HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-04-05, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2000.
Brussels Livestock report
Heaviest lambs sell for $90 to $95
Total receipts at Brussels
Livestock for the week ending
March 31 were 2,866 head of cattle
and 585 lambs and goats.
Fed steers and heifers sold $3 to
$4 higher with cows selling steady
to last week. Veal under pressure
sold $2 lower. Lambs sold on a
steady market. The calves sold $2 to
$4 higher. Yearlings traded steady
to last week.
There were 515 steers on offer
selling from $105 to $115 with sales
to $127. One black steer consigned
by Darren Johnston, Bluevale,
weighing 1,170 lbs. sold to
Dominion Meat Packers for $127
with his overall offering of four
steers averaging 1,306 lbs. selling
for an average of $1 18.21. One
blonde steer consigned by Kada
Farms, Bluevale, weighing 1,385
lbs. sold to Norwich Packers for
$126.50 with their overall offering
of thirty-five steers averaging 1,446
lbs. selling for an average of
$1 14.99. One steer consigned by
Ron Gordon, Blyth, weighing 1,325
lbs. sold for $117.50.
Thirty-three steers consigned by
Carl Stanley, Lucknow, averaging
1,546 lbs. sold for an average of
$115.06 with sales to $124. Twenty-
five steers consigned by Roy Elliott,
Ripley, averaging 1,423 lbs. sold for
an average of $113.67 with sales to
$125.50. Eleven steers consigned by
Schmidt Brook Farms Inc.,
Woodstock, averaging 1,556 lbs.
sold for an average of $109.93 with
sales to $121. Five steers consigned
by Scott Hodgins, Crediton, averag
ing 1,244 lbs. sold for an average of
$109.66 with sales to $120.
Four steers consigned by Walter
McKenzie, Dublin, averaging 1,454
lbs. sold for an average of $109.17
with sales to $1 18. Eleven steers
consigned by Gerald Rathwell,
Brucefield, averaging 1,434 lbs.
sold for an average of $108.50 with
sales to $118. Forty steers consigned
by Dale and John Taylor Farms,
Creemore, averaging 1,448 lbs. sold
for an average of $108.30 with sales
to $ 114.50.
There were 225 heifers on offer
selling from $105 to $115 with sales
to $116. One limousin heifer con
signed by Roy A. McCulloch,
Alienford, weighing 1,135 lbs. sold
to Dominion Meat Packers for $116
with his overall offering of sixteen
heifers averaging 1,144 lbs. selling
for an average of $107.13. One grey
heifer consigned by Lloyd Weppler,
Ayton, weighing 1,265 lbs. sold to
St.- Helens’ Meat Packers Ltd. with
his overall offering of six heifers
averaging 1,322 lbs. selling for an
average of $109.50. Five heifers
consigned by Merkley Farms,
Wroxeter, averaging 1,225 lbs. sold
for an average of $112.11 with sales
to $115.
Three heifers consigned by Geo.,
Paul and Mark Pennington,
Mildmay, averaging 1,297 lbs. sold
for an average of $111.70 with sales
to $114.75. Three heifers consigned
by Don Cronin, Dublin, averaging
1,270 lbs. sold for an average of
$109.12 with sales to $115. Thirty-
one heifers consigned by Keith
Kirk, Shallow Lake, averaging
1,095 lbs. sold for an average of
$107.39 with sales to $115.50. Four
heifers consigned by Jerry Cronin,
Dublin, averaging 1,030 lbs. sold for
an average of $106.86 with sales to
$111. Eight heifers consigned by
Herman Van Derborgh, Listowel,
averaging 1,232 lbs. sold for an
average of $105.59 with sales to
$115.50.
There were 267 cows on offer. D1
and D2 cows sold $58 to $63 with
sales to $85; D3, $53 to $58; D4,
$48 to $53.
One limousin cow consigned by
Jon Miller, Ayton, weighing 1,635
lbs. sold for $85. Three blonde cows
consigned by Mike Henry,
Brampton, averaging 1,615 lbs. sold
for an average $76.06 with sales to
$80.50. Four cows consigned by
Jack Wilken, Lucknow, averaging
1,245 lbs. sold for an average of
$66.94 with sales to $79.50. One
holstein cow consigned by Grace
Hodgins, Crediton, weighing 1,730
lbs. sold for $60.
There were 15 bulls on offer sell
ing from $66 to $70 with sales to
$86.50. One charolais bull con
signed by Noah Brubacker,
Holyrood, weighing 1,830 lbs. sold
for $86.50. One limousin bull con
signed by A. J. K. Waechter Farms,
Walkerton, weighing 2,205 lbs. sold
for $86.
There were 286 veal on offer.
