A3t—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 25,1910
Lancaster beef producers
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the kill floor, the rate is even
better...lo4 cattle killed per
hour.
Ninety percent of the
cattle slaughtered at
MOPAC are sold as boxed
beef, with only about 200
head a day sold as car
casses. The boxed meat is
shipped primarily up and
down the East Coast in
Moyer’s own fleet of trucks.
Handling close to 1000
head of cattle each day, five
days a week, enlists the help
of a lot of employees.
MOPAC currently has about
700 full-time employees on
the payroll, from buyers, to
boners, to truckers.
MOPAC’s Vice-President
Michael Silverberg
reminded the beef producers
they “can’t feed cattle the
way their grandfathers did,
just as meat packers can’t
process meat the same as
Barb Herr shows top lamb
NEW HOLLAND - The
grand champion of the
Grassland FFA Market
Lamb Sale, shown by
Barbara Herr, brought $1 a
pound at the first such event
held at the New Holland
Sales Stables on Thursday.
The reserve grand
champion, shown by Carolyn
Witmer, brought 77 cents.
Both animals were pur
chased by the Sales Stables.
Entries in the show were
judged at the school on
Wednesday evening. This
marked ti.a first time that a
special sale was scheduled
and plans call for the event
to be continued in future
years.
Twenty head, just over a
ton of lambs, were sold at an
average price of 73.75 a
hundredweight. The animals
averaged 102 lbs.
Other show placings,
beginning with third,
exhibitors, weight of entries
and price include:
Margaret Herr, 105 lbs., 69
cents; Kirsten Homing, 110,
72 cents; Margaret Herr, 85,,
73 cents; Wanda Steffy, 120,
67 cents; Darlene Homing,
105, 72 cents; Mana Lorah,
110, 71 cents; Mana Lorah,
100, 73 cents; Margaret
Herr, 95, 73 cents; Kirsten
Homing, 115,74 cents.
Also, Caro’vn Witmer, 120,
71 cents; Carolyn Witmer,
115.71 cents; Deb Martin. 95,
PUBLIC SALE
Valuable Dairy Farm
Along New Danville Pike, 2 miles south of
New Danville, 1 mile north of Conestoga center,
5 miles southwest of Lancaster, 3 miles west of
Willow Street.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29
12:30 P.M.
App. 82 acres of land with 3 acres of woodland, 64
acres of tillable Chester Loam soil. Large bank bam
app. 56x100 w/slate roof and 26 stanchions. 16x60 stave
silo. Can accommodate 10 acres tobacco. 16x18 milk
house w/500 gal. Dan-Kool milk tank. 14 HP diesel goes
with farm.
2% story stone & frame dwelling. 7 rooms w/1%
baths and full basement. 2 never failing wells. Road
fronting on 3 sides of farm.
Terms by,
JACOB S. CLICK
Everett Kreider
Steve Petersheim, Aucts.
717-786-1545
Property can be inspected Oct. 1 and Nov. 15 between
12:0043:30.
Terms 10% down. BaL April 1,1981.
their ancestors did.”
Silverberg stressed the
fact that the packer can’t use
overfat cattle in box meat
plants. “The consumer won’t
use them. And we can’t
throw $1 a pound fat away.”
Another area of concern
for packers, said Silverberg,
is the increasing problem of
going out of state for beef.
He told the local beef feeders'
that Moyer Packing has
more capacity than their
present run of about 1000
head a day.
He encouraged the beef
producers to be careful when
they market their cattle -
spread the marketing out by
feeding different weight
cattle.
Concerning the price paid
for beef on the hoof by the
packer, Silverberg ex
plained the workings of an
intricate supply/demand
ratio. He noted the price of
Top two lambs at Grassland FFA sale, both
purchased by New Holland Sales Stables, include
grand champion, right, shown by Barbara Herr;
and reserve grand champion, shown by Carolyn
Witmer.
75 cents; Barry Martin, 100,
71 cents; Wanda Steffy, 100,
74 cents; Barb Martin, two
at 85 lbs., 72 and 73 cents;
Loretta Chsham, 85, 74
beef depends on the price of
chicken and pork, the
amount of money consumers
have to spend, and the type
of cattle being marketed.
“When cattle are leaner,
the prices are higher,” he
said. He added that Moyer
Packing prefers crossbred
steers to the old-fashioned
boxy English breeds because
crossbreds don’t get overfat.
“Cross with something,”
Silverberg advised,
“because crossbreds have a
better lean to fat ratio and I
understand they gain bet
ter.”
In closing, Silverberg
wrapped up the tour of
Moyer Packing’s Souderton
Plant by telling the beef
producers that it only takes a
minimum of four days for
cattle that are bought by
Moyer to be on the shelf in
numerous chain stores for
consumers to buy.
cents; Carolyn Witmer, 100,
73'cents.
HOLSTEIN DAIRY
CATTLE AUCTION
57 HEAD
THURSDAY, NOV. 6,1980
10:30 A.M.
Between Oley & Boyertown, two blocks east of
the village of Pleasantville, turn North onto
Hoch Rd. off Rt. 73 to Ist. lane right, Berks Co.,
Pa.
COWS: 55 Hoi. Milch cows of which 10 are purebreds,
remainder are grades, lot of close springers & fresh,
bloodlines include Tunkhannock Elevation Crystal,
Inmckie Dixie Marksman, Bucksbndge Grand
Apostle, Maki Acres Shamrock Lucy, Rockman Belle,
Commander Serena & others.
BULL: a purebred bull sired by elevation out of
Astronaut & yr. old grade bull.
NOTE: Cattle have been TB and Bangs tested within
last 30 days, eligible for interstate shipment. These
cattle show a lot of type & qualities to match.
