The Times Advocate, 2008-09-24, Page 22Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Agriculture
Lambs good demand, lower prices
INNOMI..
For the
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2008.
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Total Receipts
2930 head of cattle, 707
lambs and goats.
Summary:
Tuesday
Fed steers and heifers
sold $1-$2 higher. Choice
steers and heifers sold 97-
102 with sales to 107.25.
Second cut sold 94-97.
Cows sold on a steady mar-
ket.
Thursday
Veal sold on a strong
steady market. Lambs sold
on a good demand at lower
prices. Sheep and goats
sold steady.
Friday
Calves and yearlings sold
steady.
Steers
There were 261 steers on
offer.
Schmidtbrook of
Woodstock consigned 13
steers averaging 1538 lbs.
selling for an average of
99.78. With one limo steer
weighing 1375 lbs. selling
to Dominion Meat Packers
for 103.
Geisel Cattle Company of
West Montrose consigned
45 steers averaging 1524
lbs. selling for an average
of 99.87. With nine limo
steers averaging1454 lbs.
selling to Ryding Regency
for 102.75.
Premier Blue of Dublin
consigned one limo steer
weighing 1285 lbs. selling
to Dominion Meat Packers
for 101.
Ezra Bauman of
Wallenstein consigned 17
steers averaging 1419 lbs.
selling for an average of
96.42. With six gold steers
averaging 1388 lbs. selling
for 98.35.
Lorne Peat of Bright con-
signed seven steers averag-
ing 1414 lbs. selling for an
average of 96.70 With two
blk steers averaging 1543
lbs. selling to Ryding
Regency for 98.25.
Mike Kikkert of Zurich
consigned 25 steers averag-
ing 1397 lbs. selling for an
average of 96.44 With eight
sim steers averaging 1430
lbs. selling for 98.10.
Leonard Black of Proton
Station consigned 12 steers
averaging 1487 lbs. selling
for an average of 96.40
with six char steers averag-
ing 1451 lbs. selling to
Ryding Regency for 97.25.
Frank Foran of Lucknow
consigned five steers aver-
aging 1388 lbs. selling for
an average of 91.11. With
one char steer weighing
1470 lbs. selling to Ryding
Regency for 97.25.
Doug Marriott of
Wingham consigned three
steers averaging 1132 lbs.
selling for an average of
96.26. With one blk steer
weighing 1330 lbs. selling
for 96.75.
Berkana Farms of Clinton
consigned one x -bred steer
weighing 1319 lbs. selling
for 96.50.
Heifers
There were 199 heifers
on offer.
M -R Farms of Exeter con-
signed 11 heifers averaging
1295 lbs. selling for an
average of 99.11. With one
sim heifer weighing 1235
lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for 107.25.
Knechtel Farms of
Gadshill consigned 26
heifers averaging 1292 lbs.
selling for an average of
99.59. With one char heifer
weighing 1290 lbs. selling
to Norwich Packers 106.25.
Bill Frank of Listowel con-
signed 15 heifers averaging
1364 lbs. selling for an
average of 99.96. With one
limo heifer weighing 1400
lbs. selling to Dominion
Meat Packers for 103.
Hugh Love of Atwood con-
signed 15 heifers averaging
1325 lbs. selling for an
average of 101.60. With
two limo heifers averaging
1308 lbs. selling to Norwich
Packers for 102.75.
John Weirsma of Blyth
consigned eight heifers
averaging 1434 lbs. selling
for an average of 99.81.
With one blonde heifer
weighing 1465 lbs. selling
to Holly Meat Packers for
102.
Art Bos of Blyth consigned
two heifers averaging 1373
lbs. selling for an average
of 99.82 With two x -bred
heifers averaging 1368 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers
for 100.25.
Neil Edger of Wingham
consigned five heifers aver-
aging 1230 lbs. selling for
an average of 97.43. With
two x -bred heifers averag-
ing 1260 lbs. selling to
Holly Meat Packers for
99.50.
Arthur and George Hinz
of Monkton consigned five
heifers averaging 1344 lbs.
selling for an average of
97.46. With three gold
heifers averaging 1362 lbs.
selling to Ryding Regency
for 98.50.
Irvin Schenk of Baden
consigned one limo heifer
weighing 1360 lbs. selling
to Ryding Regency for
98.25.
Cows
There were 291 cows on
offer.
Beef Cows 50-60 sales to
72.50, D1 & D2 38-50, D3
28-38
Theo Gerrestsen of
Listowel consigned two
cows averaging 1360 lbs.
selling on an average of
65.53 with one hol cow
weighing 1140 lbs. selling
for 72.50.
Eric Versteeg of Clifford
consigned five x -bred cows
averaging 1438 lbs. selling
for an average of 75.65.
With one blonde cow
weighing 1735 lbs. selling
for 72.
Barry Ostendorff of
Formosa consigned 20
mixed cows averaging 1444
lbs. selling for an average
of 56.80 with one char cow
weighing 1625 lbs. selling
for 66.50.
Bulls
There were 20 bulls on
offer 50 - 68 sales to 72.50.
Forbes Cattle Company of
Walkerton consigned two
bulls averaging 1865 lbs.
selling for an average of
65.71 with one limo weigh-
ing 2020 lbs. selling for
72.50.
