The Times Advocate, 2008-01-30, Page 1212 Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Agricu ltu re
Lambs in demand sell high
For the week ending Jan. 24,
2008.
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Total Receipts,
1859 head of cattle, 256 lambs and goats
Summary
Tuesday
Fed steers and heifers sold on a strong
active trade. Choice steers and heifers sold 80
- 84 with sales to 91.25. Second cut sold 75 -
79. Cows sold sharply higher.
Thursday
Veal sold $2 - $3 higher. Lambs sold very
high with a good demand, Sheep and goats
sold on a steady marker.
Friday
Calves sold $5 - $8 higher and yearlings
sold on a strong active trade.
Steers
There were 505 steers on offer.
Walter Riddell of Granton consigned 15
steers averaging 1456 lbs. selling for an aver-
age of 83.42 with two red steers averaging
1408 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for 88.50.
DM McAlpine Farms of Ailsa Craig con-
signed 41 steers averaging 1440 lbs. selling
for an average of 83.46 with seven blk steers
averaging 1419 lbs. selling for 84.35.
Bruce Ross of St Marys consigned three
steers averaging 1383 lbs. selling for an aver-
age of 80.26 with one roan steer weighing
1325 lbs. selling for 84.25.
Burnett Farms of Denfield consigned four
steers averaging 1431 lbs. selling for an aver-
age of 83.30 with one limo steer weighing
1355 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers
for 84.25.
Neil Edgar of Wingham consigned 10 steers
averaging 1475 lbs. selling for an average of
82.48 with six blk steers averaging 1459 lbs.
selling to Norwich Packers for 84.
Andrew Mitchell of Listowel consigned 28
steers averaging 1509 lbs. selling for an aver-
age of 81.10 with one roan steer weighing
1515 lbs. selling to Dominion Meat Packers
for 83.50.
Geisel Cattle Co. of Elmira consigned 48
steers averaging 1620 lbs. selling for an aver-
age of 78.33 with six char steers averaging
1502 lbs. selling to Holly Park Meat Packers
for 83.
Heifers
There were 292 heifers on offer.
Ross Baird of Wingham consigned three
heifers averaging 1435 lbs. selling for an
average of 85.92 with one roan heifer weigh-
ing 1360 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for
91.25.
M -R Farms of Exeter consigned three
heifers averaging 1476 lbs. selling for an
average of 81.40 with one limo
heifer weighing 1390 lbs. selling to
Norwich Packers for 85.
Steven Haney of Seaforth con-
signed one blk heifer weighing 1400
lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for
84.25.
Andy VanderVeen of Blyth con-
signed eight heifers averaging 1419
lbs. selling for an average of 81.84
with one Red heifer weighing 1370
lbs. selling to Norwich Packers for
83.75.
Matin Metske of Lucknow con-
signed 24 heifers averaging 1360
lbs. selling for an average of 83.06
with 12 blk heifers averaging 1391
lbs, selling to Norwich Packers for
83.60.
Arandview Farms of Atwood con-
signed 12 heifers averaging 1351
lbs. selling for an average of 81.50
with two blonde heifers averaging
1213 lbs. selling for 83.
Hank Huigenbos of Wingham con-
signed three heifers averaging 1323
lbs. selling for an average of 82.23
with two limo heifers averaging
1300 lbs. selling to Norwich Packers
for 82.75.
Cows
There were 206 cows on offer.
Beef Cows 33-36
D1 & D2 31-33
D3 31-33
D4 28-31
Groenberg Farms of Lucknow consigned
five cows averaging 1389 lbs. selling for an
average of 49.32 with one hol cow weighing
1425 lbs. selling for 54.
Tony and Anita Van Hittersum of Blyth con-
signed four cows averaging 1449 lbs. selling
for an average of 45.77 with one hol cow
weighing 1275 lbs. selling for 51.50.
Bulls
There were 13 bulls on offer 39 - 53.
William DeBoer of Lucknow consigned one
hol bull weighing 1165 lbs. selling for 53.
Mike VerHoog of Centralia consigned one
hol bull weighing 1710 lbs. selling for 52.50.
Veal
There were 159 head of veal on offer.
Beef 80-110 sales to 116.
Good Holstein 80-90 sales to 95
Medium Holstein 70-80
Plain & Heavy Holstein Plain 55-65, Good
heavy 70-80 sales to 85.
Kelly O'Neil of Denfield consigned nine veal
averaging 697 lbs. selling for an average of
78.55 with one Belgium blue steer weighing
655 lbs. selling for 110.
