A34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 18,1981
Ram sale record
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after auctioneer Rollie Rosen
boom’s gavel fell.
Calling for bids, the lamb’s price
quickly jumped into the thousands
of dollars. And, one by one,
Rosenboom entreated the two
bidders to “go one more.’’ As this
piece by piece bidding slowly
moved into the ‘2os’, then ‘3os’, a
murmured chuckle could be heard
from the crowd of buyers and
consignors.
“If that’s the way we have to do
it, we will,” announced the auc
tioneer, and the crowd grew in
tensely silent. All eyes were on the
two contending bidders, watching
the nods as another hundred was
added to the price tag.
All the while Culham knealt next
to the ram lamb, keeping him set
up to perfection for the future
buyer’s eye. Even when the bid
ding stalled at $4,700, Culham and
the ram kept cooL
After several entreaties from
Rosenboom, the contending bidder
gave in and went another hundred.
Then, m rapid succession that was
hard to keep up with, the bidding
jumped to $6,000. That was too
much for the contending bidder
who dropped out of the race.
When the auctioneer sounded the
final call, Eberts became the new
owner of Lot 532. He noted this ram
is the “nght breeding and fits my
bloodlines”, pointing out his sire,
Quasar, is from the Big Joe and
Olsen breeding. “He should have
been champion,” claimed Eberts.
What was Culham’s reaction to
this high-priced demand for Jus
ram? grateful disbelief.
“I would have been thrilled with
$2,000,” he laughed. “It would have
been fine with me even if the
bidding had stopped at $4,700.
“Auctions are crazy. You just
never know, do you? If I had asked
those two guys for a price of $6,000
before the sale, they would have
walked away laughing. ’ ’
Culham, who has been raising
sheep since he was 9-years-old and
now owns 90 registered Suffolks
and 300 commercial ewes, said this
is "undoubtedly” the highest price
he’s ever received for a lamb,
especially a third place one.
Commenting on the lambs show
placing, Culham said, “He got
ripped off.”
The supreme champion ram of
the Keystone Sale show brought
the second top price at Saturday’s
sale. Half interest in this Cheviot
ram, consigned by Robert and
Edith Kelley of Skowhegan, Maine,
sold for $1,200 to Martin Brothers
of Willard, Ohio.
The supreme champion ewe, a
Hampshire junior ewe lamb
consigned by Gillespie Sheep Co. ot
Fulton, Missouri, sold to Judy
Harwood, lonia, Missouri, for $7OO.
The grand champion Dorset ewe,
consigned by Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Herr of Narvon, Lancaster County,
sold to Lewis Meiser, Jr., Mt.
Pleasant Mills for $375.
Stephen Myers of Rushsylvama,
Ohio consigned the champion
Dorset ram and the reserve
champion Dorset ewe. The junior
ram lamb sold to Doug A. Whit
field, Schellsburg for $275, while
the junior ewe brought $375 from
Francis R. McAlonan, Alloway,
N.J.
And Penn State’s reserve
champion Dorset yearling ram
brought $475 from Armon
Snowden, Hershey.
The 67 Dorset consigned totaled
$13,660 and averaged $203.83.
The first place yearling ram and
the first place semor ram lamb
brought the highest prices in the
Hampshire ram sale. Linda
Harwood’s yearling brought $475
and sold to Black Berry Hill
Hamps, Ashbury, N.J. Buster
Wilson of Rural Retreat, Virginia,
received $475 for his semor lamb
from Peter Levan, Bellefonte.
Wilson’s junior lamb, the
champion Hampshire ram, was
purchased by William H. Stoner,
Milfhntown, for $425. The reserve
champion Hamp ram was pui
chased by Stoney Road Farm,
Flemmgton, N.J. for $2OO. It was
the consignment of Stuart Hamps,
Leslie, Missouri.
There was an upset in the
Hampshire ewe sale, with the
second place yearling ewe selling
for the top bid of $9OO. Consigned
by Charles Kirhn, Milton, Indiana,
the ewe sold to Hamps, Inc. of
Manon, Ohio.
Judy Harwood of lonia,
Michigan purchased the champion
Hampshire ewe, a junior ewe lamb
consigned by Gillespie Sheep Co
lor $7OO. The reserve champion
Hampshire ewe, consigned by
Judy Moore of Eagle, Missouri,
sold to Steward Ebersole, York, for
$625.
