Market News
Total receipts for Brussels Livestock for the week ending Jan. 22 were 1,875 cattle and 341 lambs and goats.
On Tuesday, fed steers and heifers sold actively with steady prices. Choice steers and heifers sold $130 to $140 with sales to $142. Second-cut cattle sold $122 to $130. Aged and medium-fed steers and heifers sold $105 to $125. Holstein steers and heifers sold $78 to $105. Cows sold on an active trade with prices $3 to $5 higher.
On Thursday, veal sold easier than last week’s higher sale. Lambs sold steady. Sheep sold barely steady and goats sold steady.
On Friday, calves sold on a strong active trade with prices $3 to $5 higher. Yearlings sold actively with steady prices.
Matthew Bros. Farms of Durham, consigned 17 head. Five black steers averaged 1,656 lbs. and sold for an average price of $138.75.
Connell Farms Inc. of Palmerston, consigned 12 head. Four simmental heifers averaged 1,514 lbs. and sold for an average price of $139.75.
There were 450 cows on offer. Beef sold $64 to $70 with sales to $98; good holstein cows, $64 to $72 with sales to $92; medium holstein cows, $54 to $57 and D4 cows, $48 to $53.
There were 130 head of veal on offer. Beef veal sold $165 to $198 with sales to $205; good holsteins, $128 to $138 with sales to $140; SL heavy holsteins, $115 to $125; heavy holsteins, $105 to $125; medium holsteins, $112 to $130; plain holsteins, $85 to $110.
Reuben S. Martin of Wallenstein, consigned eight head. One charolais heifer weighed 835 lbs. and sold for a price of $203. Dan Langerwerf of Parkhill, consigned two head. One holstein steer weighed 710 lbs. and sold for a price of $137.
Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $425 to $440; 65 - 79 lbs., $408 to $424; 80 - 94 lbs., $345.50 to $361; 95 - 109 lbs., $308 to $325; 110 lbs. and over, $281 to $315.
Sheep sold $200 to $320.
Goats: billies sold $150 to $350; nannies, $150 to $250; kids: meat, $425 to $435; dairy, $300 to $410.
Darren Durand of Hensall, consigned five head. One kid goat weighed 73 lbs. and sold for an average price of $435. Abraham H. Hoover, consigned 10 head. Four lambs averaged 76 lbs. and sold for an average price of $413.
Top quality stocker steers under 400 lbs. sold $262 to $267; 400 - 499 lbs., $224.50 to $246; 500 - 599 lbs., $227 to $241; 600 - 699 lbs., $203.50 to $226; 700 - 799 lbs., $188 to $211; 800 - 899 lbs., $178.50 to $192; 900 - 999 lbs., $176.50 to $184; 1,000 lbs and over, $164 to $178.
Top quality stocker heifers, 400 - 499 lbs. sold $177 to $206; 500 - 599 lbs., $180 to $203; 600 - 699 lbs., $173 to $180; 700 - 799 lbs., $170.50 to $179.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $146.50 to $162; 900 lbs. and over, $142.50 to $170.
Camero Farms Ltd. of Wingham, consigned 43 head. Eight charolais steers averaged 666 lbs. and sold for an average price of $220. Fourteen charolais heifers averaged 703 lbs. and sold for an average price of $179.50.
Murray Burkhart of Wallenstein, consigned 50 head. Fifteen charolais heifers averaged 528 lbs. and sold for an average price of $190. Fourteen charolais steers averaged 550 lbs. and sold for an average price of $241.
Groenberg Farms of Lucknow, consigned 24 head. Ten charolais steers averaged 827 lbs. and sold for an average price of $188.