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INTERCOURSE Club Bred by Omar Beam, the grand
members put show judge Vem champion market hog brought the
Hazlett to the test on Sept. 10, sale’s high bid of $3.75 per pound
exhibiting more than 100 hogs in offered by Hatfield Packing.
the Chester-Delaware Counties 4-H Though both of Brian's older
Swine Show and Sale held at brothers had logged a combined
Vintage Sales Stables total of 22 years in 4-H swine
Topping the show was a 235- competition, this year’s show ■
pound crossbred gilt shown by marked the family’s first grand
Brian Beam, the son of Mr. and champion win.
Mrs. Titus Beam, Elverson. Exhibiting the reserve champion
■L*~~ Jm Chester D. Hughes
* ' Extension Lii'estock Specialist
Pricing Market Lambs
Lamb packers begin with a basic
economic principle: profit equals
total revenue (income) less total
costs (expenses). Income comes
from sales of lamb carcasses (or
cuts), pelts and offal. Expenses
include the cost of the live lambs,
slaughter costs, transportation,
cooler shrink, damaged pelts, and
condemned lamb.
Buyers sometimes work for
ward, meaning they begin with the
live lamb price and calculate how
much their profit would be if they
paid that amount. Buyers can also
work backward. They begin with
what the lamb is worth at
wholesale and a profit target, and
estimate how much they can pay
for live lambs to meet that profit
target.
In either case, several factors
influence the bid or sale price for
slaughter lambs. Among them
are: (1) the weight, grade, and
price of wholesale carcasses; (2)
grade and price of pelts; (3)
slaughter costs; (4) freight costs
from feedlot to paaker and packer
to retailer; (5) weight, grade and
Bedford livestock sole ends successful fair week
BY BETSY STITT
Staff Correspondent
BEDFORD Junior livestock
exhibitors at the Bedford County
Fair ended an eventful week with
their annual sale on Aug. 10.
Market lambs, hogs and steers
were put on the auction block by
auctioneer Clayton Winebark.
Show champions and class winners
were named earlier in the week.
Though Bedford Co. Extension
agent John Fair expressed some
concern over the current livestock
market’s possible affect on prices,
by sale’s end, most participants
agreed that the sale went well.
James Fisher of Bedford
exhibited the show’s grand
champion steer, then went on to
Frank Bittner, (left) owner of Gateway Restaurant, took
home James Fisher's champion steer for $4 per pound.
Beam-bred hogs top Chester-Delaware 4-H Show
Livestock Ledger
yield of slaughter lambs; and (b;
price competition among buyers.
Producers need to estimate the
live price or market value of their
lambs to market their lambs ef
fectively. For example, they need
to know the market value of lambs
in relation to the costs of producing
lambs in order to determine when
lambs should be marketed for
highest profits.
However, a word of caution is
appropriate. The estimate of sale
price or market value is only an
estimate. Actual prices may be
above or below the estimate for
several reasons. Among them are:
(1) a producer’s estimate of
weight, grade and yield of lambs
may differ from a buyer’s
estimate; (2) your estimate of
packer margins may differ from
actual costs and profits; (3) supply
and demand conditions of packers
may enable a packer to bid higher
than the estimate; and (4) the
competition for lambs among
packers will influence how much
packers will have to bid in order to
purchase lambs.
gamer $4 per pound for his entry at
sale time. Frank Bittner of
Gateway Restaurant paid $4860 for
the 1,215-pound homebred steer.
Brian Koontz, also of Bedford,
sold his reserve champion to
American Outfitters for $1.60 per
pound. The sale’s 64 steers
averaged 75 cents per pound, in
cluding champions.
In the market hog show, Ginger
Kegg of Bedford repeated last
year’s performance by taking
grand champion honors. Her 236-
pound Spot sold to American
Outfitters for $5.75 per pound.
Steve Winegardner of Manns
Choice sold his 241-pound reserve
champion hog to Morrison’s Cove
Livestock Market for $2.40.
