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Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
Choice steers, heifers sell from $90-$96
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Feb.
25 were 2,455 head of cattle. 391
lambs and goats.
On Tuesday the fed steers and
heifers sold on a steady market.
Choice steers and heifers sold $90 to
$96 with sales to $I 12.74; second-cut
steers and heifers sold $79 to $85.
The cows sold at prices $5 higher. On
Thursday the veal sold actively at
prices $2 to $5 lower than last week.
The lambs sold on a good active trade
at prices $10 to $15 higher. On Friday
all weights and classes of Stockers
sold a barely steady market.
There were 640 steers on offer.
Dave Baker. Brussels, consigned one
limousin steer weighing 1,210 lbs.
which sold for $112.75. Thirty-nine
steers consigned by Don McAlpine,
Ailsa Craig, averaged 1,519 lbs.
which sold for an average price of
$97.16 with his top three limousin
steers averaging 1,458 lbs. selling for
$110.25. Osiah Weber, Mount Forest,
consigned three red wf steers averag
ing 1.312 lbs. which sold to
Dominion Meat Packers for $101.
His overall offering of six steers aver
aged 1.296 lbs. selling for an average
price of $100.29.
K.C. McAlpine Farms, Ailsa Craig,
consigned one limousin steer weigh
ing 1,570 lbs. which sold to
Dominion Meat Packers for $104.
Their overall offering of five steers
averaged 1.492 lbs. selling for an
average price of $98.47. Nine steers
consigned by Walter Riddell,
Granton, averaged 1.343 lbs. which
sold for an average price of $98.34
with his top two limousin steers aver
aging 1.428 lbs. selling for $103.75.
Enoch Wideman, Wallenstein, con
signed one charolais steer weighing
1,325 lbs. which sold for $102. His
overall offering of thirteen steers
averaged 1.410 lbs. selling for an
average price of $97.92.
Ross Baird. Wingham, consigned
nine steers averaging 1,517 lbs.
which sold for an average price of
$97.58 with his top blonde steer
weighing 1.575 lbs. selling for $100.
Ten steers consigned by Abner
Eauman, Wroxeter, averaged 1.378
lbs which sold for an average price
of $1,378 lbs. with his top two red
steers averaging 1.400 lbs. selling for
$101.50. One blonde steer consigned
by Norman B. Martin, Clifford,
weighed 1.315 lbs. which sold to
Holly Park Meat Packers for
$100.50. His overall offering of five
steers averaged 1,311 lbs. selling for
an average price of $96.21. Twenty
steers consigned by Mrs. Minerva
Martin, Mount Forest, averaged
1.405 lbs. which sold for an average
price of $95.03 with her top two red
wf steers averaging 1,320 lbs. selling
for $102.50.
There were 265 heifers on offer.
Darren Johnston. Bluevale, con
signed one black wf heifer weighing
1,105 lbs. which sold for $110. His
overall offering of nineteen heifers
averaged 1,272 lbs. selling for an
average price of $96.66. Six charolais
heifers consigned by Luke H. Martin,
Clifford, averaged 1,311 lbs. which
sold for an average price of $95.90
with sales up to $100.50. Brad
McAlpine, Ailsa Craig, consigned
one red wf heifer weighing 1,250 lbs.
which sold to Dominion Meat
Packers for $100. His overall offering
of two heifers averaged 1.168 lbs.
selling for an average price of
$95.70.
Eighteen heifers consigned by
Tobias S. Bowman. Wallenstein,
averaged 1.148 lbs. which sold for an
average price of $95.23 with his top
two gold heifers averaging 1.105 lbs.
selling for $100.50. One limousin
heifer consigned by Clarence W.
Martin. Mount Forest, weighed 1.105
lbs. which sold for $99.25. His over
all offering of twelve heifers aver
aged 1,310 lbs. selling for an average
price of $94.83. Paul Buttar,
Londesborough. consigned six
heifers averaging 1,280 lbs. which
sold for an average price of $94.71
with his top limousin heifer weighing
1,305 lbs. selling for $99.25.
Four limousin heifers consigned by
Harvey Weppler, Port Elgin, aver
aged 1.408 lbs. selling for an average
price of $94.35 with sales to $96.50.
Forty-four heifers consigned by
Hugh Love, Atwood, averaged 1.359
lbs. which sold for an average price
of $93.83 with his lop two black
heifers averaging 1,378 lbs. selling
for $99.75. Ron and Brian Tulloch,
Meaford, consigned twenty-one
heifers averaging 1,264 lbs. which
sold for an average price of $92.80
with their top two charolais heifers
averaging 1.400 lbs. selling for $98.
There were 180 cows on offer. DI
and D2 cows sold $28 to $40 with
sales to $58; D3, $19 to $26; D4, $10
to $17. Seven beef cows consigned
by Peter Oudshoorn, Auburn, aver
aged 1,455 lbs. which sold for an
average price of $43.34 with his top
simmental cow weighing 1,510 lbs.
selling for $58. Glen Warwick Farms,
Bluevale, consigned three charolais
cows averaging 1.500 lbs. which sold
for an average'price of $44.80 with
sales to $49.50. Two holstein cows
consigned by Marco Vergeer,
Teeswater. averaged 1,478 lbs. which
sold for an average price of $43.81
with sales up to $48.50.
There were seven bulls on offer
selling $32 to $47 with sales to
$57.50. Amsey Gingrich, Wingham,
consigned one charolais bull weigh
ing 1,995 lbs. which sold to A.A.
Halal Meats for $57.50. One limou
sin bull consigned by Neil Rintoul,
Lucknow, weighed 1,940 lbs. selling
for $37.50.
