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TIMES ADVOCATE
Steers and heifers sell on a good active trade
Total Receipts,
1426 head of cattle, 940 lambs and goats
Summary
Tuesday
The fed steers and heifers sold on a good active
trade. The choice steers and heifers sold 90 - 95 with
sales to 101.00. Second cut sold 85.00 - 90.00 with the
cows selling $5.00 higher
Thursday
The veal sold $2 - 5 higher, while the lambs sold on a
good active trade. The sheep sold steady.
Friday
Calves and Yearlings selling on a steady market.
Steers There were 182 steers on offer.
Don McAlpine of Ailsa Craig consigned forty steers
averaging 1408 lbs selling for an average of 94.63. With
one gold steer weighing 1345 lbs selling to FAB Meat
Products Inc for 100.25
John N. Schiestel of Teeswater consigned four steers
averaging 1178 lbs selling for an average of 90.81. With
one limo steer weighing 1125 lbs selling to Dominion
Meats for 98.50
Murray Trelford of Dobbinton, consigned fifteen steers
averaging 1457 lbs selling for an average of 92.88. With
one blk steer weighing 1485 lbs selling to Dominion
Meat Packers for 96.75
Heifers There were 110 heifers on offer.
M -R Farms of Exeter, consigned eleven heifers averag-
ing 1213 lbs selling for an average of 94.80. With one
blk heifer weighing 1215 lbs selling Norwich Meat
Packers for 98.50
Weigland Farms of Dashwood, consigned four heifers
averaging 1211 lbs selling for an average of 93.75. With
one blk heifer weighing 1150 lbs selling to Dominion
Meat Packers for 96.00
Art Bos of Blyth, consigned one belgian blue heifer
weighing 1245 lbs selling to Norwich Meat Packers for
95.25
Cows There were 146 cows on offer.
Beef Cows 50.00 - 60.00 sales to 65.00
D1 & D2 40.00 - 50.00
D3 35.00 - 40.00
D4 20.00 - 25.00
Bill Brindley of Goderich, consigned six char cows
averaging 1518 lbs selling for an average of 51.89, with
sales to 63.00
Allan Smith of Zurich, consigned three blonde cows
averaging 1430 lbs selling for an average of 55.33, with
sales to 58.00
David C. Martin of Moorefield consigned one red cow
weighing 1330 lbs selling to St. Helen Meat Packers for
57.00
Bulls
There were 7 bulls on offer. 53.50 - 65.00 sales to
71.00
Adam Maize of Auburn, consigned one blk bull weigh-
ing 1270 lbs selling for 71.00
Hank W. Huigenbos of Wingham, consigned one bull
weighing 2145 lbs, selling to Dominion Meat Packers for
65.00
Veal
There were 161 head of veal on offer
Beef Good Holstein
100.00 to 125.00 sales to 130.00
85.00 to 95.00 sales to 103.25
Medium Holstein 75.00 - 85.00
Plain & Heavy Holstein
Plain: 65.00 - 70.00
Good Heavy: 75.00 - 85.00
Brian Wideman of Gowanstown, consigned four veal,
averaging 680 lbs selling for an average of 121.14. With
one blk heifer weighing 710 lbs, selling for 130.00
Mike Durnin of Auburn, consigned eight
ing 685 lbs, selling for an average of 109.
limo steer weighing 685 lbs, selling for 130.
John Martin of Lucknow, consigned five
ing 713 lbs, selling for an average of 106.
gold heifer weighing 745 lbs, selling for 129
veal, averag-
65. With one
00
veal, averag-
98. With one
.50.
Lambs: under 50 lbs N/A
50 - 65 lbs 159.00 - 176.00
65 - 80 lbs 135.00 - 180.00
80 - 95 lbs 123.00 - 150.00
95- 110 ib 125.00-131.00
110 lbs and over 90.00 - 129.00
Sheep $77.00 - $115.00
Goats $25.00 - $300.00
under 400 lb 155.00 - 175.00
Quality
400 - 500 lbs. 135.00 - 160.00
Stocker
500 - 600 116.00 - 147.00
Steers
600 - 700 116.00 - 135.00
700 - 800 113.00 - 123.50
800 - 900 93.00 - 115.25
900 -1000 102.25 - 125.00
over 1000 96.00 - 112.00
Denfield Market report
A very light offering of fed
cattle, due to the extreme
heat traded at steady prices.