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was Judy Petersheim, also of
Elverson, a familiar face in the
winner’s circle, since taking
reserve honors at the 1985 Farm
Show. Her 240-pound Duroc cross
was also bred by Omar Beam. At
$1.75 per pound, Hatfield Packing
was also the high bidder for the
reserve champion.
Champion and reserve trio
honors went to two exhibitors new
to the winner’s circle. Showing the
grand champion threesome was
Melissa Stoltzfus of Honeybrook,
with Matt Howe of Downingtown
coming in at reserve.
Miss Stoltzfus’ blue-ribbon pigs
were bred by J. Wilmer Stoltzfus,
and the reserve trio was bred by
Russell Kegg of Bedford Co.
Vintage Sales Stable offered the
high bids for both trios, paying 60
cents for the grand champions and
55 cents for the reserves.
The sale average was 63 cents,
including champions.
Sponsoring the trophies
presented to the top trio winners
was the Travaghnu. family of
Thorndale.
In the Chester Co showmanship
competition, top honors in the
senior division went to Rod
Stoltzfus, with Sam Petersheim
named reserve champion
showman. Champion and reserve
junior showmanship honors went
to Brian Beam and Jill Burkhart,
respectively. All champions
received trophies sponsored by the
Lancaster-Chester Co. Pork
Producers.
In the Delaware County
showmanship division, champion
and reserve honors went to Mark
Umberger and David Trumbull. In
the junior division, Chris Um
berger took top honors, with
Rebecca Adams being named
reserve.
In the hog carcass sale, Richie
Emerick sold his 159-pound grand
champion carcass to H.J. Beamer
Ford for $2.05 per pound. The
sale’s 32 market hogs, three
carcasses and eight lots of pigs
sold for an overall average of $l.lB
per pound.
Brian Barkley of Manns Choice
was the exhibitor of the grand
champion market lamb. His 123-
pound winner went to Hartley
National Bank for $3.20 per pound.
The bank then donated the lamb to
the Bedford County Memorial
Hospital.
Gwendolyn Gray of Schellsburg
sold her reserve champion lamb to
Fred* Claycomb for $1.55 per
pound.
H.J. Beamer Ford was also on
hand to buy the champion lamb
carcass from Eric Brenneman for
$2 1" r ,ound.
Delmarva to hold Poultry Health Meeting
GEORGETOWN, Del. - The
20th National Meeting on Poultry
Health and Condemnations will be
held on Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 15 and 16, at the Carousel
Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland.
This annual event is sponsored by
Delmarva Poultry Industryjnc.
(DPI), the regional trade
association that represents the
broiler industry on the Delmarva
Peninsula, in cooperation with the
Universities of Maryland and
Judy Petersheim’s Duroc cross took reserve honors
Clemens of Hatfield was top bidder.
Melissa Stoltzfus exhibited the champion trio at the
Chester-Delaware 4-H Show. High bidder was Glen Frame ol
Vintage Sales Stables.
National Bank for $3.20 per pound. Pictured with Brian and
Bedford Sheep and Wool Queen Heidi Stauffer are bank
director Ted Brown and executive vice president John Boyd.
Delaware,
Dr. G. Thomas Holder, con
ference general chairman,
recently announced, “Our
program includes 33 participants
who will report the latest in
formation on current topics con
cerning grow-out and processing
problems affected by poultry
health.” Holder added, “We have
selected the most outstanding
scientists and other authorities
from 14 states, England, Holland
and Canada to cover these subjects
and we are looking forward to
another very informativ
meeting.”
Registration forms, programs
and other details of the conferen
may be obtained by writing
calling Delmarva Poultry
dustry, Inc., R.D. 2, Box '
Georgetown, DE 19947 (302/
9037). Lodging reservations snoiu
be made directly wltl l „ n
Carousel Hotel, 118th Street, Oceai<
City, MD 21842 (301/524-1000).