Market News

 

Total receipts for Brussels Livestock for the week ending Nov. 20 were 2,158 cattle and 377 lambs and goats.

On Tuesday, fed steers and heifers sold on an active market with prices $2 to $3 higher. Choice steers and heifers sold $135 to $142 with sales to $143. Second-cut steers and heifers sold $128 to $135. Aged and medium steers and heifers sold $110 to $125. Cows sold actively with strong prices. On Thursday, veal sold actively with slightly higher prices. Lambs, sheep and goats all sold higher. On Friday, calves and yearlings sold on a strong active trade with fully steady prices.

Southlore Farms Inc. of Palmerston, consigned 12 head. One limousin heifer weighed 1,365 lbs. and sold for a price of $141. 
L & A Black of Proton Station, consigned 11 head. Five gold steers averaged 1,527 lbs. and sold for an average price of $143.
There were 300 cows on offer. Beef sold $65 to $80 with sales to $110; good holstein cows, $70 to $76 with sales to $81; medium holstein cows, $64 to $69.

Gerald Becker of Ayton consigned five head. One limousin cow weighed 1,525 lbs. and sold for a price of $100.
There were nine bulls selling $87.50 to $119. 

Country Side Feeders of Hanover, consigned two head. One charolais bull weighed 2,010 lbs. and sold for a price of $119.
There were 140 head of veal on offer.

Beef veal sold $165 to $200 with sales to $208; good holsteins, $136 to $145 with sales to $146; SL heavy holsteins, $125 to $138; heavy holsteins, $110 to $125; medium holsteins, $115 to $126; plain holsteins, $90 to $105.

Reuben S. Martin of Wallenstein, consigned six head. One pied steer weighed 900 lbs. and sold for a price of $208.
Larry Graul of Walkerton, consigned five head. One holstein steer weighed 725 lbs. and sold for a price of $146.

Lambs, 50 - 64 lbs. sold $323.75 to $450; 65 - 79 lbs., $371.50 to $410; 80 - 94 lbs., $291.50 to $325; 95 - 109 lbs., $280.50 to $287; 110 lbs. and over, $265 to $270.

Sheep sold $200 to $350.

Goats: billies sold $150 to $350; nannies, $100 to $250; kids: meat, $370 to $410; dairy, $300 to $375.

Gordon Walker of Glenco, consigned two head. One lamb weighed 64 lbs. and sold for an average price of $450.

Andreas and Petra Aeberhardj of Neustadt, consigned 21 head. Ten lambs averaged 67 lbs. and sold for an average price of $404.

Top quality stocker steers under 400 lbs. sold $245.50 to $270; 400 - 499 lbs., $237 to $257.50; 500 - 599 lbs., $212 to $235.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $209 to $217; 700 - 799 lbs., $192.50 to $198.25; 800 - 899 lbs., $191.50 to $197; 900 - 999 lbs., $187 to $193; 1,000 lbs. and over, $169.50 to $178.

Top quality stocker heifers, 400 - 499 lbs. sold $186.75 to $216; 500 - 599 lbs., $191.72 to $211; 600 - 699 lbs., $185.50 to $208; 700 - 799 lbs., $181.50 to $187; 800 - 899 lbs., $175 to $177.75; 900 lbs. and over, $161.50 to $173.

Brad Patterson of Dobbington, consigned 138 head. Twelve charolais heifers averaged 925 lbs. and sold for an average price of $173.

Carl Killeen of Pakenham, consigned 58 head. Seventeen charolais steers averaged 824 lbs. and sold for an average price of $194.
Dan and Doug McComb of Chatsworth, consigned 91 head. Nineteen black steers averaged 719 lbs. and sold for an average price of $198.25.