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Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
Fed steers, heifers sell on steady market
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending May
20 were 3.221 head of cattle. 577
lambs and goats.
On Tuesday the fed steers and
heifers sold on a steady market.
Choice steers and heifers sold $88
to $93 with sales to $100. Second-
cut steers and heifers sold $83 to
$87. The cows sold actively at
prices $2 to $3 higher.
On Thursday the veal sold on a
lower demand with easier prices.
The lambs sold actively on a strong
demand with prices $5 to $10 high
er. On Friday all weights and class
es of stockers sold at prices $2
higher.
There were 778 steers on offer.
John B. Martin. Gadshill. consigned
eight blonde steers averaging 1,265
lbs. which sold for $97.50. His
overall offering of eleven steers
averaged 1.288 lbs. selling for an
average price of $95.06. Five steers
consigned by Enoch Wideman,
Wallenstein, averaged 1.377 lbs.
which sold for an average price of
$89.26 with his top blonde steer
weighing 1.370 lbs. selling for
$97.
Jim Howatt. Londesborough,
consigned four limousin steers
averaging 1.525 lbs. which sold for
$96.25. His overall offering of nine
steers averaged 1.449 lbs. selling
Putting pork on your fork
It was a night of learning and entertainment at the Brussels
arena May 17 as the Brussels Agricultural Society and
Ontario Pork presented a night of cooking and tasting.
Bruce Thompson, Ontario Pork’s chef at large was educat
ed in the United Kingdom and did his culinary apprentice
ship in Paris. His work experience at various levels has
taken place in London, England, Paris, Cote d’Azur and
Toronto. He has a BSc from Ryerson and is a culinary pro
fessor emeritus. (Bonnie Gropp photo)
for an average price of $92.60.
Merkley Farms, Wroxeter. con
signed nine steers averaging 1,342
lbs. which sold for an average price
of $91.44 with their top two limou
sin steers averaging 1.288 lbs. sell
ing for $94.75.
Sixty-eight steers consigned by
D. M. McAlpine Farms. Ailsa
Craig, averaged 1.586 lbs. which
sold for an average price of $90.23
with (heir top eight limousin steers
averaging 1.416 lbs. selling for
$94.75. Cunningham Farms. Lucan,
consigned one blonde steer weigh
ing 1.350 lbs. which sold to
Dominion Meat Packers for $95.
Their overall offering of thirty-nine
steers averaged 1,499 lbs. selling
for an average price of $87.87.
Forty-three steers consigned by
Mrs. Minerva Martin. Mount
Forest, averaged 1,507 lbs. which
sold for an average price of $87.60
with her top two limousin steers
averaging 1.540 lbs. selling for $95.
Bruce Eden Farms, Holyrood,
consigned one limousin steer
weighing 1,360 lbs. which sold to
Highland Packers Ltd. for $93.75.
Their overall offering of twenty-
four steers averaged 1.541 lbs. sell
ing for an average price of $86.74.
Twelve steers consigned by
Mahlon Weber. Paisley, averaged
1,505 lbs. which sold for an average
price of $86.45 with his top two
limousin steers averaging 1.520 lbs.
selling for $94.25. Jerry P. Cronin.
Dublin, consigned three limousin
steers averaging 1.537 lbs. which
sold for $94.25. His overall offering
of five steers averaged 1.657 lbs.
selling for an average price of
$85.72.
There were 342 heifers on offer.
Johnston Farms, Bluevale, con
signed one blue heifer weighing
1,365 lbs. which sold to Holly Park
Meat Packers for $100. Their over
all offering of eighteen heifers aver
aged 1,429 lbs. selling for an aver
age price of $91.41. Eighteen
heifers consigned by John Marlin,
Lucknow, averaged 1.378 lbs.
which sold for an average price of
$88.92 with his top limousin heifer
weighing 1.445 lbs. selling for
$99.75. Mac Inglis, Clifford, con
signed one heifer weighing 1,355
lbs. which sold for $99.50.
Seven heifers consigned by Bruce
Dale, Centralia, averaged 1.300 lbs.
which sold for an average price of
$91.90 with his top four black
heifers averaging 1.305 lbs. selling
for $94.25.
Donald Fischer. Brussels, con
signed four limousin heifers averag
ing 1,221 lbs. which sold for an
average price of $90.24 with sales
up to $92.75. Twenty heifers con
signed by Roy A. McCulloch,
Alienford, averaged 1,354 lbs.
which sold for an average price of
$87.77 with his top six limousin
heifers averaging 1,404 lbs. selling
for $92.75. Andy VanderVeen,
Blyth, consigned eleven limousin
heifers averaging 1.288 lbs. which
sold for an average price of $87.77
with sales to $90.75. Two heifers
consigned by George Murray,
Clifford, averaged 1,323 lbs. selling
for an average price of $87.70 with
his lop simmenlal heifer weighing
1.360 lbs. selling to Highland
Packers Ltd. Larry Gardiner, Staffa,
consigned four gold heifers averag
ing 1,340 lbs. which sold for
$92.50. His overall offering of
twenty heifers averaged 1,349 lbs.
selling for an average price of
$85.86. Four heifers consigned by
Arthur Hinz, Monkton, averaged
1,333 lbs. which sold for an average
price of $85.35 with his top limou
sin heifer weighing 1,285 lbs. sell
ing to Dominion Meat Packers for
$91.
There were 248 cows on offer. DI
and D2 cows sold $30 to $40 with
sales to $47; D3, $25 to $30; D4,
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$10 to $20. Eusi Farms, Forest, con
signed one limousin cow weighing
1.395 lbs. which sold for $47. One
limousin cow consigned by Gary
Hutton, Monkton, weighed 1.475
lbs. which sold for $45.50. K & A
Beef Farms, Wroxeter. consigned
one gold cow weighing 1.475 lbs.
which sold for $45.
There were eight bulls on offer
selling $30 to $49 with sales to
$56.50. Kingsview Farms,
Lucknow, consigned one limousin
bull weighing 2,145 lbs. which sold
to Dominion Meat Packers for
$56.60. One black bull consigned
by Eusi Farms, Forest, weighed
2,065 lbs. which sold to Dominion
Mat Packers for $49.
There were 147 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $84 to $110 with
sales to $117.50; good holstein, $80
to $87 with sales to $91; medium
holstein, $60 to $75; plain and
heavy holstein $40 to $55. John
Martin, Lucknow, consigned two
limousin veal heifers averaging 683
lbs. which sold for an average price
of $114.75 with sales up to $117.50.
Robert Bronsard, Parkhill, con
signed one holstein veal steer
weighing 615 lbs. which sold to
Ryding Regency for $91.
Three holstein veal steers con
signed by Mark Pfeffer, Clifford,
averaged 653 lbs. which sold to
Newmarket Meat Packers for
$91.
Lambs under 50 lbs., sold $133 to
$150; 50 - 64 lbs., $125 to $170; 65
- 79 lbs., $150 to $170; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$147 to $163; 95 - 109 lbs., sold to
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