There were 147 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $90 to $108 with
sales to $113.50; good holstein, $90
to $100 with sales to $101.50; medi
um holstein, $75 to $90; plain and
heavy holstein. $70 to $85.
George Ducharme, Dashwood,
consigned one red wf veal heifer
weighing 650 lbs. which sold to
Holly Park Meat Packers for $113.50.
One red veal heifer consigned by
Mark and Paul Pennington, Mildmay,
weighed 650 lbs. selling to Holly
Park Meat Packers for $112. One
black veal heifer consigned by John
Schwartzentruber, Brussels, weighed
600 lbs. selling to Newmarket Meat
Packers for $110.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $158 to
$200; 65 - 79 lbs., $156 to $198; 80 -
94 lbs., $142 to $162; 95 - 109 lbs.,
$137 to $146.
Sheep sold $45 to $63.
Goats sold $30 to $150.
Top quality Stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $124 to $142; 400 - 499
lbs., $109 to $135; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$115 to $135; 600 - 699 lbs., $113 to
$124; 700 - 799 lbs., $100.50 to
$115; 800 - 899 lbs., $98.50 to $117;
900 - 999 lbs., $98 to $116; 1,000 lbs.
and over, $91.50 to $107.
Top quality Stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $108 to $121; 400 - 499
lbs., $95 to $118; 500 - 599 lbs., $90
to $121; 600 - 699 lbs., $103 to
$113.50; 700 - 799 lbs., $88.50 to
$109.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $89 to
$104.75; 900 lbs. and over, $84.25 to
$102.
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Ontario cattlemen elect president
More than 500 beef farmers from
across Ontario travelled to Toronto
this week for the annual convention
of the Ontario Cattlemen’s
Association (OCA).
Leading the agenda were discus
sions on the on-going Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)
crisis, which has cost Ontario farm
ers more than $450 million to date
and Ontario’s Nutrient
Management Act which is sched
uled to be implemented in March.
Speakers at the meeting included
Paul Cellucci, U.S. Ambassador to
Canada, Federal Minister of
Agriculture and Agri Food Canada,
Andy Mitchell and Ontario
Minister of Agriculture and Food,
Steve Peters. All said they shared
industry excitement over the sched
uled March 7 reopening of the U.S.
border to live Canadian cattle under
30 months of age.
Leading the 2005-2006 OCA
board of directors are president Ian
McKillop of Elgin County and
vice-president Gord Hardy of
Middlesex County. McKillop and
his family operate a cow/calf to fin
ishing farm near Dutton. Hardy
operates a feedlot near Lucan.
Re-elected to the board were
McKillop representing cow/calf
producers, John Newman of Ottawa
District as director from the East
and Dianne Booker of Haldimand
Region as a director representing
backgrounder producers.
Continuing to serve out their
terms are cow/calf directors Ron
Wooddisse of Wellington County
and Kim Sytsma of Leeds County;
feedlot directors Dale Pallister of
Grey County, Doug Kaufman of
Oxford County and Curtis Royal of
Simcoe County, Hardy of
Middlesex County as director from
the South and Jim Martin of
Manitoulin Island as director from
the North.
Rounding out the board of direc
tors are directors-at-large Roger
Griffiths of the District of Kenora
and John Gillespie of Waterloo
Region.
Following a 2003 restructuring of
the organization, OCA’s board con
sists of 12 elected officials - three
from the cow/calf sector, three from
the feedlot sector, one from the
backgrounder sector; three repre
senting geographic regions of
Ontario and two elected on an at-
large basis. Directors are elected for
three-year terms on a rotating basis.
Each year, voting delegates to the
annual general meeting elect three
members to the Board.
The Ontario Cattlemen's
Association represents the interests
of 21,000 Ontario beef producers.
The complete 2005 OCA annual
report can be viewed on the associ
ation’s website at http://www.cat-
tld’.guelph.on.ca/communications/a
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FARM SAFETY FACT
Did you know?
((NC) - Hospitalization due to animal-related injuries indicate that horses
(46.5%) and cows (33.0%) are the most significant causes, followed by
incidents involving bulls, calves, steers and others.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program.
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BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK
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TUESDAYS
THURSDAYS
Do you know where the “flight zone” is?
(NC)-Understanding the flight zone and point of balance for handling live
stock can reduce stress to livestock and help prevent injuries to handlers.
The “flight zone” is the animal’s personal space and can be determined by
slowly walking up to the animal. When a person enters the flight zone, the ani
mal will move away in the opposite direction. Deeply invading the flight zone
will cause the animal to become afraid and possibly agitated. The size of the
flight zone will diminish as the animal receives frequent, gentle handling.
An animal’s “point of balance” is in the chest area. To make an animal move
forward, the handler should stand behind the point of balance; and, likewise
to cause the animal to back up, the handler should stand in front of the point
of balance.
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture along with Farm Credit Canada, the
Canadian Coalition for Agricultural Safety and Rural Health, and Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada want to encourage farmers to practise Livestock han
dling safety: Put your best foot forward.
Farm Safety Means Farm Safely.
For more information visit www.cfa-fca.ca
- News Canada
FRIDAYS
9:00 a.m. Fed Cattle,
Bulls & Cows
8:00 a.m. Drop Calves, Veal,
Pigs, Lambs, Goats
& Sheep
10:00 a.m. Stockers
SPECIAL SPRING SALES
Vaccinated Calf & Yearlings:
Monday, March 21, April 11, April 25 - 10 a.m.
Stocker Sale in lieu of Good Friday:
Saturday, March 26 - 10 a.m.
Easter Lamb & Goat Sales:
Thursday, March 10 & 17 - 11:30 a.m.
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