C32—Lwcastw Farming, Saturday, Octobtr 4,1980
BLOOMSBURG - There
were 28 4-H steers and 23
lambs sold last Thursday
evening at the annual 4-H
Beef and Lamb Sale at the
Bloomsburg Fair.
The grand champion steer,
a 1115 pound Charolais
crossbred exhibited by
Barbara Crane of Danville,
sold for $1.35 a pound to W.
Dean Metzger of Winfield.
The contending bidder for
the champion steer was
Oscar Baumart, Herndon,
RD., who was the successful
bidder on the reserve
champion steer, a 1160 pound
Charolais.
The latter was exhibited
by Cris Nipple of Mt.
Pleasant Mills and sold for
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steer at Bloomsburg
Top
sells
for $1.35 per pound
82 cents a pound.
The champion lamb, sold
for $l.OO per pound to Oscar
Baumart
The 23 lambs sold had an
average weight of 99 pounds.
The first place lightweight
steer exhibited by John
Hartman, Danville, weighed
1025 pounds and sold to
Oscar Baumart for 82 cents
per pound.
The first place mid
dleweight steer, exhibited by
Brenda Moslock of Montour
County, weighed 1075 pounds
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Tunkhannock, for 82 cents
per pound.
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heavyweight steer, exhibited
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OIOANTIC
SKLECTION
IN
Lancaster
Farming's
CLASSIFIEDS
by Dave Hartman of Mon
tour County, sold to Oscar
Baumart for 76 cents per
pound.
The steers sold Thursday
evening have been under the
care of their 4-H member
owners for the past ten
months, having been pur
chased-by the members as
400 to 500 pound calves last
fall. The lambs were on feed
for a shorter period of time.
The auctioneer was Mark
Click.
Other buyers of 4-H Steers
were: Danville Cattle
Company, Danville RD4;
the
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