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Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
Fed steers, heifers sell on fully steady market
Total receipts at Brussels
Livestock for the week ending April
28 were 3644 head of cattle and 573
lambs and goats.
Fed steers and heifers sold on a
fully steady market. Cows sold $2
higher. Veal sold steady with the
lambs selling strong to higher. On
Friday all weights of stocker cattle
sold at strong steady prices.
There were 546 steers on offer
selling from $108 to $115 with sales
to $127.75. One black steer
consigned by Strong Farms, Gorrie,
weighing 1,425 lbs. sold to Nor
wich Packers for $127.75 with
their overall offering of forty-nine
steers averaging 1,441 lbs. selling
for an average of $119.94. One
limousin steer consigned by Jim
Howatt, Londesboro, weighing
1,395 lbs. sold to Norwich Packers
for $126.25 with their overall
offering of twelve steers averaging
1,428 lbs. selling for an average of
$118.21.
Three steers consigned by Alvin
Dow, Staffa, averaging 1,158 lbs.
sold for an average of $120.28 with
sales to $121.50. Two steers
consigned by Dean Aldwinkle,
Varna, averaging 1,298 lbs. sold for
an average of $118.07 with sales to
$120.50. Thirteen steers consigned
by Roger Moore, Goderich,
averaging 1,457 lbs. sold for an
average of $117.29 with sales to
$122.50. Sixteen steers consigned by
Kada Farms, Bluevale, averaging
1,431 lbs. sold for an average of
$116.70 with sales to $124.50.
Twenty-four steers consigned by
Cunningham Farms, Lucan,
averaging 1,457 lbs. sold for an
average of $114.79 with sales to
$126. Twenty steers consigned by
Howard Martin, Brussels, averaging
1,428 lbs. sold for an average of
$114.37 with sales to $120. Four
steers consigned by Murray
Johnston, Bluevale, averaging 1,398
lbs. sold for an average of $111.24
with sales to $121.75. Three steers
consigned by Ross Baird, Wingham.
averaging 1,552 lbs. sold for an
average of $111.22 with sales to
$121.25.
There were 271 heifers on offer
selling from $108 to $115 with sales
to $128.50. Six gold heifers
consigned by David Van Staveren,
Clifford, averaging 1,236 lbs. sold
for $128.50 with his overall offering
of eight heifers averaging 1,230 lbs.
selling for an average of $126.17
One rwf heifer consigned by Paul
Aldwinkle, Varna, weighing 1,335
lbs. sold to St. Helen’s Meat Packers
for $126.50.
Gov V backs youth work prog.
Ontario will help as many as 4,500
rural students gain valuable work
experience close to home this
summer, Minister of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Affairs Ernie
Hardeman announced April 18.
“I encourage all employers to act
quickly to take advantage of the
program.” Hardeman said. “By
providing work experience and
income to our young people, we can
better secure the future of rural
Ontario.”
The government is providing
employers in rural Ontario and the
CKNX honours
Ken Kelly with
FAB award
CKNX Radio’s Farm Advisory
Board has selected Ken Kelly as the
recipient of its first FAB Award of
the new millennium.
Kelly farms at RR 5, Paisley. He
was nominated for the award by the
Bruce County Federation of
Agriculture.
The CKNX Radio Farm Advisory
Board FAB Award recognizes the
contributions of an individual or
groups from Midwestern Ontario to
the well being of agriculture.
Beef club
holds
first meeting
The Brussels, Belgrave, Beef
Club had its first meeting of the year
on April 25 at Paul Coultes’ farm.
The club has grown to 23 members.
President Brett Bean opened the
meeting with the 4-H pledge. Mr.
Coultes gave a tour of his feedlot
and farm operation, telling the good
and bad parts about each.
After the walk through the
operation, the members split up into
three groups. Each received a piece
of paper with questions to answer,
and a sketch of a feeder, handling
facilities as well as housing (bam).
The next meeting May 9 at 7:30
p.m. is at Kim Higgin’s.
agriculture and food industries with
up to $1,120 in wage supplements
for each student they hire, up to
$100,000.
Funding will be provided to
employers for up to 16 weeks, any
time up to Sept. 30. Applications
will be processed on a first-come,
first-served basis.
