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Brussels Livestock report
Stocker cattle sell on strong active market
Total receipts at Brussels
Livestock for the week ending July
28 were 1,959 head of cattle and 353
lambs and goats. The fed steers and
heifers sold $2 lower. Cows sold on
a strong, steady market. Veal sold $ 1
to $2 higher with lambs, selling
sharply higher. All weights of
stocker cattle sold on a strong active
trade.
There were 571 fed steers on offer
selling from $100 to $106 with sales
to $116.25. One hundred and two
steers consigned by D. M. McAlpine
Farms, Ailsa Craig, averaging 1,377
lbs. sold for an average of $104.17
with a gold steer weighing 1,405 lbs.
sold to Norwich Packers for
$116.25. Twelve steers consigned by
Schmidt Brook Farms Inc.,
Woodstock, averaging 1,496 lbs.
sold for an average of $103.76 with
sales to $108.50. Two steers
consigned by William Szilassy,
Hanover, averaging 1,048 lbs. sold
for $108.50. Twelve steers
consigned by Lome Benedict.
Kerwood, averaging 1,318 lbs. sold
for an average of $105.17 with sales
to $107.50. Four steers consigned by
John Smuck, Wingham, averaging
1,353 lbs. sold for an average of
$104.51 with sales to $105.75.
Twenty steers consigned by Gord
Hem, Granton, averaging 1,380 lbs.
sold for an average of $102.99 with a
rwf steer weighing 1,255 lbs. sold to
Holly Park Meat Packers for
$108.25. Thirteen steers consigned
by Roger Moore, Goderich,
averaging 1,388 lbs. sold for an
average of $102.83 with sales to
$108. Fifty steers consigned by
Cunningham Farms, Lucan,
averaging 1,442 lbs. sold for an
average of $102.45 with sales to
$108. Nineteen steers consigned by
Don Shiell, Wingham, averaging
1,504 lbs. sold for an average of
$101.97 with sales to $105.25. Eight
steers consigned by Mary Blackler,
Kirkton, averaging 1,286 lbs. sold
for an average of $98.18 with sales
to $107.75.
There were 335 fed heifers on
offer selling from $100 to $106 with
sales to $130. Forty-seven heifers
consigned by Perry Sereda,
Centralia, averaging 1,235 lbs. sold
for an average of $104.02 with a
black limousin heifer weighing
1,245 lbs. sold to Norwich Packers
for $130. Six heifers consigned by
Sellers Farms, Bluevale, averaging
1,312 lbs. sold for an average of
$112.07 with a limousin heifer
weighing 1,360 lbs. sold to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $118.
Eight heifers consigned by
Merkley Farms, Wroxeter, averaging
1,211 lbs. sold for an average of
$108.19 with sales to $111.75. Two
heifers consigned by Keith Jacklin,
Bluevale, averaging 1,173 lbs. sold
for an average of $106.56 with sales
to $111.25. Eighteen heifers
consigned by Hugh Love, Atwood,
averaging 1,214 lbs. sold for an
average of $103.57 with sales to
$110.25. Twenty-five heifers
consigned by Ron Smith, Denfield,
averaging 1,173 lbs. sold for an
average of $103.24 with six
charolais heifers averaging 1,111 lbs.
sold to Dominion Meat Packers for
$105.50.
Twelve heifers consigned by Ken
McAlpine, Ailsa Craig, averaging
1,327 lbs. sold for an average of
$102.83 with sales to $105.75. Six
heifers consigned by Darren
Johnston, Bluevale, averaging 1,251
lbs. sold for an average of $102.39
with sales to $109.25. Fourteen
heifers consigned by Alfred Zweip,
Monkton, averaging 1,177 lbs. sold
for an average of $100.45 with sales
to $116.50. Thirteen heifers
consigned by Murray London,
Waterdown, averaging 1,211 lbs.
sold for an average of $98.02 with
sales to $108.
There were 125 cows on offer. DI
and D2 cows sold $58 to $65 with
sales to $77.50; D3, $55 to $58; D4,
$50 to $55. A limousin cow
consigned by Allan and Dorothy
Martin, Listowel, weighing 1,630
lbs. sold for $77.50. A holstein cow
consigned by Breeze Brae Farms,
Brussels, weighing 1,330 lbs. sold
for $75. A holstein cow consigned
by Frank Hallahan, Blyth, weighing
1,495 lbs. sold for $73.
There were 15 bulls on offer
selling from $76 to $83.50 with sales
to $89. A charolais bull consigned
by Lloyd Mannerow, Chesley.
weighing 1,690 lbs. sold for $87. A
simmental bull consigned by Amsey
Gingerich, Wingham, weighing
1,495 lbs. sold for $86.