Terms: Cash or check Refreshments served
Ordered by
KEVIN L HERTZOG
R.D. #2
Oley, Pa. 19547
(215)987-3700
Conducted by
Ralph W. Zettlemoyer Auction Co. Inc.
(215)395-8084
Then it was back on the
bus and on to .Berks County
where the beef producers
toured the farm of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Eyrich, near
Oley, along with the
operation of the Robert
Heffner family, near
Fleetwood.
The Eynchs feed out
around 1600 head of cattle a
year, running mostly Angus,
Angus Hereford crosses, and
Charolais steers.
They raise around 1000
acres of corn, for silage and
grain, along with some
barley and a little hay. The
crops are then fed to the
cattle with the addition of
urea and limestone to the
corn silage, and protein and
trace mineralized salt added
to the ground corn.
“When the cattle are first
brought in,” said daughter
Doris Lorah, “we feed them
haylage for a few days.
They’re vaccinated and
wormed the first day they
are here.”
She pointed out their
feeding program does not
include implanting or
feeding Rumensin because
the cattle are generally
heavy when they’re brought
in.
While the cattlemen
strolled around the feedlot,
Lorah explained how the
cattle are bedded, usually on
corn fodder that is made into
3 ton stacks. The manure is
allowed to build up and the
pack is cleaned out with
bulldozers after the cattle
are moved out.
The touring beef
producers them moved out
for the Heffner farms, where
feedlot operations were
compared (especially the
sizes and styles of silos were
scrutenized).
Heffner feeds roughly
1000 head of steers each year
and farms about 700 Berks
County acres.
Said Heffner, “I buy any
weight of cattle, any place I
can find them.” Some of the
750 head presently at the
farm were shipped in from
Nebraska.
The Heffner setup also
featured a metal pole barn,
with one personal
modification. Heffner added
wooden siding to three sides
of the building.
“In the winter time, you
can walk within three feet of
the sides and the wind is
stopped like snowfence stops
snow,” said Heffner. He
through the plant at the rate of 90 cattle an hour.
added, that in the summer he beef producers commented
had to open the siding to let that going on the tom' helped
more air through. For them look at their own setup
bedding, Heffner uses corn m new ways. AU-m-all, it
stalks and sawdust - spread was a day of learning and
with a manure spreader comradeship, sharing ideas
when it goes in and out. and frustrations as part of
New ideas? Some of the the beef industry.-SM
OCTOBER SPECIAL
DAIRY SALE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
11:30 A.M. SHARP
Sate held at the Jack Wood farm, located on
Taylor Valley Rd. Three miles west of Cin
cinnatus off Rt. 26. Watch for auction arrows.
110 Registered & Grade Cattle 110
10 registered Brown Swiss and open heifers from Otis
Young, East Homer, NY. 13 young cows, 7 recently
fresh and 6 heavy m calf to C-Lill Standout Calvileer,
+1556M +34F (+1.19 PDT). Sires include Collins
Crest, Sunshine Chief, Arbar Triune Challenge,
Simpsons Apostle, Heindei KC Kirk Jupiter, Penn
State Stardust, Harrisburg Gay Ideal and Arlinda
Jewel Dynamo. Several have DHIA records over 16,000
lbs. and 305 d as 2 yr. olds.
From Malcolm Young, East Homer, NY, 2 young
registered cows, 1 classified VG with DHIA records of
21,022 M 777 F in 357 d due to calf Nov. 15 to Kime Farms
Astronaut Lewis. The other a 3 yr. old due 11*23 to
Chapel Bank Apachee. Also 10 mo. old bull calf sired by
Poverty Hollow Milestone, +1342M +I7F (+1.53 PDT)
from VG dam 16,700 M 300 days, 2nd and 3rd dams both
over 100,000.
From Phil Satridan, Oxford, NY. A registered Penn
State Stardust daughter to Bold C on Oct. 26.
From Bernard Potter, Truxton, NY, bred heifer by
Limestone Standout Strethon, due to calf early Nov. to
Long Haven Imperial Knight, +6B9M +3SF (+1.26
PDT), 4 yr. old cow with 2 records over 550 F. Also due
in Nov. to a Bold C daughter with 554 F at 3 yrs., due to
Busy Acres Lmdy about sale time. Also selling a
registered 4 yr. old by Puget Sound Highmark with
542 F in 294 d last year due sale day to Arlinda Com
mander +1207M +46F (+.l PDT). A fresh 2 yr. old by
Semrads R Maple Jupiter from cow that made 2 yr.
305 d 18,369 M 550 F 3-10 304 d 25,803 M 704 F. A bred heifer
by Better Way Astro Joe Keen, due in Nov. 10 to
Diamond F. Elevation Poncho. Another bred heifer by
Willow Glen Rockman Ivanhoe due in January to Glen-
Cal Matchless Monitor+ls7BM+33F (+.53 PDT).
Many other good Holstein bred heifers and as a
special feature 10 Brown Swiss, open yearling heifers
from Lloyd Schutt at Dryden, NY. 3 are registered. All
by good A 1 sires including White Cloud Doreen’s
Delegate. Johann Justin D and Line Vine Valley
Pavanne-Lu Anson.
Don Marsh, Harford, NY, sends 12 head of cattle,
springing close or strictly fresh plus 1 service bull bom
Oct. 14,1979. Sired by Kimmich Farms Glendell Chief.
Manager’s Note - This is a good selection of good
registered and grade young dairy cattle. Make plans to
attend this sale, all cattle blood and TB tested. Ship
ping fever and ready for shipment day of sale. Free
cider and doughnuts.
Terms • Casta or good check, lunch available.
lack Wood’s Livestock ft Auction Service
Sale Managers
Cincinnatus, NY 13040
607-863-4141