Diane Howe of Chester County leads her 965 pound An
gus in the sales ring at the Lancaster Stock Yards Wednes
day during bidding. The animal, which was third overall
in the Southeast District 4-H Baby Beef Show and second in
Angus competition, was bought by Dutch Wonderland for
40 cents per pound.
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Annual District 4-H Beef Show Held
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baker, 2418 Harrisburg Pike,
Lancaster, had the Shoi thorn
champion, Diane Myers of Dau
phin County had the only
Charolais crossbred entry.
Price Statistics
In the sale, sponsored by the
Lancaster Livestock Exchange
and the Union Stock Yards,
prices paid for steei s aveiaged
several cents pei pound above a
sagging slaughter steer market
At $1 per pound for the cham
pion, the price was far below
the recoid $2 per pound paid in
1945 and last yeai’s $1 30
averages, however, were higher
Both the top prices and the
averages, howevr, were highei
than might have been anticipat
ed in light of the overall mar
ket, one veteran cattleman said
The 100 4-H animals, includ
ing champion and reserve cham
pion, brought $33,256. Without
champions, the price was $31,-
631.
The average price with cham
pions this year was 34.78 cents
per pound and it was 33 85
cents per pound without cham
pions.
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FEEDS FROM
Walter Binkley & Son
Lititz
Brown & Rea, Inc.
Atglen
Elverson Supply Co.
Elverson
L. T. Geib Estate
Manheim
I. B. Graybill & Son
Strasburg
E. Musser Heisey & Son
R D #2, Mt Joy, Pa,
Heistond Bros.
Elizabethtown
Red Rose Farm
Service, Inc.
N. Church St, Quarryville
Musser Forms, Inc.
Columbia
Musser's Mill
The Buck
David B. Hurst
Bowmansville
G. R. Mitchell, Inc.
Refton, Pa,
Mountviile Feed Service
Mountviile
Chas. E. Sauder & Sons
Terre Hill
Ammon E. Shelly
Lititz
E. P. Spotts, Inc.
Honey Brook
H. M. Stauffer & Sons,
Inc.
Witmer
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12,1970
The 100 head weighed a total
of 95,620 pounds, or a 956 pound
average with the top two steers
Without the top two animals,
the weight average was 934
pounds
Annual Intell Calf
Just before the sale slaited
Wednesday afternoon, the an
nual Intelligence! Journal calf
was awaided to Miss Ida Mae
Reiff, 17, daughter of Mr and
Mis Ivan Reiff. Lititz RDI She
received the animal for being
judged the top showman Tues
day
The calf was a 580 pound
Chaiolais-Angus ciossbied fiom
the Kanmoi Chaiolais Faims,
Hawthorne, Pa
Miss Reiff piomptly named
the new steei ‘ Max” because
Max Smith, Lancaster County
agucultural agent, “picked him
out ”
In explaining why she won
the award with her well-be
haved steer, she said, “I walk
ed him and set him up about
half an hour a day, depending
on the weather I always set
him up when I worked with
him I was surprised that some
Ida Mae Reiff
She Won a Steer
of the kids here don’t do that ”
National Central Bank of
Lancaster again purchased a
steer for donation to the annual
4-H Baby Beef Banquet
A total of 90 buyeis purchas
ed the 100 head offered.
Timothy Good, Lititz RD2, displays the reserve cham
pion trophy he won with his 1,090 pound Hereford at the
Southeast District 4-H Baby Beef Show Wednesday at Lan
caster Stock Yards. The animal was bought for Watt &
Shand Department Store for 50 cents per pound.
The Purchasers
Besides buyei s of the top ani
mals, the following Lancaster
County firms and individuals
purchased animals
Whitfoid Sales, Penn Jeisey
Hai vestore Systems, Inc;
Chailes Poore, Agway, Inc;
Ameucan Testing Laboi atones,
Inc, Arnolds Gauge, Aim
stiong Coik Co
Associated Seivices Bomber
geis Stoie, Bell Telephone Co;
Herman Purdy
Commenting on Animals
Bunting Oil Co, Dagen Super
Market, Denvei Meats, Inc
Chailes Diller, Watch Service;
Daimstaetters
Walter M Dunlap & Sons,
Inc, Commonwealth National
Bank; Espenshade Meat Mar
ket, John W Eshelman & Sons;
Erb Bros Service Station, Inc ;
Jeff Durkota, Brubaker Motors.'
Fiey Bros; Fulton National
Bank, Farmers National Bank
of Lititz, Fred F Gioff, Inc;
Hemy Groff. Gap Locker;
Grubb Supply Co, R E Her
shey Quality Meat, S L Heil
bion & Sons; A H Hoffman.
Seeds, A B Hollinger & Son,
Inc
Hollrngeis Food Market, John
J Hoobers Feeds, Inc Hess
Food Market, Lancaster County
Farm Diner; Leisiue Lanes of
Lancaster; Longeneckers Farm
Supply, Kunzler & Co Inc, A.
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