02-Lancaster Farming Saturday, August 10,1985
MacCauleys trade places in Chester Co. 4-H Lamb Show
BY JACK HUBLEY
NEWTOWN SQUARE - Since
1979 the Chester County Market
Lamb Show has been a MacCauley
affair. This year, though, there
was a new twist.
After five straight years of
exhibiting the the show’s grand
champion lamb, Donna Mac-
Cauley was unseated by big sister
Nancy.
Showing a 108-pound purebred
Suffolk wether named Spot, Nancy
MacCauley took top honors in the
show held m conjunction with the
Goshen Country Fair at the Goshen
Fairgrounds.
A 10-year veteran of the 4-H
program, the Octoraro High School
graduate notes that 1985 may well
be her last year of 4-H competition.
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Chester D, Hughes
Extension Livestock Specialist
KILE's new carcass event
Recent marketings of beef
cattle, particularly slaughter
steers and heifers, have indicated
that fat is definitely “out” and that
lean beef is a most desirable
product for today’s consumer.
Even when realizing that some fat,
especially intramuscular, or
marbling, is desirable and needed
to score a higher quality grade, we
must be aware that excessive fat is
costly to the producer, packer, and
retailer under today’s market
conditions.
Many of our local cattle feeders
were caught up in the declining
beef market and held cattle even
longer, hoping for a better selling
price, but compounding the
overfed beef supply. Feeding
cattle is a complex, competitive
business for both the far
mer/feeder and the 4-H/FFA
member. We would like to produce
a choice steer with a minimum
amount of finish in a short number
of days to realize maximum
profits, but the market price at our
feeding endpoint is not always
favorable.
Perhaps we can leam more
about our feedlot cattle in a
competitive event that allows us to
make carcass estimates of live
feedlot steers before slaughter and
then to measure the actual carcass
traits on the rail. This comparison
can help us in determining a more
ideal time to send cattle to the
marketplace.
The 1985 Keystone at Harrisburg
will include such an event for all
interested feeders. Pens of three
steers will be on exhibit from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10.
Exhibitors and other interested
people will be encouraged to
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Though she has one more year of
eligibility, entry into the nursing
program at Lancaster General
Hospital later this month may put
an end to her 4-H showring career.
Younger sister Donna will
probably have to look for com
petition elsewhere when she at
tempts to add to her long string of
grand champion honors in next
year’s show.
Donna and Nancy are the
daughters of Joan and Bill Mac-
Cauley of Atglen, a family noted
for turning out blue-ribbon Suffolk
sheep on their Breezeview Farm.
In sale action that followed the
show on July 31, Nancy sold her
champion to Gerry Williams of
Brandywine Savings and Loan,
Downingtown, for the show’s top
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Livestock Ledger
submit live animal evaluations on
each pen of steers. Steers will not
be fitted but fresh out of the
feedlot.
Carcass placing will be deter
mined by carcass quality and yield
grade with meat values current at
the time of the show. The only
requirement is that each carcass
must have a minimum weight of
625 lbs.
This event will enable cattle
feeders, breeders and others a
chance to “eyeball” live cattle and
have their estimates checked at
slaughter. Each person who
completes and turns in an
evaluation card will be sent the
complete slaughter results. I’m
hoping many of you will give this
serious consideration.
The Extaulon Service Is an affirmative
action equal opportunity educational in
stitution.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Honors
for outstanding achievements in
the Polled Hereford industry were
passed out to youth from more
than 35 states and Canada at the
week-long 12th Junior National
Polled Hereford Heifer Show and
Forum here. The highlight of the
week’s events was a two-day heifer
show, but activities for the entire
family included educational
sessions, entertainment and tours.
Placed at the top of the roster for
the heifer show was 14-year-old
Matt Sims of Elgin, Okla. Sims
earned the reserve champion title
last year at the Des Moines’ Junior
National and this year he moved
up with Sara 12P 4745. She mar
ched to the victory circle from the
Division 111 championship. Suns
continued his winnings by
collecting the premier breeder and
exhibitor awards. This was the
first tune a junior received both
awards at the Junior National.
Capturing the champion bred
and-owned heifer title was Matt
King of Fort Payne, Ala. Tim
berline Vindy 27S also collected the
Oklahoma youth leads
bid of $3.25 per pound.
Ira Hicks of Goshenview Farms,
Paoli, offered a bid of $1.95 for
Donna MacCauley’s reserve
champion.
Auctioneer Ken Brubaker of
Brubaker Livestock Marketing,
West Chester, was pleased to
announce a sale average of $1.62,
with champions, and $1.47 not
counting the show’s top two
animals. “This is probably the
highest average of any county that
I’m aware of,” Brubaker said at
the sale’s conclusion.
Followmg are market lamb show
results, as well as results from the
4-H steer and breeding cattle
shows held Aug. 3.
Show Results
CLASS 1
1. Ricky Hicks; 2. Katie Hicks; 3
Leonard Brown.