Lambs:
under 50 lbs. 110-195
50 - 65 lbs. 207-250
65 - 80 lbs. 185-225
80 - 95 lbs. 156-179
95 - 110 lbs. 149-157
110 lbs. and over N/A
Sheep
32-90
Goats
Kids - $70-$80, Nannies $70-$100, Billies -
$250-$320
Top Quality Stocker Steers
under 400 lbs. 102-124
400 - 500 lbs. 105-118
500 - 600 lbs. 94-120
600 - 700 lbs. 93.50-120
700 - 800 lbs. 82-96
800 - 900 lbs. 72.50-92.50
900 - 1000 lbs. 86.50-87.25
over 1000 lbs. 78.50-89
Top Quality Stocker Heifers
under 300 lbs. N/A
300 - 400 lbs. 85-122
400 - 500 lbs. 92-111
500 - 600 lbs. 82-100
600 - 700 lbs. 78-93
700 - 800 lbs. 77.50-91
800 - 900 lbs. 84.50-88.50
over 900 lbs. 77-85.75
Denfield Livestock
Sales
Denfield Livestock Market
Report for Tues., Jan. 22.
The market at Denfield
Livestock sales traded on a
strong demand at prices $2 -
$3 higher from the weekend
close on all classes of fed cattle
with fancy cattle selling at pre-
mium prices. American orders
were very active at strong
prices. Cows traded active at
prices $2 higher. A good offer-
ing of holstein bull calves trad-
ed steady.
Todd Charlton, Denfield sold
11 heifers average weight
1299 average price 82.66 to a
high of 85 purchased by
Norwich Packers.
Jim Scott, Lucan sold 11
heifers average weight 1347
average price 83.59.
Ralph Pool, Wyoming sold 14
head average weight 1361
average price 83.51.
Dunbar Cox, Strathroy sold
three heifers average weight
1355 average price 83.90.
George Langford, Kerwood
sold 44 heifers average weight
1419 average price 82.57 with
sales to 85.
Jim Thompson, Ailsa Craig
sold a limousine bull weighing
2150 at $50 purchased by
Ralph Bos Meats Strathroy.
Choice steers 82 - 86, good
steers 78 - 82, Plain steers 65 -
70, Choice exotic cross heifers
82 - 85, Good heifers 78 - 82,
Plain heifers 65 - 70, Good fed
cows 40 - 50, D1 & D2 cows 36
- 41, D3 & D4 cows 25 - 30,
Shells 15 - 25, Good beef bulls
40 - 50, Good holstein bulls 35
- 40, Good holstein bull calves
$75 - $160.
TIMES -ADVOCATE
Healthv beef promoted
CALGARY - The Government of
Canada is investing $305,792
towards bringing to the marketplace
Canadian beef enhanced with bioac-
tive lipids considered to be beneficial
to human health.
The announcement was made
recently by James Bezan, Member
of Parliament for Selkirk -Interlake,
on behalf of the Honourable Gerry
Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and
Agri -Food and Minister for the
Canadian Wheat Board.
This Canadian Cattlemen's
Association (CCA) led project will
focus on the development of a
strategic business plan for a com-
mercialization pilot program featur-
ing beef containing beneficial fatty
acids.
These fatty acids, such as Omega 3
and Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA),
are known to help reduce the risk of
heart disease, cancer, diabetes and
obesity.
This is an essential first step in
taking on the challenge of establish-
ing bioactive lipid -enriched beef as a
successful food product in Canada,
much in the same way egg produc-
ers have developed and marketed
Omega 3 eggs.
In addition to Agriculture and
Agri -Food Canada (AAFC) funds, the
project will receive an estimated
$96,000 of in-kind contributions
through industry stakeholders.
The project involves all the key
players from the beef industry value
chain to ensure the most effective
and successful production, process-
ing and marketing of biolipid
enriched beef onto the consumer's
plate.
$600 million invested
OTTAWA - The Honourable
Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture
and Agri -Food and Minister for the
Canadian Wheat Board, announced
recently how $600 million in federal
kickstart funds will be delivered
through business risk management
programs.
The new programs are moving
forward under Growing Forward,
the new policy framework for
Canada's agriculture, agri-food and
agri-based products industry and
include:
• Agrilnvest farmer accounts;
• AgriStability, an improved mar-
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• Agrilnsurance, which includes
crop insurance and production
insurance and is being expanded to
include more commodities;
• AgriRecovery, a new disaster
relief framework.
With agreements now in place to
implement the new suite, $600 mil-
lion in federal funds to kickstart new
Agrilnvest accounts is on the way to
farmers.
With this announcement, the fed-
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through on a $1 billion commitment
to improve farm financial programs.
Close to $400 million has already
been delivered to farmers through a
direct payment to address high pro-
duction costs.
The Canadian Agricultural Income
Stabilization (CAIS) program has
been replaced with a new suite of
business risk management pro-
grams which has been developed
based on input from farmers.
Most farmers automatically
receive a letter with information on
their share of the $600 million.
For others, applications are avail-
able on the program web site or by
calling 1-866-367-8506.
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