D2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21,1984
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BY JACKHUBLEY
MANHEIM The price of the
day was $150.00 as four lambs tied
for high selling honors at the
Supreme Club Lamb Sale held at
the Manheim Community
Fairgrounds on Saturday af
ternoon.
With 36 market lambs and eight
purebred lambs consigned, 4-H’ers
in attendance had their choice of
more than 40 show prospects.
A black crossbred Hampshire
was the favorite among the market
lambs, selling for $l5O to Lisa
Martin, of New Holland. The lamb
was consigned by Bill and
Margaret Wade, of Greenville,
Va., breeders of last year’s
champion market lamb at the
Farm Show.
The Wades were also consignors
Simmental is high
BY PATTY GROSS MOCK
STATE COLLEGE Turnout Postponed a week because of a
was lower than in past years and so heavy spring snowfall, 83 potential
were the prices at Pennsylvania’s buyers attended the April 6 sale.
11th Performance Tested Bull However, many of the dignitaries
Sale, held at the Meat Animal were unable to be present at the
Evaluation Center in State College, delayed event. Over a foot of snow
Bert Phillips, of Spring Mills, gets a close look at his Sim
mental, the high indexing bull at Pa.'s 11th Performance
Tested Bull Sale. Consigned by Messick Farms, of Mid
dletown, the Renz-sired bull was high selling animal at
Genie’s Giant, the first bull to enter the sale ring, was
second highest seller at $2,250. Consigned by Drew Wilkins,
of Dushore, the Polled Hereford was purchased by Kahle
Hahn of Knox.
of one of the three lambs tying as
high sellers in the purebred sale
immediately following the sale of
market lambs THpt Dorset lamb
was sold to Paul Keller of Lititz,
Pete LeVan, of Nittany Valley
Livestock, was the consignor of the
other Dorset in the high selling
trio, sold to Andy Wagner of I .AW
Livestock, in Bethlehem.
The third $l5O ewe lamb was a
Hampshire owned by Tim and
Sarah Fleener, of Fleener Hamp
shires in Lancaster, and sold to
Daryl Reedy, of Dover,
“This being our third club lamb
sale, we feel the quality of our
animals was extremely high,”
commented the sale’s auctioneer
and founder, Ken Brubaker.
Brubaker emphasized that the
event will continue, in years to
at bull test sale
These purebred Dorset ewe lambs each brought $l5O to their owners (pictured)
Margaret Wade, of Greenville, Va., and Pete LeVan of Nittany Valley Livestock in
Bellefonte. Purchasers were Paul Keller of Lititz, and Andy Wagner of Bethlehem,
respectively.
come, as an invitational in an
effort to provide only the best stock
for 4-H and FFA show prospects.
In addition to the aforemen
tioned breeders, the show’s two
other consignors were Clyde and
Dorothy Brubaker’s Blu-Acre
Hampshires, of Lancaster, and
William Moore, 111, of Moornistan
Hampshires, in Elverson.
Ken Brubaker and his father,
Clyde, were the originators of the
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seller
fell on the rural campus of the
Pennsylvania State University the
week before, collapsing the sale
tent. A week later weather was still
cold and windy with intermittent
drizzle.
The total paid for the 59 bulls
sold was $65,850. The average bid
of the day was $1,116.00.
Total sale price for the 18 Polled
Herefords was $23,025, for an
average of $1,279.17. The dozen
Simmentals sold for $17,625, for an
average of $1,463.75. Sale officials
admit that the Angus sale was
disappointing with the 24 animals
averaging $854.16, for a total of
$20,500. The sale’s four Charolais
sold for $3,975, for an average of
$093.75. The lone Charolais went
for a bid of $725.
High seller was a March, 1983
Full blood Simmental Bull. MF
Renegade Rl, with a daily test gain
of 4.47 pounds, was consigned by
Mylin Messick, Middletown.
General Potter Farm, owned by
Bert Phillips, of Spring Mills, paid
the top sale price of $2,600.
The first animal into the ring, a
Polled Herefore from Dushore,
was sold to Kahle Hahn, of Knox.
Genie’s Giant, a March, 1983 bull,
brought $2,250 for his owner, R.
Drew Wilkins. The second highest
seller had an average daily test
gain of 4.14 pounds.
Eagle Hy Boy R 23, a 7/8 Polled
Simmental born March, 1983, was
sold for $2,000 to William Mclntire,
Shelocta. The consignor was John
Clark, of New Castle. The bull’s
daily weight gain was 3.88 pounds.
Other top sellers included:
V.V.F. Sir Hinder, full blood
Simmental, consigned by Leo
Angevine, Rixford, and purchased
by William Mclntire for $1,800; a
Polled Hereford, KPF Kingsley
Gilead, owned by John and Janet
Humphrey, Patton, and purchased
by Eleanor Booset, of Chicora, for
$1,750; Enforeful VIC, a Polled
Hereford consigned by Kevin
Diehl, Fairfield, and bought by
Hillside Acres, Lenhartsville, for
$1,700.
At $l5O, this purebred Hampshire ewe lamb was one of
four lambs trying for top selling honors at last Saturday's
Supreme Club Lamb Sale in Maitheim. Pictured are buyer
Daryl Reedy (left) of Dover, and consignor Tim Fleener of
Fleener Hampshires in Lancaster.
0 Chester D, Hughes
Extension Livestock Specialist
Soon my telephone will be people to buy lambs that have been
ringing with calls from several properly weaned and cared for by
folks looking for a place to buy a *he seller. Usually, I suggest that a
lamb to raise during the summer. P erson obtain » pair of lambs, as
Most of these inquiries are from one ; as ***?^ m “ t u and
people with little or no experience B™* better. Lambs should have
in sheep raising, but their interest shelter and a nutritious grass area
always seems to catch my at- P r °P®rly fenced to keep out
tendon. Many of these new-to-be Predators and keep the sheep in.
sheperds are interested in raising fresh water and minerals are
one or two lambs in the backyard un P < ! r * an }°. growing lambs and
for a variety of reasons. supplemental feed may be needed
Some want them to help keep the if pasture becomes short,
grass clipped down in hard to mow A good way to manage the grass
areas, while others value them as “f 8 18 ( J° cbvl( * e into *°Jf
weed control speicalists. Some J" otate tbe grazing activity,
folks would like to have a couple of beca “ e sbee P B raze dose to the
lambs around to watch them play ground Because of the close
and frolic in the backyard. The grazing habits sheep should be
more enterprising individuals are wormed to prevent unthriftmess.
interested in growing a nice fleece reducers selling backyard
to spin and weave during the iambs, should take time to explain
winter months or would like to put sim P le shee P husbandry practices
a few meat cuts in the freezer for a to new so that the ex
delicious lamb dinner in the fall. penence will be an enjoyable one.
Whatever the reason may be, it for more information on raising
still seems like everyone wants to Jarnhs, you may call the Penn State
buy a baby lamb, as young as Extension Service,
poylble ,oth., on bottle tel 11
and watch it grow! I urge most naUouiorigin.
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