There were 187 veal on offer
selling. Beef sold $105 to $155;
Holstein, $95 to $111.50; Plain
Holstein, $85 to $95. Three veal
consigned by Don Eadie, Wingham,
averaging 662 lbs. sold for an
average of $145.11 with sales to
$152. Two veal consigned by Mark
and Paul Pennington, Mildmay,
averaging 673 lbs. sold for an
average of $120.94 with sales to
$143. Six veal consigned by Geo
Vanderveen, Lucknow, averaging
691 lbs. sold for an average of
$106.37 with sales to $129.
Lambs, under 50 lbs. sold $150 to
$155; 50 - 64 lbs., $122.50 to $210;
65 -79 lbs., $132.50 to $175; 80 - 94
lbs., $123 to $136; 95 to $109 lbs.,
$118 to $131; 110 lbs. and over,
$110 to $120.
Sheep sold $55 to $72.50.
Goats sold $27.50 to $107.50.
Steers, under 400 lbs., sold $ 190 to
$220; 400 - 499 lbs., $135 to $154;
500 - 599 lbs., $130 to $168.50; 600
- 699 lbs., $129.50 to $158; 700 -
799 lbs., $126 to $141; 800 - 899
lbs., $112.50 to $128; 900 lbs. and
over, $103.50 to $129.
Heifers, 300 - 399 lbs., sold $161
to $168; 400 - 499 lbs., $105 to
$161; 500 - 599 lbs., $136 to
$154.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $122 to
$146.25; 700 - 799 lbs., $105 to
$142.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $108 to
$123; 900 lbs. and over, $100 to
$113.50.
Handling poor quality forage for beef sheep
By Christopher Wand,
Beef Cattle, Sheep and Goat
Nutritionist and Beth Wheeler,
Dairy Cattle Nutritionist
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,
Food and Rural Affairs
The cool wet conditions this
spring have delayed hay crop harvest
across the province. Delayed harvest
and weathering damage reduces the
nutrient and feeding value of crops.
It takes only five or six days to go
from high quality forage to a more
mature, less palatable and lower
quality feed. You can’t change the
weather but you can change the
rations, feeding and management to
cope with quality differences. Here
are some tips to help producers make
the best out of a bad situation.
Rations
• Test all forages when they enter
storage and have rations balanced
before feed-out. Retest at feed-out
and make alterations when ensiled
feed analysis results are available.
• Test for lignin to get a better
handle on available energy. Test all
hays and fermented silages for heat
damage (ADF-N). Recheck soluble
protein on ensiled feeds.
THURSDAYS
FRIDAYS
8:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
1:00
• Save highest quality forages for
early lactation females and growing
livestock.
• Consider feeding animals in
multiple groups. Use poorer
forages for the group with lower
requirements.
Feeding
• Feed hay free choice, and allow
cows and ewes to sort it and pick
out the best parts.
• Reduce the amount of hay-crop in
the ration for growing animals (ewe
lambs, market lambs
backgrounding steers). Feed more
com silage, using a urea-containing
supplement to increase the protein
level where possible. If com grain
is inexpensive, consider it for
replacing part of the hay.
• Plan to purchase more protein for
growing animals and prolific ewes.
Choose low cost commodities such
as soybean meal, canola meal or
raw soybeans. Urea can be added
into a grain mix or TMR (but don’t
feed urea with raw soybeans!)
These feeds provide cheap and
digestible protein, have good
palatability and match well with
poor quality hay-crop forages.
Drop Calves,
Veal, Lambs,
Goats & Sheep
Stockers
• Adjust the type or amount of
mineral. Mature forages have lower
calcium levels and vitamins are
depleted in weathered hay-crops.
• Feed yeast or yeast culture, to
increase the fibre digesting bacteria
in the rumen.
Storage
• Avoid mow fires; ensure hay is
dry enough to bale! Use your hay
dryer, and then move dried hay to
an alternate location so the dryer is
available for later cuttings.
• Keep an inventory of all forages.
Store by quality (mark silos, mows,
etc.) and for year-round access to
each quality type.
• Make haylage instead of hay to
shorten required dry-down time.
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Consider silage bag storage,
wrapped bales, or packed and
covered piles. Ensile quickly and
cover immediately.
• Chop hay-crop silage finer than
normal to increase intake,
especially when a lot of mature
baled hay will be fed. Allow
enough length to ensure cud
chewing continues.
• Inoculants may improve
ensilation and stability at feeding of
low sugar crops (legumes), but
their benefit is debatable on higher
sugar crops (grasses and corn
silage).
• Beware of moulds mycotoxins
and spoilage. Keep poorly
preserved silages out of the feed
bunk, as they may cause listeriosis
and accelerated spoilage of good
feed.
Crop Management
• Get that first cut off somehow!
Regrowth is a critical issue for
multi-cut systems, especially if
subsequent "cuts” are grazed. Mob
graze fields or use mature hay as
bedding to remove it.
• Save those leaves! Leaves are
higher in protein and more
digestible than stems. Minimize
raking, inverting or tedding. Avoid
handling the hay crop when
moisture is under 40 per cent.
• Sorghum-sudan (or pearl millet
on lighter soils) are annual silage
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