A total of 62 Hampshires sold tor
$16,200, averaging $261.24.
Homer Long and family, of
Ballard, W.V., purchased both the
champion and reserve champion
Cheviot ewes, the first and second
place junior ewe lambs, for $6OO
and $225 respectively. The ewes
were consigned by Judy Moore and
Martin Brothers.
The reserve champion Cheviot
ram, consigned by E. Speaker and
Albert Wilson, sold to H.W. Irvine
of Gaithersburg, Md. for $3OO.
The 58 Cheviots brought $11,705
tor an average of $201.81.
W.G. Carpenter and Son of
Jefferson, Maryland consigned ail
the top selling and champion
Southdowns at the Keystone sale.
Top-selling ram was the fourth
place senior lamb which sold to
Renee Harris, Stillwater, for $225.
The champion yearling ram sold to
Gordon Gilchrist, Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan, for $175; and the reserve
champion senior ram sold to Chris
Snyder, Moline, Illinois for $2OO.
The first and second place senior
ewe lambs were the top-priced
Southdown females, selling to
Chris Snyder tor $3OO each.
Darlene McConaughey ot
Smicksburg, purchased the
champion junior ewe lamb for
$200; and A.T. Newberry, Jr. ot
Bland. Virginia purchased the
reserve champion yearling tor
$175.
There were 27 Southdowns sold
tor $3,414, averaging $126.48.
William E. Tucker, Ashland,
Ohio, sold the high-priced
Cornedaie ewe and the champion
ram. Buying the yearling ewe tor
$250 was Raymond Forrester,
Albie, Virginia and Roger Rip
stem, Roundhill, Virginia pur
chased the champion ram for $2OO.
Ripstein also purchased the
champion junior ewe lamb from
K&K Cornedales, Ashland, Ohio
tor $175.
Tammy Craig, from Clay City,
Illinois purchased both the reserve
champion senior ewe lamb and the
reserve champion yearling ram in
the Cornedaie sale tor $l5O and
$125 respectively.
The high-selling Cornedaie ram
was consigned by Charles McCrae,
Mohnton and sold to Barbara
Carlbon, Pattenburg, N.J. tor $225.
A total of 30 Corndales grossed
$3,855 tor an average ot $128.50.
JShober & Calvert Farms, Berlin,
sold their Shropshire champion
and reserve champion junior ram
lambs for $225 each to Renee
Harris, Stillwater and Wilmer
French, Reading, Michigan.
Tammy Hopkins of 'North
Scituate, R.l. sold her champion
Shropshire junior ewe to Spring
Bottom Farm, Fairfield tor $385.
Ed Peckham ot Belchertown,
Massachusetts, purchased the
reserve champion junior lamb for
$350 from Donald Shepard,
Charlotte, Michigan.
The 33 Shropshires sold tor $5,0/5
and averaged $153.78.
Kenneth T. Moore, Nichols,
N.V., consigned the champion
Rambouillet ram and ewe. The
yearling ram sold to William Fi ee,
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Auctioneer Rollie Rosenboom calls for just
another hundred or so to get the price of the
record-breaking ram “over that magic 50.”
Consignor Alan Culham watches the con-
East Berlin tor $325, while the xhe champion Suffolk ewe,
yearling ewe sold to Richard consi g net i by Alan Culham who
Eberts, Newville, for $3OO. also sold the high-selling ram,
Dave Clouser, Nova, Ohio, brought $950 from Stuart K.
consigned the reserve champion Gllbert of Hook N y , fhe
senior ram lamb and the reserve reserve champion ewe, consigned
champion yearling ewe. The ram b Norm Pe^oneau Belleville,
sold to Brian OiUiain, Dansville, lUm sold t 0 R Estel, Clinton
Michigan tor $175 while the ewe jt or eyoo
sold to Free tor $225 The champion Suttolk ram was
I* ot consigned by Fairview Farms,
grossed $4,055 and averaged Sterlmgj Colorad0) md sold
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In Dorset , Corriedale, Shro\
Pa. sheep showmen
champs at Keystone
HARRISBURG - Both of the
supreme champion trophies
awardedat last Friday's Keystone
Stud Ram & Ewe Sale show, held
here at the Farm Show Complex,
went to out-of-state entries
The supreme champion ram was
also the Cheviot ram champ This
yearling ram was exhibited by
Robert and Edith Kelley of
Skowhegan, Maine. A class winner
who caught the judges’ eyes from
his first step onto the tanbark, the
supreme champion is sired by
KEH 78 out ot HWB 360. Wearing
his breeders’ prefix, R & E Kelley
756 topped the entire ram show.
