The Citizen, 2013-09-12, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013.
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Sept.
6 were 1,894 cattle, 880 lambs and
goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold on a good active trade at
steady prices. Choice steers and
heifers sold $124 to $127 with sales
to $136.50. Second cut sold $118 to
$123. Cows sold on a strong demand
with export cows selling $1 higher
and beef fully steady. On Thursday
veal sold on a very strong demand
with all classes up $2 to $3. Lighter
lambs sold at steady prices and
heavy lambs sold higher. Goats and
sheep sold at steady prices. On
Friday all classes of cattle sold on a
strong active market at steady
prices.
Levi Sherk of St. Clements,
consigned 10 steers averaging 1,480
lbs. selling for an average of
$129.26. One blonde steer weighing
1,585 lbs. sold to Norwich Packers
for $132.50. Albert W. Frey of
Palmerston, consigned eight steers
averaging 1,454 lbs. selling for an
average of $126.88. One black steer
weighed 1,360 lbs. and sold for
$131. Connell Farms of Palmerston,
consigned nine steers that averaged
1,529 lbs. and sold for an average of
$123.42. One black steer weighed
1,525 lbs. and sold to Horizon Meat
Packers for $128.75. John and Jim
Bennett of Goderich, consigned one
limousin steer that weighed 1,400
lbs. and sold for $126.50. Leonard
and Andrew Black of Proton Station,
consigned 12 steers that averaged
1,358 lbs. and sold for an average of
$123.58. One charolais steer
weighed 1,305 lbs. and sold for
$126.50.
John Weirsma of Blyth, consigned
seven heifers averaging 1,269 lbs.
selling for an average of $130.38.
Two limousin heifers averaged 1,393
lbs. and sold to Horizon Meat
Packers for $138. Northeast Land
and Livestock of Coldwater,
consigned 35 heifers averaging
1,244 lbs. selling for an average of
$123.91. Two limousin heifers
averaged 1,290 lbs. and sold for
$131.75. Costa Plenty Farms Ltd. of
Wingham, consigned three heifers
that averaged 1,398 lbs. and sold for
an average of $128.92. Two
limousin heifers averaged 1,383 lbs.
and sold to Norwich Packers for
$128.50. George Roney of Staffa,
consigned 10 heifers that averaged
1,255 lbs. and sold for an average of
$123.64. One red heifer weighed
1,395 lbs. and sold for $126.75.
There were 200 cows on offer.
Export types sold $67 to $83; beef,
$74.50 to $85 with sales to $88; D1
and D2, $54 to $63; D3, $45 to $52;
D4, $37 to $45.
John Van Bakel of Bornholm,
consigned one limousin cow that
weighed 1,170 lbs. and sold for a top
of $88. D.J. Farms of Staffa,
consigned two cows that averaged
1,348 lbs. and sold for an average of
$78.13. One simmental cow
weighed 1,460 lbs. and sold for $85.
Alexander Farms of New Liskeard,
consigned 10 cows that averaged
1,328 lbs. and sold for an average of
$82.92. One red cow weighed 1,215
lbs. and sold for $85.
There were 12 bulls selling $75 to
$91. Hillyside Farms of Mildmay,
consigned one holstein bull that
weighed 2,020 lbs. and sold for $91.
Steve Holtby of Kincardine,
consigned one limousin bull
that weighed 1,895 lbs. that sold for
$88.
There were 100 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $140 to $175 with
sales to $177; good holsteins, $110
to $120 with sales to $127; medium
holsteins, $95 to $105; heavy
holsteins, $100 to $110. Lamar Frey
of Listowel, consigned 16 veal
averaging 825 lbs. selling for an
average of $157.20. One grey heifer
weighed 855 lbs. and sold for $177.
Jon L. Miller of Lucknow, consigned
one limousin heifer weighing 835
lbs. and sold for $169. Les Falconer
of Clinton, consigned two veal that
averaged 785 lbs. and sold for an
average of $158.37. One limousin
steer weighed 835 lbs. and sold for
$161.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $142 to
$184; 65 - 79 lbs., $154 to $201; 80
- 94 lbs., $144 to $180; 95 - 110 lbs.,
$165 to $180.
Sheep sold $70 to $110.
