BY JOYCE BUPP
Staff Correspondent
THOMASVILLE - The final
crack of auctioneer John Frey’s
gavel on the sales box marked the
end of an era in York County last
week.
After nearly 40 years of selling
livestock, Thomasville Livestock
Auction, Inc., a Wednesday
evening agriculture tradition,
swung its heavy wooden cattle
gates closed for good.
But, waiting in the wings to open
at the auction site on May 15 is
Weikert’s Livestock Buying
Station. Owned and operated by
ime come to buy. Many came to just look and reminisce as livestock processed
through the Thomasville Arena in the closing hours.
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Gavel conies down on Thomasville Auction
Robert W. Weikert, of Fairfield,
the new private-purchase
livestock-hauling business marks
the first time an auction in
southcentral Pennsylvania has
been converted to a direct-buy
establishment.
“It’s a trend in the West,” says
Weikert, who’s been a livestock
buyer since the age of 14. “Cattle
will go direct ffom here to
slaughter.”
“Farmers can bring their cattle
and calves in, we’ll weigh them at
once, and give them a check im
mediately. And, there’s no com
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While the direct-purchase
business will open initially only for
cattle, Weikert plans an an
nouncement in the near future on a
date when hog purchases will be
added.
Weikert’s Livestock Buying
Station will be open every Wed
nesday, from 8 a.m. through 6 p.m.
Experienced at private livestock
trading, the family has operated a
buying station at their Fairfield
home since 1957. Weikert’s two
sons, Jeffrey and Todd, are also
experienced buyers, and will be
assisting in operating the
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Pickups and tractor-trailers packed the parking lot at
Thomasville Auction Wednesday evening as long-time auction
goers turned out in force for the final nostalgic night at this
York County ag institution.
For one final time, auctioneer John Frey sang bids and the
gavel cracked against the worn sales box, as 40 years of York
County ag history came to a close.
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