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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-11-15, Page 15THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2000 PAGE 15. Brussels Livestock report 585 steers on offer, prices reach $126.50 Total receipts at Brussels Livestock for the week ending Nov. 10 were 4,112 head of cattle and 368 lambs and goats. On Tuesday, fed steers and heifers traded on a steady market. Cows sold under pressure. Thursday, veal sold $4 to $5 higher. Lambs sold sharply higher on Thursday also. On Friday, all classes of Stockers sold on a strong active trade. There were 585 steers on offer selling from $100 to $104 with sales to $126.50. One blue steer consigned by Scottslea Farms, Blyth, weighing 1,020 lbs. sold to Norwich Packers for $126.50. Rick Covers, Crediton, consigned a limousin steer weighing 1,430 Norwich Packers overall offering averaging 1,403 average of $103'.89. Merkley Farms, Wroxeter, consigned six steers averaging 1,333 lbs. selling for an average of $103.93 with sales reaching $104.75. Three black steers consigned by Bruce Ribey, Paisley, averaging 1,282 lbs. sold for average of $103.64 $104.25. A limousin steer William Bauman, weighing 1,255 lbs. Park Meat Packers, for $111.25. His overall offering of eleven steers averaging 1,420 lbs. sold for an average of consigned Wingham, selling for $101.70 with sales up to $105.75. consigned by Farms, Lucan, lbs. selling to for $111.25. His of fifteen steers lbs. sold for an with sales an to consigned Kenilworth, sold to Holly by $101.79. Six steers by Douglas Walker, averaging 1,393 lbs. an average price of David Bowles, Brussels, consigned ten steers averaging 1,415 lbs. selling for an average of $100.64 with his top steer selling to Dominion Meats for $110. A black steer consigned by Murray Shiell, Wingham, weighing 1,385 lbs. sold to Norwich Packers for $106. His overall offering of twenty- six steers averaging 1,467 lbs. sold for an average of $98.53. Twenty- one steers Cunningham averaged 1,459 lbs. selling for an average of $98.09 with sales to $104.75. Johnston Farms, Bluevale, consigned thirty-seven steers averaging 1,416 lbs. selling for an average price of $96.36 with their top steer weighing 1,275 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers for $106. There were 430 heifers on offer selling from $100 to $104 with sales to $107.75. Four limousin heifers consigned by Kada Farms, Bluevale, averaging 1,258 lbs. sold to Norwich Packers for $107.75. Their overall offering of ten heifers averaging 1,223 lbs. sold for an average price of $105.20. Hugh Love, Atwood, consigned fifteen heifers averaging 1,322 lbs. selling for an average price of $99.44 with sales reaching $106. Fourteen heifers consigned by Mux Lea Farms, Woodstock, averaging 1,299 lbs. sold for an average of $101.25 with their top steer selling to Norwich Packers for $104 at a weight of 1,360 lbs. Groenberg Farms, Lucknow, consigned three heifers averaging 1,255 lbs. selling for an average of $101 with sales up •to $105.50. Two heifers consigned by Jack Nonkes, Auburn, averaging 1,215 lbs. sold for an average of $101.01 with sales to $103. Andy Vander Veen, Blyth, consigned twelve heifers averaging 1,264 lbs. selling for an average of $100.74 with sales to $103.75. Twelve heifers consigned by Ephriam Hoover, Wroxeter, averaging 1,210 lbs. sold for an average of $99.46 with one limousin heifer weighing 1,100 lbs. selling to Highland Packers for $105. Donald Cormack, Mount Forest, consigned nineteen heifers averaging 1,409 lbs. selling for an average of $99.33 with sales to $103. Martin and Elizabeth Attenberger, Kippen, consigned a RWF heifer weighing 1,100 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for $105. Their overall offering of thirty heifers averaged 1,179 lbs. and sold for an average of $99.07. Thirteen heifers consigned by Barry Thompson, St. Marys, averaging 1,138 lbs. sold for an average of $98.91 with sales reaching $104. There were 254 cows on offer. D1 and D2 cows sold $55 to $60 with sales to $69.50; D3, $50 to $55; D4, $45 to $50. A holstein cow consigned by Alex Nichol weighing 1,360 lbs. sold for $69.50. Stewart Martin, Clifford, consigned a red cow weighing 1,285 lbs. selling for $69. Mike Hartman, Bayfield, consigned a charolais cow weighing 1,500 lbs. which sold for $66. There were 21 bulls on offer selling from $59 to $70.50 with sales to $76.50. Fred Schlumpf, Ethel, consigned a Holstein bull which weighed 1,605 lbs. and sold for $69.50. Charles Hayden, Granton, consigned one gold bull weighing 1,605 lbs. selling for $65.50. There were 223 head of veal on offer. Beef sold $105 to $152; Holstein, $100 to $113.50; Plain Holstein, $90 to $100. One limousin veal steer consigned by Don Eadie, Wingham, weighing 690 lbs. sold to Norval Meat Packers for $152. Joanne Verberg, Londesboro, consigned one blue veal heifer weighing 695 lbs. selling for $147. Richard Horst, Listowel, consigned one gold veal steer weighing 690 lbs. selling for $138. Lambs, under 50 lbs., sold to $260; 50 - 64 lbs., $140 to $230; 65 - 79 lbs., $140 to $180; 80 - 94 lbs., $127 to $157; 95-110 lbs., $132 to $147. Goats sold $22 to $160. Sheep sold $45 to $76. Steers, under 400 lbs. sold $146 to $190; 400 - 499 lbs., $153 to $171; 500 - 599 lbs., $128 to $165; 600 - 699 lbs., $118 to $145; 700 - 799 lbs., $104 to $135; 800 - 899 lbs., $106 to $130; 900 - 999 lbs., $99.50 to $135; 1,000 lbs. and over, $98.50 to $118.50. Heifers, under 300 lbs., sold $130 to $171; 300 - 399 lbs., $139 to $1*72; 400 - 499 lbs., $124 to $147; 500 - 599 lbs., $119 to $152.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $112.50 to $135; 700 - 799 lbs., $101 to $130; 800 - 899 lbs., $110 to $125; and 900 lbs. and over, $106 to $118.50. Thinking, Cfuri&tmaA? 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He said the food for the meal cost $1.22, but the taxes collected by the federal and provincial governments totaled $1.47. “Is that right?” he questioned. “No!” the crowd yelled back. “Are we going to do something about it?” to which the crowd responded with a loud “Yes!” “Now, we’ve got a choice as farmers in Ontario. We can either take that and we can roll over and play dead, and we can go out of business. Or, we can say No more. No more! We have done this long enough,” Wilkinson said. The farmers said they were prepared to keep fighting to get the country’s government to increase its level of funding for farm safety net programs to a level that would bring them equal to what farmers in the United States receive from their government. Bob Friesen, president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, told the rally that “Canadian farmers continue to live with unprecedented low farm income levels. They have experienced decreases of 40 to 60 per cent in some commodity prices and a 37 per cent increase in farm input costs over the past 10 years. “Governments in other countries have been sensitive to the plights of their farmers, and have increased domestic support to their farmers to make sure their farmers make it through this very crippling period. Our (Canadian) farmers stand largely alone,” Friesen said. As Canada’s farmers attempt to Agencies partner for pork project Ontario Swine Improvement (OSI) is pleased to partner with OMAFRA, Quality Meat Packers and Protech Identification on an innovative project. An industry-wide Target Hog Alliance is a vision that OSI has had for many years. It was estimated in 1998 by the George Morris Centre of Guelph that net benefits in excess of $20 per hog could be realized through industry alliances involving seedstock breeders, commercial producers and meat processors. 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