Goats: kids sold $50 to $130 per
head with sales to $150; nannies,
$50 to $130 per head; billies, $150
to $350 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $133 to $230; 400 -
499 lbs., $188 to $217; 500 - 599
lbs. $140 to $194; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$138 to $179; 700 - 799 lbs., $141 to
$173; 800 - 899 lbs., $134 to
$154; 900 - 999 lbs., $134 to $151;
1,000 lbs. and over, $127 to
$142.50.
Top quality stocker heifers, 400 -
499 lbs., sold $143 to $181; 500 -
599 lbs., $140 to $171; 600 - 699
lbs., $134 to $156; 700 - 799 lbs.,
$126.50 to $156; 800 - 899 lbs.,
$131 to $150.75; 900 lbs. and over,
$129.50 to $139.75.
While Blyth’s Lucas Townsend
was happy with his title of Junior
Champion of the Huron County
Plowing Match this summer, he
wasn’t nearly as happy as his
grandfather George was for him.
Lucas has been plowing
competitively for three years under
the tutelage of his grandfather, who
has been mentoring young
participants for decades.
“It makes you pretty darn proud,
but I’m also pretty darn lucky,”
George said in an interview with The
Citizen. “I’m lucky to have a
grandson who wants to plow and
who will listen to me.”
George says he was simply there
to support Lucas at the match and
help him along, saying it was all
about trying your best.
“That’s all we do,” he said to
Lucas.
One of the challenges the pair had
to overcome was that the ground was
extremely hard at the match. Lucas
said it was tough keeping the plow in
the ground and that if it hadn’t been
for George, he wouldn’t have known
how to adjust in the face of that
adversity.
“I couldn’t do it without him,”
Lucas says of his grandfather. “He
knows a lot more than me. He’s been
doing it for so long.”
George says he’s been happy to
work with Lucas in competitive
plowing, saying that it’s a great
pastime that keeps kids away from
video games and has them out in the
community making friends and
learning an important skill.
“It goes back to ‘if you’re good to
the land, the land will be good to
you,’” George said.
In fact, at one of the recent
matches, George says, Lucas wanted
to compete, but first asked George if
he planned on competing in the
antique class, as he has in the past.
Lucas insisted that he didn’t want to
take George away from his
competition, if he wished to enter.
George says that kind of
consideration and teamwork is a
special family bond that he holds
close to his heart.
“You can’t buy that,” he says.
George says the future of
competitive plowing in Huron
County looks bright as the 4-H
Sodbusters Club hosted 18 children
this year. He also says that children
from other counties will travel to
Huron to be a member of its
Sodbusters club, which is a
testament to the county’s reputation
in the world of competitive plowing.
George says he hopes Lucas will
keep at plowing long enough that he
might contend for the Huron County
Plowmen’s Association’s annual
scholarship to study agriculture.
Lucas also says he hopes to continue
participating that long.
Plowing, George says, is the only
sport where a man and his grandson
can participate together on a level
playing field, which, for him, is a
great way to spend time with his
family.
“You could be having the worst
possible day and all you need is your
grandchild to come up and call you
‘Grandpa’ and that changes
everything,” he says.
Lucas was the Huron Junior
Champion of the plowing match
and he also received the
William Leeming Memorial Award,
which is given to the participant
with the best finish at the junior
match.
Phone
scam
reported
The Citizen received a report of a
potential phone scam being run in
Brussels.
A Brussels resident called to
report receiving a phone call
informing her that she had won $2.6
million.
After repeatedly asking who it
was that was calling, the caller said
they were with Reader’s Digest.
The caller instructed the resident
that all she needed to do to claim her
prize was send the caller $300. It
was at that time that the resident
hung up the phone.
The Citizen reminds all of its
residents to remain vigilant of
scams of any kind and if something
seems suspicious in any way, call
the police immediately and never
give out any personal information.
Townsend family pride shows at plowing match
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By Shawn Loughlin
The Citizen
Making his grandfather proud
Lucas Townsend, left, was truly the pride of George Townsend, right, his grandfather at the
Huron County Plowing Match late last month when he was crowned Junior Champion of the
match. The pair has been working together for about three years since Lucas decided he
wanted to begin plowing competitively. They are seen here on the John Deere tractor Lucas
used in his championship-winning match. (Shawn Loughlin photo)