licence, issued for a one year period,
BY APRIL 28, 2000
The fee schedule shall be as follows:
1) All dogs - males, females, spayed females $20.00 each
2) Kennel Licence Fee $75.00
(for a kennel of dogs that are registered or eligible for
registration under the Animal Pedigree Act).
3) Late Payment Charge $20.00
Shall be assessed in addition to the licence fee, if the licence
and or tag is not purchased by April 28th.
The By-law requires dog owners to forthwith remove excrement
left by a dog, from property other than the premises of the owner
of the dog.
Any person contravening this provision is subject to a $50.00
fee.
Nancy Michie CMO
Clerk-Treasurer
Township of Morris