D44ancaster Farming, Saturday November 24,1984
Va. meat packer agrees to $l,OOO penalty
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Harrisonburg Wholesale Meat Co.,
Inc., a meat packer at Harrison
burg, Va., has agreed to a $l,OOO
civil penalty and a cease and desist
order from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
A USDA official said the firm
agreed to the order to settle
charges it failed to pay promptly
for livestock bought at public
markets in the Shenandoah Valiev
$38,000 is
Louisville, Ky.-A $38,000
Shorthorn heifer calf consigned by
Buchholz Bros. Shorthorns,,
Bardwell, Tx., topped all entries in
the Second Annual North
American Shorthorn Heifer Calf
Futurity Sale held at New Market
Hall on the Kentucky Fair & Ex
position Center grounds,
Louisville, Ky. The event was held
on Sunday, November 11, 1984 in
conjunction with this year’s North
American International Livestock
Exposition, and the 1984 World
Shorthorn Conference & Show.
The Buchholz-bred female was
BBS Miss Irish G Uno, a daughter
of Hilltop 538 Lancer 9120 x, and
Miss Irish G, a female recently
retired from a successful stint on
the national show circuit. The
entry was born March 2,1984, and
on the day of the sale stood 50 in
ches tall at the hips. The buyer of
this popular lot was 3W Shor
thorns, Paul C. Wharton & Sons, of
Arlington, Tx.
Two consignments in the sale
sold for $lO,OOO. Lot number 18 was
A&W Eleanor’s Garters ET*ar,
consigned by Alden Farms,
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of Virginia, and in southern
Pennsylvania.
B.H. (Bill) Jones, head of
USDA’s Packers and Stockyards
Administration, said the firm’s
payments ranged from 4 to 11 days
late from January through May of
this year.
In agreeing to the order,
Harrison Wholesale Meat neither
admitted nor denied the ad
ministrative charges which were
top bid at Shorthorn Sale
Hamilton, Mo., and Welch Ranch,
Urbana, Mo. This female, a junior
heifer calf, is a daughter of Mill
Brook Printer 105 x. Buyer of the
lot was David Welch, Lincoln, 11.
The second $lO,OOO female sold
was N’Land HH Cherry, a March
‘B4 heifer calf consigned by N’Land
Shorthorns, Frankfort, In. Her sire
is Highfield Highler 202nd. Buying
the one-half interest offered in the
female was Mike Johnson, Manor,
Tx.
Auctioneer Mike Brooks of
Okla., averaged $5,822 -for the 22
females sold, for a sale total of
$116,450.
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filed by USDA in July under
authority of the Packers and
Stockyards Act.
The cease and desist order,
similar to a permanent injunction,
was issued to insure future com
pliance with the P&S Act.
The P&S Act is an antitrust, fair
trade practice and payment
protection law. It is designed to
maintain integrity in the
marketing of livestock, poultry
and meat, and in the marketplace.
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