Dl4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 20,1984 Manheim Farm Show finishes with record sale prices BY DICK ANGLESTEIN MANHEIM Manheim wound up its Farm Show on Friday, Oct. 12, with a record-setting sale of hogs, steers and lambs. Average prices in the three sale categories were well above market averages for the day and were the highest ever recorded at Manheim. The 60 hogs in the sale averaged 72-cents a pound, more than 25 cents above market average. The seven steers that were sold averaged 1.07 a pound, nearly 40 cents above market averages. Doug Clemens, of Hatfield, also buys reserve champion hog of Chris Chapman at Manheim Farm Show for $2.10 a pound. Willie the Butcher, of Stauffer’s of Kissel Hill, buys reserve grand champion lamb of Lisa Sadler for $2.00 a pound. Marvin Nissley, of Country Table buys grand champion sale steer of Farm Show for $1.45 a pound. And the 26 lambs that were auctioned off averaged a whopping $1.12 a pound - nearly double what they were bringing at market. In all, it amounted to a very profitable evening for the FFA and 4-H exhibitors. “What a way to wind it all up,” was the way that Barry Geib described both the sale of his grand champion hog and his grand champion FFA sale steer. It was the last show that the 21-year-old could participate in as an FFA'er. Geib grossed $712 at $2.85 a Restaurant, Mount Joy, Barry Geib at Manheim pound from Hatfield Packing tor his 250-pound sow and $1,708 at $1.35 a pound from Country Table Restaurant of Mount Joy for his 1,265 pound steer. The money will go toward a trip to the National FFA Convention where he will receive his American Degree. J. H. Brubaker lumber yard bid $l.OB a pound for the reserve champion steer of Darvin Mver. Hatfield packing buys grand champion gilt of Barry Geib, left, at Manheim Farm Show for $2.85 a pound. From Hatfield are Doug Clemens, center, and Ezra Good. Grand Champion sale lamb of Ellen Lewis at Manheim Fair Show brought top bid of $3.75 a pound. With youthful exhibitor are Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bingeman, winning bidder from Bingeman's Restaurant, Lititz, and Jay Miller. OAK BROOK, 11. - Babson Bros. Co., builders of Surge dairy farm equipment, announce the release of a complete new line of Surge Alamo vacuum pumps. The six models in the new line range from the model 1200, rated at 86 C.F.M., up to the model 5600, rated at4OOC.F.M. All of the'new Alamo pumps are direct drive. No belts requiring tightening or replacement are necessary. They also use the Surge L 3 oiling system which delivers proven consistent oil flow rates. In addition, several of the models are available for single or three-phase operation. A new high-efficiency rotor design has been developed that produces more C.F.M. and uses less power. Also incorporated in the design are three-inch inlets and outlets which allow the free flow of air through the pump, insuring op timum C.F.M. per running amp. In addition, all of the Alamo pumps have filters on the air intake for maximum pump protection. 1 The third-place steer of Jan Waltz commanded a bit higher price at a bid of $l.lO a pound from Chuck Thompson Real Estate. The grand champion lamb of Ellen Lewis, Mount Joy, brought $3.75 a pound from Bingeman’s Restaurant, Lititz. The reserve champion of Lisa Sadler, Elizabethtown went to Willie the Butcher of Stauffer’s of Kissel Hill for $2.00 a pound. Vacuum pumps reported Cubic Feet 2300 1400 1200 NEW SURGE ALAMO VACUUM PUMP MODELS Hatfield also bought the reserve champion hog of Chris Chapman, R 5 Manheim, for $2.10 a pound. In addition to Hatfield and Willie the Butcher, traditional volume buyers at the junior livestock sales, other multiple buyers were Louis Lyons and Sons Inc. cattle dealer; John Kimbark, Elston ville; Clearview Farms Deli; Walter M. Dunlap cattle dealer and White Oak Mills. 6600 4600 2800 Liters per mute ie Air) 5660 4640 2830 2320 1430 1215
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