A3o—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 1, 1981
Sights & scenes at Lancaster FFA hog show
(Continued from Page Al)
Little brother Tun had the
reserve grand champion ot the
show, a lightweight hog, another as
reserve champion in the light
weight division and was runnerup
in the junior fitting.
Actually, with Mike and Tun, it
might be considered a return ot the
dynasty since older brother, Rick,
just about swept all competition
the last year he showed in FFA in
1974.
Both the grand and reserve
champions ot the show were
purebred Durocs.
Chris Herr’s grand champion, a
230-pounder, finished first in its
middleweight class and then
captured the mid-weight division
crown before going on to grab the
top laurels ot the day.
And, also just like last year, the
sleek but well muscled red hog,
came out ot the herd ot Clyde
McConaughey, Duroc breeder
from Indiana County.
As Chris added another trophy
and blue rosette to the Herr
collection, just as satisfying was
the proceeds he received at the
afternoon sale.
When representatives of Hatfield
Packing and Walter M. Dunlap
finished exchanging nods and
blinks to the auctioneer, the bot
tom line on Herr’s grand champion
read $4.45 a pound.
It marked a healthy increase
over the $3.30 a pound that Chris
receieved last year tor his grand
champion. Hattield bought that
one, too.
In all, it meant a little over a
thousand dollars tor Chris to put
Jim Musser, of Ephrata, with winner of breeder-exhibitor
championship.
Senior showmanship champ is Judy Zimmerman, of
Ephrata, and senior fitting champ is Tim Hess, Penn Manor.
toward his ag engineering
education at Penn State.
Tun Ptautz’ leserve grand
champion ot the show, a 210-pound
lightweight, brought $2 a pound It,
too, was purchased by Hattield.
In all, 153 head were sold by the
competing FFA’ers from Ephrata,
New Holland, Penn Manor,
Manheim, Warwick and
Elizabethtown high schools.
The show consignment averaged
211 pounds and brought $61.26 a
hundredweight, including the two
big champs.
Out ot this total, 31 head were ui
the "champion” category, ranging
from the show winners down to the
class winners. These 31 head
averaged $84.00 a hundredweight.
But there were top winners
besides the Herr and Ptautz tamily
members.
Steve Strauss, Ephrata, had the
carcass on-foot champion.
Jim Musser, Ephrata, won the
coveted breeder exhibitor
championship.
Jett Gerlach, Penn Manor, was
second in the junior showmanship.
Judy Zimmerman, Ephrata,
repeated and won her second
consecutive senior showmanship
title and also showed the champion
m the heavyweight division.
Wayne Hess, Penn Manor,
finished behind Judy in the senior
showing.
Champion in the senior titling
was Tim Hess, Penn Manor.
Class results tor the show in
clude:
Carcass
1, Steve Strauss, Ephrata, 2 Mike Pfautz,
Ephrata, 3 Jim Hamish. Penn Manor, 4,
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Tim Pfautz, of Stevens, with show’s reserve grand
champion.
Junior showmanship champ is Mike Pfautz, of Stevens, and
junior fitting champion is Margaret Herr, of Narvon.
Chris Herr, of Narvon, with show’s grand champion.
This father-son hog
operation team - believe in
advertising their product.
They are Larry Mullen Jr. and
Sr., of Bainbridge, who at
tended the Lancaster County
FFA Market Hog Show on
Thursday. They operate a
farrow to finish operation and
Larry Jr. also hauls livestock.