010-Laneaster Farming-Saturday, Augusts, 1987
Union County champion market swine (L-R) Kerry
Wenrick owner, Melvin Lehman of Hatfield Packing
Company and Lisa Sharp - Miss Union County.
purchased by Metzger Quality Meats. (L-R) Lisa Sharp
(Union County Queen), Duane Keefer, Dean Metzger,
Walt Keister runnerup bidder.
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Reserve open chimplon '?Xrm ,nf, " F?r
Holstein San-Be Jingle Shuck of Miftllnburg Far-
Bell for San-Be Farms T- wS
Bryant Hill Brass Harp.
Union Co. Dairy Show
John Rishel, R 1 Mifflinburg,
.howcd Dietrichs Millie to the
grand championship of the open
ind FFA dairy show at the Union
bounty West End Fair. Rishel also
iad the grand champion 4-H ani
mal with Dietrichs Maggy and was
the champion FFA fitter and show
man. Dawn Rishel was named the
junior owner-breeder with Diet
richs Citamatt Thunderbolt.
The reserve champion Holstein
Reserve champion
champion Jersey,
in the open show was San-Be
Jingle Bell for San-Bc Farms. The
reserve champion FFA Holstein
was J & K Yue Homestead Sunny
for Jonathon Boop. The grand
champion Jersey was Bryant Hill
Brass Harp for Amy Jo Sanders.
Sanders was also the champion
4-H showman. And Aaron Gimmo
was the champion 4-H fitter.
Dennis Wolff, Millville, was the
judge. And Ralph Dietrich Jr. was
the show superintendent.
Union Fair Livestock Sale Report
The Union County West End
Fair held its ninth annual 4-H and
FFA Livestock Auction Sale on
Friday, August 7, 1987. The sale
was open to all FFA and 4-H mem
bers in Union County exhibiting
animals during the sixty-second
fair in Laurelton. Bryan K. Imes of
R.D. 2 Port Royal served as the
auctioneer. A total of 54 animals
were sold for $15,688.93.
The 1250 pound grand champ
ion market steer was owned by
Duane Keefer of RD 2Lewisburg.
It was sold to Metzger Quality
Meats & Custom Butchering of
Winfield, Pennsylvania for $ 1.00 a
pound.
Curtiss Falck of RD 2 Lewis
burg owned the 1400 pound Char
olais reserve champion market
steer. It was purchased by the West
Milton State Bank of West Million
for .86 a pound.
In the market swine division,
Kerry Wenrick of Laurelton own
ed the 226 pound grand champion
market hog. The Mifflinburg FFA
1987 Union County West End Fair champion market
lamb (L-R) Bob Valentine of Mifflinburg Bank and
Trust Company buyer, Lisa Sharp Miss Union County,
Gary Willow owner.
member sold his champion hog to
Hatfield Packing Company of Hat
field, Pennsylvania for 2.60 a
pound. Heidi Keefer of RD 2Lew
isburg sold her 227 pound reserve
champion market hog to Hatfield
Packing at a price of 2.35 a pound.
The 105 pound grand champion
market lamb was raised by Gary
Willow of RD 3 Mifflinburg. Mr.
David Dcihl purchased the champ
ion lamb for the Mifflinburg Bank
and Trust Company of Mifflin
burg, at $6.10 a pound. The reserve
champion market lamb was owned
by Teresa Walker of RD 2 Lewis
burg, Pennsylvania. Roger Shuck
of the Mifflinburg Farmers
Exchange Inc. purchased the 90
pound reserve champion for 3.00 a
pound.
This year’s sale included six
steers, 25 market hogs, and 23
market lambs. The six beef ani
mals were sold for $6,319.75, the
market swine $5,599.69, and the
market lambs $3,769.49. The ani-
John Rishel with grand champion Dietrich Millie.
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mals were the projects of Union
County FFA and 4-H members.
Each club member could exhibit
up to 1 steer, 2 hogs, and 2 lambs.
Project records as well as the stan
dard health papers had to accom
pany each animal shown and sold.
Other buyers included: Byerly
Bros. Meats, Keister’s Middleburg
Auction Sales Inc., Economy
Locker Plant, Clarence Beiler,
Rhoads Mills Inc., Don Keister
and Son, Bryan Imes Auctioneer
ing, Smithfield Packing Co., Mif
flinburg Farm Supply Inc., Mif
flinburg Farm Bureau, Dewart
Livestock Auction, Allen Clark
Inc., Swineford National Bank,
Ag-Center Inc., Dottie Lou Meats,
Moyers Drywall, Dekalb Pfizer
Seeds-John R. Walter & Son,
Northeastern Farm Credit Service,
Northern Central Bank, Northeast
ern Farm Credit Service, M. L.
Bowersox, Farm Bureau, Don
Keister and Son, Rhoads Mills
Inc., Shively’s Custom Butchering
and Meats, and Jersey Shore
Livestock Market.
Reserve .on
market swine (L-R) Melvin
Lehman of Hatfield Pack
ing Company and Heidi
Keefer owner.
Reserve FFA champion
Holstein, J & K Yue Home
stead Sunny for Jonathon
Boop.