Mike Henry of Tara con-
signed two bulls weighing
2032 lbs. selling for aver-
age of with one limo bull
weighing 2250 lbs. selling
for 69.
Veal
There were 255 head of
veal on offer.
Beef 100-140 with sales
to 157, Good Holstein 90-
103 with sales to 112,
Medium Holstein 75 - 90,
Plain & Heavy Holstein
Plain 50-60, Good heavy
85-99 with sales to 100.
John Martin of Lucknow,
consigned six veal averag-
ing 774 lbs. selling for an
average of 157. With one
red heifer weighing 710
lbs. selling for 157.
Enoch S. Weber of
Wroxeter, consigned three
veal averaging 733 lbs. sell-
ing for an average of
124.15 with one char steer
weighing 715 lbs. selling
for 139.
Gerald Van Sickle of
Thamesville, consigned
seven veal averaging 696
lbs. selling for an average
of 105.79 with one blk
heifer weighing 703 lbs.
selling for 135.
Lambs:
under 50 lbs. N/A
50 - 65 lbs. 131-209
65 - 80 lbs. 157-177
80 - 95 lbs. 147-167
95 - 110 lbs. 147-156
110 lbs. and over 143-
154
Sheep
40-60 with sales to 70.
Goats
Kids - $60-$125 per head,
Nannies - $60 - $127 pe
head, Billies $100-$300 per
head.
Top Quality Stocker
Steers
under 400 lbs. 116-145
400 - 500 lbs. 98-145
500 - 600 lbs. 98-132
600 - 700 lbs. 96-122.50
700 - 800 lbs. 92.50-11.50
800 - 900 lbs. 96.50-
110.50
900 - 1000 lbs. 93.75-107
over 1000 lbs. 92-104.25
Top Quality Stocker
Heifers
under 300 lbs. 80-122
300 - 400 lbs. 83-146
400 - 500 lbs. 90-119
500-600 lbs. 85-114
600 - 700 lbs. 86-111.25
700 - 800 lbs. 84-101
800 - 900 lbs. 79-105.60
over 900 lbs. 82-108
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TIMES–ADVOCATE
Vincent and Delta merge
SEAFORTH — Vincent Farm
Equipment has officially
announced its merger with Delta
Power Equipment.
There will be four
locations under the
Vincent Farm
Equipment and
Delta Power
Equipment names
— Exeter, Seaforth,
Forest and Watford.
A press release
from the company
said the reason
behind the merger "is simply
economies of scale. With four
locations, our parts inventories
collectively will be much larger to
draw from on a daily basis. Our
goal is to have as many parts on
hand as possible while still run-
ning an efficient operation. Our
success in satisfying customers is
measured in minutes, not days,
and we need to have access to
inventories that can
keep our customers
going when it is go
time."
The press release
states that sharing
resources between
stores in the compa-
ny's service depart-
ments "will make us
better."
"With this merger
it is our intention to build on our
success as individual companies
and create even more effective
and better service departments.
"As a dealership we are often
judged on our service, so we must
always strive to be better."
There will be four
locations under the
Vincent Farm
Equipment and Delta
Power Equipment
names — Exeter,
Seaforth, Forest and
Watford.
Food bank donation — Staff of the Exeter Bank of Montreal recently
donated about 250 pounds of food to the Exeter Food Bank to help
those in need. Pictured from left are branch manager Anne Langendyk,
staffers Vern Thomson, Darlene Lightfoot, Collette Van Haarlem, Sheila
Brooks, Melanie Seip -Bedard, food bank manager Dianne Sorensen and
bank staffer Kim Love. One of the bank's other projects, Langendyk said,
is sponsoring the Kids Help Phone.A bowl-a-thon near Halloween will
be held to raise money for the Help Phone, with hopes to exceed
$2,000. Fundraising chocolate mint smoothies will also be available at the
bank. (photo/Scott Nixon)
Denfield Livestock Sales
Denfield Livestock market report for
Tues., Sept. 16, 2008.
The market at Denfield Livestock
Sales traded on a strong demand at
fully steady to higher prices on the
good fed cattle. A good offering of
cows traded steady with the good fed
cows selling strong. Stockers sold
strong, holstein bull calves trading on
a weak demand.
Gord Hardy, Lucan sold 14 steers
average weight 1427 average price
97.66 with sales to 100 purchased by
Norwich Packers.
Chad Anderson, Mooretown sold
seven heifers average weight 1001
average price 98.64
Choice steers 95 - 102 Good steers
90 - 95 Plain steers 80 - 90, Choice
exotic cross heifers 95 - 100, Good
heifers 90 - 95, Plain heifers 70 - 80
Good fed cows 65 - 76, D1 & D2 cows
55 - 65, D3 & D4 cows 40 - 50, Shells
20 - 30, Good beef bulls 65 - 72, Good
holstein bulls 60 - 68, Good feeder
heifers 900 - 1000 lbs. 95 - 100, Good
feeder steers 900 - 1000 lbs. 95 - 100,
Good started holstein bull calves $50 -
$100, Plain holstein bull calves $5 -
$50