January 23, l9B2
- No records at junior market animal sales
FARM SHOW There were no
record prices paid in 1982 for the
champion junior market animals.
In fact, at the closing auction
sales on Friday, Jan. 15, the prices
paid for the grand champions were
closer to those paid for the reserve
champs in previous record years.
And even to get the prices to
their lower 1982 levels took a lot of
cajoling by auctioneer Abe Dif
fenbach, rhythmic clapping by the
audience and speeches by
politicians, such as State Sen.
Henry G. Hager, president pro
tempore of the Senate; and J.
Luther Snyder, deputy ag
secretary.
This year’s grand champion
steer brought $5.00 a pound, well
below the record of $6.60 two years
ago and the $6.10 paid last year.
The reserve champ two years ago
brought $3.35 a pound.
The price paid for the grand
champion junior market hog fell
by more than half, bringing $9.00 a
pound. Last year, the winning bid
went to $19.50 a pound. The reserve
champion two years ago brought
$8.50.
The top bid of $l2 a pound for this
year’s grand champion market
lamb was actually up $2.00 a pound
from last year, but well below the
$22 a pound paid in 1980. In that
year, the reserve champion
brought $10.50 a pound.
And the champion carcass lamb
brought $3.50 a pound, the same as
last year, which was half of the
$7.00 a pound paid in 1980.
But even with the lower
champion prices, and the
correspondingly lower averages, a
total of $164,343.75 was brought into
the pockets of 4-H’ers and FFA’ers
across the state for future projects
or nesteggs toward future
educational or agricultural en
deavors.
The sale of 120 steers totaled
$122,652.15 for an average of 79.72
per hundredweight, excluding the
champions.
The sale of 92 lambs brought in
$9,785.50 for an avearage of 68.56
per hundredweight, not including
champions.
Cecil Teets, of Freedom, in sale ring with his grand
champion steer. Blacky, during a break in bidding.
PK oteer, from the left,
are top bidders Richard Brandt, Farm Real
Estate and Carl Wenger, of Wenger's Farm
Machinery, Myerstown; Lisa Shaffer, of
Hooversville, owner; and State Sen. Henry G.
Hager.
The s:i! • >,i Sum carcass lambs
grossed $541.30.
The sale of 96 hogs totaled
$22,684.80 for an average of 90.30
per hundredweight, not including
champions.
The overall sale total also in-
cludes the purchase of the 100
junior market swine that did not
make the sale by Hatfield Packing
for 48.00 a hundredweight, $1.75
above the top St. Louis price on
Thursday, Jan. 14.
The top bid of $Sr,OO a pound on
the grand champion steer of Cecil
Teets, of Freedom, came from
representatives of Danny George,
of George’s IGA Foodliner, of
Bethlehem. The Penn State-
Beaver Campus freshman earned
$6,525 for his 1305-pound Angus-
Limousin-Chianina cross.
Top bidders on the reserve
champion steer of Lisa Shaffer, of
Hooversville, at $1.50 a pound were
Richard Brandt Farm Real
Estate, of Reading, and Carl
Wenger, of Wengers Farm
Machinery, Myerstown.
The 120-pound grand champion
lamb of David Harpster, of
Boalsburg, went to Fox Markets,
of Middletown and Hershey, at $l2
a pound. Harpster received a total
of $1,440 through the sale.
The reserve champion of Scott
Kuzemcbak, of Pleasant Gap,
brought $7.00 and was sold to
Henry Kuykendall, of Ration
Maker Premixes, Asheboro, N.C.
The grand champion carcass
lamb shown by Julie Kuzemcbak
was sold for $3.50 a pound to Ray
Seidel, of Kerchenhill Farm,
Kutztown. Top bidder on the
reserve champion carcass iamb at
$1.50 a pound was Charles R.
Berry, of Elverson. The reserve
champion was shown by Todd
Niebauer,ofEbensburg. .
Once again, Hatfield Packing
Company, was the top buyer in the
junior 'market hog sale. Hatfield
purchased the grand champion of
Gus Parlett, of Airville, for $9.00 a
pound, as well as the reserve
champion of Kurt Brown, of
Klingerstown, for $5.00 a pound.
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■burg, holds his secretary, - ig at „ represen
grand champion junior market iamb; while tatives of purchaser. Fox Markets, of Mid
looking on are J. Luther Henry, deputy ag dletown. >
Grand champion steer entourage includes, George’s IGA Foodliner, of Bethlehem; State
from the left, representatives of purchaser, Sen. Henry G. Hager, and Cecil Teets, owner.
Grouped behind the grand champion market purchaser; Gus Parlett, of Annville, owner;
hog are, from the left, State Sen. Henry G. and Ezca Good, also of Hatfield.
Hager, Jerry Clemens, of Hatfield Packing, the