The Citizen, 2009-10-22, Page 22Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Oct.
16 were 2,644 of cattle, 530 lambs
and goats. On Tuesday fed steers and
heifers sold $2 to $3 lower. Choice
steers and heifers sold $74 to $77
with sales to $80. Second cut sold
$71 to $74. Cows sold $2 to $3
lower. On Thursday veal sold on a
good active trade at steady prices.
Lambs, sheep and goats all sold on a
steady market. On Friday calves sold
under pressure.
There were 210 steers on offer. Art
Bos of Blyth, consigned six steers
averaging 1,437 lbs. selling for an
average of $78.79 with three
limousin steers averaging 1,437 lbs.
selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for $80. Corgercrest Farms of
Seaforth, consigned seven steers
averaging 1,464 lbs. selling for
$77.99 with three red steers
averaging 1,520 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $78.75.
Murray Shiell of Wingham,
consigned twenty-three steers
averaging 1,583 lbs. selling for an
average of $75.14 with ten black
steers averaging 1,540 lbs. selling to
St. Helen's Meat Packers for $77.75.
Ron Gutscher of Elmwood,
consigned seven steers averaging
1,360 lbs. selling for an average of
$74.26 with four simmental steers
averaging 1,354 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $77.
Delton M. Martin of Holstein,
consigned eighteen steers averaging
1,472 lbs. selling for an average of
$73.98 with four charolais steers
averaging 1,460 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $77.
Merlyn Farms of Holstein,
consigned ten steers averaging 1,395
lbs. selling for an average of $75.02
with three black steers averaging
1,287 lbs. selling for $75.50.
Jerryview Farms of Mildmay,
consigned eighteen steers averaging
1,392 lbs. selling for an average of
$73.17 with three red steers
averaging 1,562 lbs. selling to St.
Helen's Meat Packers for $75.25.
Geisel Cattle Co. of Elmira,
consigned twenty-seven steers
averaging 1,672 lbs. selling for an
average of $74.12 with four black
steers averaging 1,691 lbs. selling to
St. Helen's Meat Packers for $75.25.
Tom and Ernie Lobb of Clinton,
consigned four steers averaging
1,511 lbs. selling for an average of
$73.05 with one black steer
weighing 1,590 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $75.
Leonard and Andrew Black of
Proton Station, consigned twelve
steers averaging 1,544 lbs. selling
for an average of $74.30 with one
black steer weighing 1,540 lbs.
selling for $74.75.
There were 67 heifers on offer.
Brad Hern of Woodham, consigned
two heifers averaging 1,468 lbs.
selling for an average of $77.81 with
one white heifer weighing 1,425 lbs.
selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for $80.
Miriam Terpstra of Brussels,
consigned four heifers averaging
1,341 lbs. selling for an average of
$76.90 with one black heifer
weighing 1,330 lbs. selling to
Dominion Meat Packers for $79.50.
Ross Battin of Monkton, consigned
five charolais heifers averaging
1,323 lbs. selling to St. Helen's Meat
Packers for $76.75. Connell Farms
of Palmerston, consigned seventeen
heifers averaging 1,437 lbs. selling
for an average of $71.58 with three
black heifers averaging 1,487 lbs.
selling for $76.50.
Tom Hern of Woodham,
consigned seven heifers averaging
1,325 lbs. selling for an average of
$73.76 with five charolais heifers
averaging 1,300 lbs. selling for
$75.75. Alan Thornton of Gorrie,
consigned seven heifers averaging
1,238 lbs. selling for an average of
$74.86 with one black heifer
weighing 1,260 lbs. selling for
$75.50. Peter Nonkes of Blyth,
consigned three charolais heifers
averaging 1,250 lbs. selling for
$74.75.
There were 309 cows on offer.
Export types sold $35 to $43 with
sales to $44.50; beef cows, $35 to
$42 with sales to $48; D1 and D2,
$38 to $46; D3, $33 to $38; D4, $23
to $33. Jayne Gowing of Arthur,
consigned thirty cows averaging
1,287 lbs. selling for an average of
$40.57 with one red cow weighing
1,175 lbs. selling for $48. Tony and
Anita VanHittersum of Blyth,
consigned one holstein cow
averaging 1,850 lbs. selling for
$44.50. Barry Ostendorff of
Elmwood, consigned twenty cows
averaging 1,385 lbs. selling for an
average of $38.91 with five charolais
cows averaging 1,463 lbs. selling for
$43.50.
