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Denfiel e Livestoc
Market Report
The market at Denfield Livestock Sales traded on a good
demand at prices $2-$3 higher on all classes of fed cattle
with the fancy cattle in strong demand at premium prices.
Cows sold steady, sows and boars strong.
Jack Smith, Tilbury sold 19 steers avg. wt. 1444 lbs, avg.
price 92.56 sales to 96.50 purchased by Norwich Packers.
Bill Woodburn, Parkhill sold 24 steers avg. wt. 1523 lbs,
avg. price 91.32, sales to 1.04 purchased by Norval Meats.
Bill Duff, Croton sold 10 steers avg. wt. 1360 lbs, avg. price
91.07, sales to 102.75 purchased by Clark Bros.
Don Eedy and Mark VanderPloeg, Denfield sold 10 heifers
avg. wt. 1324 lbs, avg. price 91.78 sales to 97.25 purchased
by Norwich Packers.
Jim Scott, Lucan sold 11 heifers avg. wt. 1354 lbs, avg.
price 90.03 with sales to 98.25 purchased by Clark Bros.
Choice steers: 90-95 sales to 1.04; Good steers: 82-88;
Plain steers: 60-75; Choice exotic cross heifers: 90-95
sales to 97.25; Good heifers: 80-88; Plain heifers: 50-70;
Good beef cows: 30-40; D1 and D2 cows: 20-28; D3 and
D4 cows: 10-16; Bulls: 25-50; Good Holstein bull calves:
; Sows: 53-57.
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Students at Precious
Blood School had a les-
son in electrical safety
May 11 when Barry
Barton, on behalf of
Hydro One, spoke to
students about safety
with electricity in and
out of the home. Barton
talked to students about
the roles of fuses and
breakers and, through a
series of demonstrations,
showed students how to
be safe around electrici-
ty.At left, Barton shows
students how to safely
use a toaster, while at
right he sends an electri-
cal current through a dill
pickle to demonstrate
what happens to a per-
son who gets an electri-
cal shock. (photos/Scott
Nixon)
Brussels Livestock report
For the week ending May 14,
2004.
Total Receipts
3,134 head of cattle, 788 lambs
and goats
Summary
Tuesday: The fed steers and
heifers sold at prices $2 higher.
Fancy and double muscle steers
and heifers sold 90 to 100 with
sales up to 105.75. Choice
steers and heifers sold 85 to 90
and 2nd cut steers and heifers
sold 80 to 85. The cows sold at
prices steady to last week.
Thursday: The veal sold at
prices $5 higher than last
week. The lambs also traded at
prices $2 to $5 higher with the
heavier lambs selling $10 to
$20 higher.
Friday: All weights and class-
es of stockers sold on a steady
market.
Steers
There were 515 steers on
offer.
John Glousher, Wingham
consigned one limo steer
weighing 1390 lbs which sold
for 105.75. His overall offering
of five steers averaged 1556 lbs
selling for an average price
92.16.
Heifers
There were 248 heifers on
offer.
Johnston Farms, Bluevale
consigned one black heifer
weighing 1195 lbs which sold
for 105.25. Their overall offer-
ing of eighteen heifers averaged
1343 lbs selling for an average
price of 92.20.
Ten char heifers consigned
by Andy VanderVeen, Blyth
averaged 1279 lbs selling for an
average price of 91.44 with his
top heifer weighing 1295 lbs
selling to Norwich Packers for
98.50.
Two black heifers consigned
by Walter Riddell, Granton
averaged 1295 lbs which sold
for 95.25.
Cows
There were 203 cows on
offer.
Di & D2: 25-35 sales to
44.50; D3: 20-25; D4: 10-15;
Shell Cows: 5-10.
Hugh Love, Atwood con-
signed one red wf cow weigh-
ing 1595 lbs which sold for
44.50. His overall offering of
sixteen beef cows averaged
1701 lbs selling for an average
price of 40.46.
One hol cow consigned by
Groenberg Farms, Lucknow
weighed 1235 lbs which sold
for 38.00. Their overall offering
of two hol cows averaged 1283
lbs selling for an average price
of 29.94.