Cows sold steady to stronger,
holstein bull calves under
pressure, sows and boars
steady.
Choice Steers 90.-95.
Good Steers 85 - 89
Plain Steers 75 - 80
Choice Exotic
Cross Heifers 90-95
Good Heifers 85-88
Plain Heifers 70-80
Good Fed Cows 45-54
D1 & D2 Cows 35-42
D3 & D4 Cows 27-32
Shells 15-20
Good Beef Bulls 45-55
Good Holstein
Bull Calves 100-170
Sows 33-37
Ontario Federation ofAgriculture not pleased with new program
GUELPH -
The Ontario
Federation of
Agriculture
(OFA) is not
pleased with the
federal govern -
m e n t ' s
announcement
of the Canadian
Farm Families
Options Program
(CFFOP).
"Agriculture
and Agri -Food
Canada Minister
Chuck Strahl, in
announcing the
program, has
missed the key
contributing fac-
tor to agricul-
ture's income
crisis - low
commodity
prices," says
OFA president
Ron Bonnett.
"We've asked
the government
$550 million committed to farm program
WINNIPEG - The government has
announced they are supporting an innovative
new program designed to help lower-income
farm families.
The Canadian Farm Families Options
Program will assist lower-income farm fami-
lies in exploring options to raise their income
for the future.
Applicants must commit to use business
planning and skills development programs.
The Options program will also provide
short-term income support to lower-income
farm families.
Eligible applicants will receive a payment
bringing them to a maximum income of
$25,000 for families and $15,000 for individ-
uals if they have a commercial farm.
"This new government is committed to
helping farmers who are under financial
stress," says Minister of Agriculture and
Agri -Food Canada and Minister for the
Canadian Wheat Board Chuck Strahl.
"Our new program not only gives short-
term financial relief to those struggling farm
families, but helps them look at ways to
improve their income for the long-term,"
Strahl adds.
Options is a pilot program, with a federal
commitment of $550 million over two years.
This program also offers additional busi-
ness and technical assistance of which the
federal government is covering the cost.
Application forms are available on the pro-
gram website and will be accepted until Oct.
31. Payments will be made to farmers this
fall.
Discussions are underway with Quebec to
determine how the program will be delivered
and a decision will be made shortly.
Final payments for grains and oilseeds farmers
OTTAWA - Final payments for grains and
oilseeds farmers will be delivered, Minister of
Agriculture and Agri -Food and Minister for
the Canadian Wheat Board Chuck Strahl
announced recently.
The fmal payments through the $755 mil-
lion Grains and Oilseeds Payment Program
(GOPP) have already started going out in the
mail to 16,000 producers and when all
cheques have been sent, more than 120,000
producers will have received a final payment.
"One of the first things this new govern-
ment did was to increase the amount of
money paid to producers under GOPP, so
they would receive as much money as possi-
ble with their first payment," says Strahl.
"I am pleased that we are now sending out
final payments two months earlier than
anticipated," Strahl adds.
The GOPP is a one-time, $755 million pro-
gram for producers of grains, oilseeds or spe-
cial crops.
To date, about $621 million has been deliv-
ered to producers through GOPP initial pay-
ments.
Payments are based on average net sales of
eligible commodities.
The initial payment early this year was
based on 7.47 per cent of net sales and the
final payment is based on 1.28 per cent.
to adopt risk
management
programs - the
ones farmers
and their orga-
nizers have
developed - but
those requests
have gone unan-
s w e r ed ,"
Bonnett adds.
"Instead, the
government
throws the
CFFOP at farm-
ers, leaving the
root cause of the
income crisis
unresolved, and
making it look
like extremely
low-income
farm families
can get by on
this new income
program. By
including busi-
ness and techni-
cal assistance
training as eligi-
bility criteria for
program appli-
cants, the gov-
ernment is
attempting to
divert public
attention away
from the real
cause of the
agriculture's
income crisis,"
Bonnett says.
The OFA and
its commodity
partners will
continue work-
ing with the
Canadian
Federation of
Agriculture to
receive the
needed risk
management
programs from
the government.
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