Halt interest in the ram sold
Saturday (see front page story).
Judges Ron Guenther ot
Columbus, Ohio, and Rollie
Rosenboom ot Clifton, Illinois,
went with the junior ewe lamb in
the Hampshire breed for their
supreme champion ewe selection.
Gillespie 81-81, a February twin,
topped her class of Junior Ewe
Lambs and went on to claim the
championship in the female
division of her breed. A daughter ot
twin parents, Gillespie 81 was sired
by Heggemeier Rocket Supreme
out of Nelson 7922, the 1978
National Champion ram and the
top st Uuig ewe at the 1980
Nebraska Hampshire sale. The
supreme champion ewe was
exhibited by Gillespie Sheep
Company, Fulton, Missouri.
Pennsylvania exhibitors took
home championship trophies in the
Dorset show, Cornedale show, and
Shropshire show.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Herr of
Narvon, Lancaster County,
exhibited their senior ewe lamb to
the top of her class and on to take
the championship Nix Bessei 021,
an Uctobei, 1980 twin, is sired by
Sayloi & Sons S-7 it out ot a
homebred ewe, Nix Besser 133.
The reserve champion Dorset
ram honors went to a Penn State
entry. The yearling ram, Penn
State 8043, topped his class before
standing next to the first place
champion junior ram lamb
exhibited by Stephen Myers ot
tending bidder intensely while the bid stalls at
$4,700. Then, in just a matter of seconds, the
price tag jumped to $6,000 to set a record for
the Keystone Stud Ram and Ewe Sale.
Rushsylvama, Ohio. The reserve
champion ram is sired by Staver
333 out of Penn State 7731.
Charles McCrae of Mohnton
showed his senior ewe iamb to the
top of her class and on to take the
reserve championship in the
Cornedale show. Lambed October,
CRM 185 is sired by NGW 991 out ot
Km 4797.
In the Shorpsture show, Shober &
Calvert Farms ot Berlin captured
both championship trophies tor
their junior ram lambs. Both
lambs were sired by Beall’s On
ward 392 out ot Shober ewes. The
lamb selected tor the cham
pionship was the younger ot the
two rams by five da vs
Show results are-
DORSET
Yearling Rams
I Penn State reserve champion 2 Elizabeth S
Grey Woodbine Md 3 Erdenheim Farm
Lafayette Hill 4* French I Zmser Oorsets
Reading Mich 5 Michael L Carpenter Jef
ferson Md
Senior Ram Lambs
1 Ovine Alley Oorsets Palmyra 2 Or & Mrs
Robert Herr Narvon 3 Charles J Botero
Whitmore Lake Mich 4 Kenneth T Moore
Nichols N Y
Junior Ram Lambs
I Stephen Myers champion Rushsylvama
Ohio 2 Michael L Carpenter 3 Ovine Alley
Oorsets 4 Fred D Scheyer & Sons North
Hampton N H 5 Dr and Mrs Robert Herr
Yearling Ewes
1 Ovine Alley Oorsets 2 Kenneth T Moore 3
Penn State 4 GC Klahold Sinking Spring 5
James Erßaxter Marlmton WV
Senior Ewe Lambs
1 Dr and Mrs Robert Herr 2' Michael L
Carpenter 3 5 John R Sevick Pennsylvania
Furnace 4 French t Zmser Oorsets
Junior Ewe Lambs
X Stephen Myers reserve champion 2 Cat s
Paw Farms North Berwick Maine 3 Dr t Mrs
Robert Herr 4 Ovine Alley Oorsets 5 Kenneth!