Ken MacLean, Lucknow con-
signed one red cow weighing
1185 lbs which sold for 37.50.
His overall offering of two beef
cows averaged 1223 lbs selling
for an average price of 31.57.
Bulls
There were 8 bulls on offer
selling from 19 to 35 sales to
52.50.
Doug Beckett, Tara consigned
one limo bull weighing 1875 lbs
which sold to Dominion Meat
Packers for 52.50.
One black bull consigned by
Noah Weppler, Ayton weighed
1920 lbs selling to Levinoff
Meat Products for 35.
Veal
There were 150 head of veal
on offer.
Beef: n/a; Good Holstein: 60-
70 sales to 87; Medium
Holstein: 50-60; Plain
Holstein: 35-45.
John Martin, Lucknow con-
signed one hol veal steer
weighing 690 lbs which sold to
New Market Meat Packers for
87. His overall offering of three
hol veal steers averaged 705 lbs
selling for an average price of
75.55.
One hol veal steer consigned
by Mark Pfeffer, Clifford
weighed 615 lbs selling to
Millgrove Meat Packers for 85.
His overall offering of five hol
veal steers averaged 609 lbs
selling for an average price of
80.95.
George VanderVeen,
Lucknow consigned one black
veal steer weighing 705 lbs
which sold to Nature Veal for
83.50. His overall offering of
nine veal steers averaged 692
lbs selling for an average price
of 70.04.
Lambs
under 50 lbs: 92-147; 50-65
lbs: 128-160; 65-80 lbs: 125-
158; 80-95 lbs: 141-158; 95-
110 lbs: 130-156; 110 lbs and
over: 95.
Sheep 35-60
Goats $20-$85
Top Quality Stocker
Steers
under 400 lbs: 90-110; 400-500
lbs: 82.50-145; 500-600: 90.50-
149; 600-700: 85.50-118; 700-
800: 84.50-109; 800-900: 89-
105.25; 900-1000: 79.50-
103.50; over 1000: 76-90.
Top Quality Stocker
Heifers
under 300 lbs: n/a; 300-400:
72-91; 400-500: 73-118; 500-
600: 73-113; 600-700: 82.50-
110; 700-800: 74-95.75; 800-
900: 78-90; Over 900 lbs: 75-
87.25.
Conservative Party
decision defies logic
Dear Editor:
Earlier this morning I listened to the CKNX Talk
Show with disgust. Our MP Paul Steckle, who is
also the Liberal Chair of the Agriculture Committee,
outlined how certain meat -packing companies have
been in contempt of Parliament for failing to show
financial information indicating that they have not
been gouging out beef farmers. Paul also said that
the Conservative Party blocked his motion that
would have punished the packers to the tune of
$250,000 per day for this. In short, despite the fact
that the Conservatives agreed that the packers are
in contempt of Parliament, they do not believe that
they should be punished for their crimes.
As a beef farmer of many years, I am shocked.
Like many farmers, I have been following the work
of the Committee for nearly a year and quite sim-
ply, they have done a great job. Since our BSE trou-
bles started, the all -party committee has seemingly
set aside their partisan differences for the better-
ment of farmers. They have worked to open the
border to Canadian beef, they have worked with
the industry to develop financial aid to keep family
farms afloat and they have
tried to develop plans to
prevent this kind of thing
from happening again. As a
beef farmer, I can not express
how disappointed I am that
the Conservatives threw that all
away for reasons that defy logic. I
could care less if an election is looming, this is my
livelihood and I would have expected better.
The Conservative MP who was on the radio with
Paul tried to come up with several excuses why this
was the best option but he sadly missed the mark.
He agreed that the packers were guilty but I guess
he feels that Canadian farmers should pay the price
for the actions of these American companies. When
the Conservative MP said that the Canadian govern-
ment should "leave agriculture alone" I was truly
angry. Perhaps I shouldn't have been because, after
their recent actions, I would suggest that his party
has already done that.
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