CLASS 2
1. Meredith Rapp; 2. Donna
MacCauley; 3. Ellen Herr.
Champion Lightweight
Donna MacCauley
Res. Champion Lightweight
Meredith Rapp
CLASS 4
1. Kendra Stoltzfus; 2. Nancy
MacCauley; 3. Donna MacCauley.
CLASS 5
1. Shawn Swartzentruber; 2.
Ross Colket; 3. Nancy MacCauley.
Champ. Heavyweight
Nancy MacCauley
Res. Champ. Heavy
Nancy MacCauley
Grand Champion
Nancy MacCauley
Res. Grand Champion
Donna MacCauley
Chester Co 4*H Beef Show
Judge Tim Livingston
Steer Cleeses
Lightweight
1 Philip Howe 2 Robbie Rohrer 3 Matt Howe
Mediumweight
1 Lisa Howe 2 Ryan Rohrer 3 Evan Smith 4
Joe Horton
Light Heavyweight
1 Ken Walker 2 Marty Rosenberg 3 David
Howe
Heavyweight
1 John Crossan 2 Tiffany Rohrer 3 Anita
Howe
Grand Champion Steer
JohnCrossan
Reserve Champion
Ken Walker
Herfer Classes
Angus Heifers
Class 1
1 Greg Davis 2 Matt McClellan
Class 2
1 Chris Jordan
Class 3
1 Erica McClellan
Grand Champion Heifer
Erica McClellan
Reserve Champion
Greg Davis
Showmanship Classes
Seniors
1 Greg Davis 2 Ken Walker 3 Robbie Rohrer
Juniors
1 Lisa Howe 2 Erica McClellan 3 Ryan
Rohrer
Ist Year Members
1 JohnCrossan 2 Evan Smith 3 David Howe
Champion
Greg Davis
Reserve Champion
Ken Walker
Division II championship for King.
The purple banner in the bred-and
owned cow-calf competition went
to to last year’s reserve champion
cow-calf breeder Jason Kuhlmann,
North Platte, Neb. Silver Belle and
her bull calf by sterling nabbed the
top title.
The inidividual and team
showmanship contests were stiff
with 14 states entered in the team
competition and more than 100
individuals vying for the peewee,
junior and senior awards. Charlie
Boyd 11, Mays Lick, Ky., earned
the champion senior showman
title. Champion honors in the
junior division went to Fred
Wingert, Ottawa,Kan., and in the
peewee category Ben Hadden of
Gibson, Ga., earned the champion
title. Matt Sims claimed the
reserve senior division cham
pionship.
Active in the planning and
carrying out of the week’s ac
tivities was the National Junior
Polled Hereford Council. The
Council is composed of 12
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Grand champion market lamb in this year’s Chester County
4-H show was a purebred Suffolk exhibited by Nancy Mac-
Cauley. At sale time, Gerry Williams, representing Bran
dywine Savings and Loan, Oowningtown, offered the top bid
of $3.25 per pound.
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Donna MacCauley's reserve champion went home with Ira
Hicks of Goshenview Farms, Paoli, for $1.95.
Polled Hereford juniors
representatives of the 37 state
junior Polled Hereford
associations. Their new officers
elected during the week are
Chairman Tim Roberts, Arcadia,
Okla.; Vice Chairman Sam McGill
Jr., Washington, Ga.; Secretary
Melanne Taft, Springfield, 111.; and
Reporter Suzanne Boyd, Mays
Lick, Ky.
The 12th Junior National marked
the fifth year for the Beef Bowl
contest where youth exhibit their
knowledge of the cattle and Polled
Hereford industries. The final
round between the Wisconsin and
Missouri teams was a close race to
the final buzzer with the Wisconsin
team winning the bout by one
point
In the senior division of the
National speech contest, Jeame,
Sorrells of Bell Buckle, Tenn., was
named champion. The reserve
senior winner was Richard Poss of
Harlem, Ga. Matt Sims collected
the champion junior award with
the reserve junior champion
honors going to Cindy Sorrells of
Bell Buckle, Tenn.
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The Tennessee Junior Polled
Hereford Association exhibited the
winning scrapbook in this year’s
competition. Missouri juniors
claimed the overall Sweepstakes
Award for the third consecutive
year. The Sweepstakes Award
goes to the state junior association
with the best overall performance
during the week’s competitions.
The keynote speaker at the mid
week Youth Forum- was Sam
Washburn of Fowler, Ind. The past
president of the National Cat
tlemen’s Association encouraged
the youth to take a more active role
m the future of the beef cattle
industry.
Mini-workshops addressed
topics of beef nutrition by Dr. Ron
Lemenager of Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Ind., and per
formance testing and the
American Polled Hereford
Association Guide Lines Program
by Dr. Jim Gibb, APHA director of
education of research. A fun rodeo
and junior dance rounded out the
week’s events.
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