Moore
HAMPSHIRE
Yearling Rams
I Linda Harwood lonia Mich, 2 Van Vleck
Farms Woodbury Ct 3 Stuart Hamps Leslie
Mich 4 Vernon Deal & Family Navarre Ohio 5
Mr tMrs Clyde Brubaker Lancaster
Senior Ram Lambs
1 Albert Wilson Jr Rural Retreat Va 2 Price
Stock Farm Westminster Md
Junior Ram Lambs
1 Albert Wilson Jr champion 2 5 Stuart
Hamps reserve champion 3 Linda Harwood 4
Van Vleck Farms
Yearling Ewes
1 Judy Moore reserve champion Eagle Mich
2 Charles Kirim Milton Ind 3 Gillespie Sheep
Co Fulton Mo 4 Stuart Hamps 5 William
Maghes McConnelsville Ohio
Senior Ewe Lambs
1 Price Stock Farm 2 Albert Wilson Jr 3
Steward Ebersole ft Son York
Junior Ewe Lambs
1 5 Gillespie Sheep Co champion and
John Hogi, Hopewell, N. J. for $350.
The reserve champion ram was
sold by Bob and Tootle Monson,
Roxbury, Connecticut, to Lawson
Deerfield Farm, Culpepper,
Virginia for $425.
The 85 Suffolks grossed $33,435,
averaging $393.35.
A total of 385 head were auc
tioned by Relhe Rosen boom and
Ken Brubaker, New Holland tor
$91,400.
shire Shows
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supreme champion 2 3 Albert Wilson Jr 4 Van
Vleck Farm
CHEVIOT
Yearling Rams
I Robert A Edith Kelley champion and supreme
champion Skowhegan Maine 2 E Spraker A
Buster Wilson reserve champion Bath N Y and
Rural Retreat Va 3 William N Lawter
Russelville Ind 4 Martin Brothers Willard Ohio
5 Calvert Farm Spraggs
Senior Ram Lambs
I 3 Robert A Edith Kelley 2 Martin Brothers
Junior Ram Lambs
12 3 Martin Brothers 4 Harris Cheviots
Stillwater 5 William Lawter
Yearling Ewes
I 2 Judy Moore 3 5 Robert A Edith Kelley 4
E Sprakef A Buster Wilson
Senior Ewe Lambs
1 2 Robert A Edith Kelley
Junior Ewe Lambs
1 4 Judy Moore champion 2 5 Martin
Brothers reserve champion 3 William Lawter
SOUTHDOWN
Yearling Rams
I W G Carpenter A Son champion Jefferson
Md 2 TheMcCrumbs Mars
Senior Ram Lambs
1 2 4 WG Carpenter A Son reserve cham
pion 3 Gale Cole Palmyra 111
Junior Ram Lambs
1 Gale Cole 2 Price Brothers Mars
Yearling Ewes
X WG Carpenter & Son reserve champion 2
Don A Debra Hopkins Fulton Mo 3 Allen Bros
Southdowns Eaton Rapids Mich 4 McCrumbs
5 Gale Cole
Senior Ewe Lambs
1 2 4 W G Carpenter t Son 3 Gale Cole
Junior Ewe Lambs
1 W G Carpenter A Son champion 2 Dennis
Schoenian Clarksville Md 3 Susan Schoenian
Clarksville Md 4 5 Jagger Bros Mt Gilead
Ohio
CORRiEDALE
Yearling Rams
1 William E Tucker champion Ashland Ohio
2 Jagger Bros reserve champion, 3 Charles
McCrae 4 Rodney Wildermuth Canal Win
Chester Ohio
Senior Ram Lambs
I 2 KtK Cornedale Ashland Ohio 3 Charles
McCrae
Junior Ram Lambs
1 Jaeger Bros 2 Charles McCrae
Yearlmf Ewes
I William E Tucker 2 Rodney Wildermuth 3
Charles McCrae 4 Shamrock Farms Wayiand
NY 5 dagger Bros
Senior Ewe Lambs
13 5 Charles McCrae reserve champion 2 4
KtK Cornedales
Junior Ewe Lambs
1 3 KtK Cornedales champion 2 William E
Tucker 4 Rodney Wildermuth 5 Charles Me
Crae
SHROPSHIRE
Yearlmf Rams
1 Kenneth! Moore 2 Don Shepard Charlotte
Mich 3 Belmont Farms, Gettysburg 4 Mr t
Mrs Ed Beall Germantown Md
\lunior Ram Lambs
1 2 Shober t Calvert Farms champion and
reserve champion Berlin 3 Don Shepard 4 Wey
Shropshires Kutztown 5 Tammy Hopkins North
Scituate R I
YearlinfEwes
1 2 Charles & Barbara Piatt. Gettysburg 3
Wilmer French Reading Mich 4 Kenneth T
Moore 5 Glenn High & Family Lexington Ohio
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