Beef sold $100 to $148; Holstein,
$85 to $95; Plain Holstein, $70 to
$85. Two veal consigned by Richard
Horst, Listowel, averaging 690 lbs.
sold for an average of $145.61 with
sales to $148. Four veal consigned
by John Verburg, Londesboro, aver
aging 674 lbs. sold for an average of
$139.19 with sales to $146. Four
veal consigned by J & B Laidlaw,
Atwood, averaging 599 lbs. sold for
an average of $99.55 with sales to
$145.
Lambs, under 50 lbs. sold $130 to
$180; 50 - 64 lbs., $148 to $175; 65
- 79 lbs., $146 to $167; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$147.50 to $154; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$117.50 to $155; 110 lbs. and over,
$90 to $95.
Sheep sold $46 to $97.50.
Goats sold $22.50 to $140 per
head.
Steers, 300 - 399 lbs., sold
$137.50 to $181; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$138 to $1,82; 500 - 599 lbs., $130
to $170; 600 - 699 lbs., $127.50 to
$147; 700 - 799 lbs., $113 to
$140.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $115 to
$128; 900 - 999 lbs., $109.50 to
$124; 1,000 lbs. and over, $93 to
$118.25.
Heifers 300 - 399 lbs., sold $106
to $165; 400 - 499 lbs., $ 130 to
$155.50; 500 - 599 lbs., $120 to
$145; 600 - 699 lbs., $117 to $140;
700 - 799 lbs., $99 to $137.50; 800 -
899 lbs., $93.50 to $125; 900 lbs.
and over, $99.50 to $116.25.
9th Pick of Crop
best beef sale ever
Ag. reaches students, families
through Slice of Huron prog.
The 9th annual Pick of the Crop
Bull Sale was held at Carson’s Sales
Arena on Saturday, March 25. Once
again it was a very successful beef
event.. The sales arena was packed
with approximately 300 in atten
dance.
Stan Eby, president of the Ontario
Cattlemen’s Association, and Jim
Clark, manager of the Ontario
Cattle Feeders Association, opened
the sale with positive remarks about
the present state and future of the
beef industry.
The sale provided a great range of
high value bulls evaluated through
Beef Improvement Ontario with
bulls to fit almost every preference
and pocketbook.
The Cattleman’s Choice was a
Simmental bull consigned by Silver
Springs .Simmentals that had a beef
builder index of 4190, a breeding
value for growth of +115 lbs. and
weighing off-test at 1,527 lbs. with
an ADG of 5.08. He was in the
top seven per cent of all bulls for
feed efficiency. This bull sold for
$3,500 to Bob Gregson of
Staffordville.
The high selling bull was a black
angus consigned by Liahn Farms
and sold to Rik Jones of Holyrood
for $5,300. This bull had a prime
plus value of 5,592 being sold in the
top three per cent for marbling.
Sale Average by Breed
Total 52 bulls $2506 $1500- 5300
16 Composite $2659 $1600-4700
15 Simmental $2391 $1500-4000
11 Limousin $2363 $1550-5100
5 Angus $2980 $1700-5300
3 Gelbvieh $2100 $1700-2400
2 Charolais $2350 $2300 -2400
What’s a drupelet? A goober?
What animal drinks a bathtub of
water every day? How many litres
of milk does the average dairy cow
give in a year?
Need some help with the answers?
Come out to the family night on
Thursday, April 13 at the Seaforth
Fairgrounds during the Slice of
Huron event.
Family night runs from 6:30 to 9
p.m. and highlights what 1,100
Grades 3 and 4 students in Huron
and Perth County are involved with
during that week.
Schools are coming for a half day
of hands-on activities that help them
dissect a pizza, tracing it back to the
farm as well as looking at other
types of agricultural production
in this area. They will find out
about pork production, create a
variety of soils, and find out how
many students in their class it
takes to reach the weight of a year
old steer, to name a few of the activ
ities.
Slice of Huron is a co-operative
effort of the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,
Huron-Perth Catholic District
School Board, Avon Maitland
Board of Education, Clinton
Christian School, local agribusiness
and rural organizations.
Admission to the family night is a
non-perishable food item which will
be donated to the Huron County
Food Bank.
For more information contact Deb
Campbell, Chair, Slice of Huron
project, 235-1609.
Bottle refunds go to env.
Ontario beer drinkers know that
when they buy a bottle of beer they
pay a 10 cent deposit which is
refunded when they bring their
empties back. This year, two of
Ontario’s leading environmental
organizations are asking Beer Store
patrons to donate their refunded
deposits to support local
environmental initiatives.
On Saturday, April 15, hundreds
of volunteers, local councillors,
mayors and MPPs will congregate
at 118 beer stores across Ontario to
support Conservation Ontario and
Earth Day Canada in the first ever
“Score One for the Environment”
fundraising campaign.
Donated deposits will be used to
fund local environmental initiatives
such as tree and shrub planting
through the Canadian Natural
Highway Program and community
tree planting and stream bank
erosion control projects through
Ontario’s 38 Conservation
Authorities.
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