D2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980
Polled Herefords top tested
STATE COLLEGE -
Polled Herefords were the
top selling bulls m Penn
State’s Seventh Per
formance Tested Bull Sale.
The top selling bull was
consigned by Falkland
Farms, Schellsburg, Bed
ford County. An Enforcer
son, this bull had an average
daily gam of 3.96 pounds. His
adjusted 365 day weight was
1,122 pounds, his frame score
was rated five and his fat
thickness was 0.37 inches.
The top bull sold to Roy
Hunt, Portersville,
Lawrence County for $5075.
Ralph and Mary Strouse of
State College bought the
Ephrata Junior Ag Club
enjoys Tioga t
Members of the /ata Junior Hi). Ag jb traveled to /oga Com
recently on a trip financed with funds raised in a safety sales program and EJHS
magazine campaign. The group used a van and hauled their gear in a trailer.
Shown front from left are: John Schnupp, Tom High, Kathy Gertler, Steve
Martin, Ronald Weaver and Steve Fox. Back row from left: Harold Eckert,
chaperone and host: Dean Saylor, Tammy Griffith, Merle Martin, Jeff Martin,
Russell Ackley and Chuck Nuse.
second highest selling bull
for $4OOO. This bull was
consigned by James
Ellenberger of Kittanning,
Armstrong County.
Despite the typical Penn
State weather, a crowd of
approximately 450 people
attended the annual sale
held at the Meat Animal
Evaluation Center at the
university
Sixty bulls graduated from
the test station and sold for
an average price of $1366 Of
the sixty bulls, eight were
Simmentals, selling for an
average of $1428; eighteen
Polled Herefords sold for an
average of $1739; seven
Charolais brought $1443 on
the average; one Limousin
bull sold for $1175, and
twenty-six Angus averaged
$lOB2.
The top selling Simmental
was consigned by Norman
Hughs of Landenberg,
Chester County. Glenn
Arnold of Waynesburg,
Greene County bought the
bull for $1975.
Metro Temchak,
Bellefonte, Centre County,
purchased the high selling
Charolais bull, consigned by
Raymond Bratton, Mc-
Veytown, Mifflin County.
This bull sold for $lBOO.
Of the Angus bulls, Sam
bull sale
Wyhe, Nottingham, Chester
County decided he liked his
bull so much he’d buy him
and take him along back
home for his cows. He
consigned and sold the bull
to himself for $3400.
The Limousin bull was
consigned by Joseph Hlatky,
Manns Choice, Bedford
County, and sold to Lloyd L.
Reaver, Gettysburg, Adams
County.
Bull nominations for the
1981 Performance Testing
program will be open from
May through August 31,1980.
Bulls born between October
1, 1979 and April 15,1980 will
go on test from the end of
September 1980 through
March 1981, with the sale set
for the last Friday of March.
For further information
and nomination ap
plications, contact Robert
Kimble, director of the Meat
Animal Evaluation Center,
651 Fox Hollow Road, State
College, PA 16801.
The performance bull test
and sale are sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture in
cooperation with Penn State
and the Pa. Cattlemen’s
Association.
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