There were 21 bulls on offer
selling $45 to $51.50 with sales to
$60. Burton Hayes of Kincardine,
consigned one black bull weighing
1,560 lbs. selling for $52.50. Harvey
Clark of Atwood, consigned one
limousin bull weighing 1,990 lbs.
selling for $51.50.
There were 169 head of veal on
offer. Beef sold $100 to $115 with
sales to $120; heavy beef, $95 to
$110; good holstein, $80 to $90 with
sales to $91.50; medium holstein,
$70 to $80; heavy holstein, $75 to
$85.
Mike Durnin of Auburn,
consigned three veal averaging 767
lbs. selling for an average of $104.03
with one limousin heifer weighing
690 lbs. selling for $117. John
Martin of Lucknow, consigned five
veal averaging 797 lbs. selling for an
average of $109.34 with one
charolais heifer weighing 800 lbs.
selling for $113.50. Lamar Frey of
Listowel, consigned three veal
averaging 657 lbs. selling for
$116.97 with two limousin steers
weighing 653 lbs. selling for $119.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold $125 to
$199; 50 - 64 lbs., $158 to $228; 65
- 79 lbs., $146 to $222; 80 - 94 lbs.,
$150 to $175; 95 - 109 lbs., $146 to
$160; 110 lbs. and over, $116 to
$160.
Sheep sold $47 to $78 with sales
to $117.
Goats: kids sold $50 to $100 with
sales to $125 per head; nannies, $50
to $95; billies, $150 to $250 with
sales to $300 per head.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $86.50 to $127; 400 -
499 lbs., $89 to $124.50; 500 - 599
lbs., $94.50 to $113; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$85 to $114.75; 700 - 799 lbs., $86
to $104.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $72 to
$92; 900 - 999 lbs., $77 to $92.25;
1,000 lbs. and over, $82.25 to
$94.75.
Top quality stocker heifers under
300 lbs. sold $70 to $127; 300 - 399
lbs., $88.50 to $120; 400 - 499 lbs.,
$90 to $110; 500 - 599 lbs., $73 to
$110; 600 - 699 lbs., $70 to $100;
700 - 799 lbs., $70 to $89.50; 800 -
899 lbs., $74 to $90.75; 900 lbs. and
over, $74.25 to $90.25.
AgricultureBrussels Livestock report2,644 head of cattle on offer at salesPAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009.
Food banks are feeling the pinch
too, says a recently-released report
by the Ontario Association of Food
Banks.
Released earlier this month, the
report states that while hundreds of
thousands of Canadians have lost
their jobs in the past year, donations
to local food banks have gone down
significantly at a time when more
Canadians will be turning to food
banks for help.
The report came just before
Thanksgiving, which is a crucial
date on the food bank calendar.
Adam Spence, executive director
of the Ontario Association of Food
Banks says the results are a serious
concern.
“Ontario’s food banks are under
tremendous pressure due to grow-
ing unemployment, continually
increasing food prices and rising
demand.
The need for food bank services is
skyrocketing at a time when many
food banks are receiving fewer
corporate and individual donations,”
Spence said.
Because of this downturn, Ontario
food banks are issuing a call to
action to meet the immediate need of
hunger and to provide support to
Ontarians struggling through this
time.
The report has also called for
action from the provincial and
federal governments.
The report calls for a the
provincial government to create
an Ontario producer and process-
or donation tax credit in order
to provide an incentive for
food donations by local farmers
and processors and to remove
barriers to accessing social
assistance by measures such
as increasing restrictive asset
limits and allowing Ontarians
to collect OSAP and
social assistance at the same
time.
The Ontario Association of Food
Banks is a network of over 100 food
banks across the province.
For more information, visit the
association’s website at
www.oafb.ca
Food banks feel the pinch
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