A26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19,1981
Hungry buyers and consignors dig into a luncheon buffet
donated entirely by several Pennsylvania Agriculture com
modity industries.
Ag
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Grumbine of Myerstown consigned
only one hog, but before the
generous buyers finished, the
same hog was purchased and sold
again three more times!
In fact, Grumbine’s consigment,
a bred Berkshire gilt, sold for $3OO
to Rich Brandt Farm Sales of
Reading, who kept her on the
auction block.
She was then purchased for $2OO
by James T. Parlett of Airville who
also offered her up for sale again.
She sold for a third and final time
to Glenn Tothero of Mohnton for
$175 or a grand total of $675.
A bred Yorkshire gilt and an 11-
month-old Yorkshire boar each
brought $5OO for the sale high. The
gilt, consigned by Leon Arnold of
Lebanon was purchased by auc
tioneer Barry Bachman of Ann
ville.
Penn State consigned the top
boar which sold to C. Eugene
Wingert of St. Thomas. The 55 head
of swine sold for $10,240.
The beef sale was capped by an
$ll,OOO bid on an Angus embryo
consigned by Penn State and
purchased by Harmony Hill Farm
of Northwood, New Hampshire.
The embryo, due in June 1982, is
sired by Continental, Ueserve
Grand Champion Bull at the recent
National Angus Show in Louisville.
Ky. The dam is PS Mentieth
Blanche 205, dam of PS Power
Play, Supreme Champion at the
All American Angus Futurity in
1979.
The high sale for an on-foot beef
animal was $3,000 for an Angus
cow consigned by South Branch
Farms of York. The cow, SBF
Mayflower 026, was purchased by
Genetics Unlimited, Inc., of West
Grove. Her sire, Sayre Dynamo
441 G, is the senior herd sire at
South Branch Farms, and has
sired the winning Get of Sire two
years in a row at the Maryland
State Fair and the Pennsylvania
Farm Show.
Arena sale
The beef sale offerd Angus,
Charolais, Chianina, Limousin,
Polled Hereford, Simmental and
Belted Galloway breeds. When
Georgia auctioneer Mike Jones’
gavel fell for the final time, the 51
head of cattle, four embryo
transplants and 12 units of semen,
brought $56,955.
The sheep sale, although
scheduled toward the end of the
day, began with no less en
thusiasm. The Penn State
cheerleaders pumped the crowd
with a resounding, “Short Yell
Sheep!” and the sale was un
derway.
Erskine Cash, left, of Centre Hall purchased dam, was consigned by Rolling Ridge Farms of
the top-selling Simmental for $1,375. The Karns City. At the halter is Rolling Ridge
heifer, an Abricot daughter out of a Galant manager Charles Rynd.
West Chester auctioneer Ken
Brubaker took bids on Cheviot,
Dorset, Merino, Suffolk, Hamp
shire, Shropshire, Southdown and
even herd and guard dogs.
The top-selling sheep, a Dorset
yearling ewe, consigned by
Kenneth and Anne. Staver of
Palmyra, sold for $775 to C,J and K
Sheep Farm of Ithaca, N. Y.
The 33 head of sheep and three
sheep dogs brought $4,785.
Buyers, consigners and guests
were treated to a delicious lun
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cheon buffet donated by several
Pennsyvania commodity in
dustries.
In fact, the sale committee held
one more sale which was not listed
in any of the catalogs. Penn State
meats professor John Ziegler
announced there was a large
surplus of food from the luncheon
and a quick dispersal was held.
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turkey rolls as well as a host of
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steals.
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Penn State supporters, last
week, bought with their head,
heart and yes, even stomachs as no
stone was left unturned.
The chicken roll and cheese may
be gone in a week and even the top
consignments won’t last forever.
-But the generous supporters that
contributed to the historic sale now
have a stake in the 19,000-square
feet Penn State Ag Arena, which
should serve generations of
agricultural students for a long
time.