The program is open to rural youth
between the ages of 15 and 24, and
up to 29 if disabled. Students must
be hired by a person to whom they
are not related and be Ontario
residents and eligible to work in
Ontario. They must be planning to
go back to school in the fall.
“Our rural summer jobs service
has had tremendous success, in fact,
we exceeded our target by assisting
more than 3,000 students in each of
the last two years,” Hardeman
added. “Based on that success, we
have increased the target number of
participants.”
Program information and
applications can be obtained from
OMAFRA’s Guelph office, 1 Stone
Rd. W„ 2NE, Guelph, ON N1G 4Y2;
by calling 1-888-466-2372, ext.
63480 or 519-826-3480; from
OMAFRA’s resource centres; by
visiting the ministry’s web site at:
www.gov.on.ca/omafra
Information on the overall
government youth employment
program is available on the Ontario
government’s youthjobs.gov.on.ca
site, as well as from the Training
Hotline, 1-8OO-387-5656.
Two heifers consigned by Lome
Baird, Wingham, averaging 1,260
lbs. sold for an average of $114.87
with sales to $120. Three heifers
consigned by Gordon Borth,
Mildmay, averaging 1,273 lbs. sold
for an average of $114.16 with sales
to $116.50.
Fifty-four heifers consigned by
Denis Calhoun, Chesley, averaging
1,212 lbs. sold for an average of
$ 112.39 with sales to $ 118. Fourteen
heifers consigned by Mux Lea
Farms, Woodstock, averaging 1,375
lbs. sold for an average of $111.49
with sales to $125. Six heifers
consigned by Pau) Buttar,
Londesboro, averaging 1,132 lbs.
sold for an average of $109.95 with
sales to $122.50. Six heifers
consigned by Alfred Zweip,
Monkton. averaging 1,124 lbs. sold
for an average of $109.35 with sales
to $120.
There were 171 cows on offer. D1
and D2 cows sold $60 to $67 with
sales to $77.50; D3, $55 to $60; D4,
$50 to $55. One charolais cow
consigned by Roy Dawson,
Wingham, weighing 1,310 lbs. sold
for $77.50. Two holstein cows
consigned by Lacey Farm Ltd.,
Chepstow, averaging 1,550 lbs. sold
for an average of $73.79 with sales
to $77. Two cows consigned by
Bruce Higgins, Brussels, averaging
1,540 lbs. sold for an average of
$69.01 with sales to $75.
There were 14 bulls on offer
selling from $70.50 to $91.50 with
sales to $101.50. One blue bull
consigned by Jerry Cronin, Dublin,
weighing 2,145 lbs. sold for
$101.50. One limousin bull
consigned by Bill Johnston,
Flesherton, weighing 2,040 lbs. sold
for $91.50.
There were 291 veal on offer. Beef
sold $100 to $145; Holstein, $80 to
$95; Plain Holstein, $65 to $80. One
limousin steer veal consigned by
Richard Horst, Listowel, weighing
615 lbs. sold for $145. One black
steer veal consigned by John Martin,
Lucknow, weighing 630 lbs. sold for
$134. One simmental heifer veal
consigned by Carl McLellan,
Brussels, weighing 600 lbs. sold for
$125. Lambs, under 50 lbs. sold
$142.50 to $184; 50 to 64 lbs., $155
to $193; 65 to 79 lbs., $152.50 to
$166; 80 - 94 lbs., $160 to $166; 95
to $110 lbs., $158.
Sheep sold $45 to $72.50.
Goats sold $22.50 to $167.50 per
head.
Steers, under 400 lbs., sold
$144.50 to $177; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$133 to $174; 500-599 lbs., $138 to
$179; 600 - 699 lbs., $124 to
$148.25; 700 - 799 lbs., $116.50 to
$135; 800 - 899 lbs., $113.50 to
$127.75; 900 - 999 lbs., $113.50 to
$ 122; 1,000 lbs. and over, $ 100.50 to
$116.75.
Heifers, under 300 lbs., sold $154
to $173; 300 - 399 lbs., $140 to
$151; 400 - 499 lbs., $132 to
$160.50; 500 - 599 lbs., $117 to
$152; 600 - 699 lbs., $113.50 to
$138; 700 - 799 lbs., $113 to
$132.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $112 to
$129; 900 lbs. and over, $197 to
$120.25.
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