BY MARIANNE WALKER
Centre Co. Correspondent
CENTRE HALL (Centre
Co.) — The numbers, both in
terms of animals sold arid prices
paid, may have been down a little
bit from last year, but Centre
County’s 4-H and FFA members
were still handsomely rewarded
for their livestock projects at their
annual sale held August 20. A tot
al of 209 project animals were
sold this year, the number last year
was 223. There were 48 lambs, 54
steers and 107 market hogs, and
the total of the prices paid for
these projects was $97,185.
Niki Alters of Bellefonte sold
her crossbred grand champion hog
for $4.30 per pound, while the
reserve grand champion animal,
shown by Lori Cash of Centre
Hall brought $4 per pound. The
hogs were purchased by Sunset
Ice Cream and the Centre Auction,
respectively.
The champion heavyweight,
shown by Stacey Pighetti of War
riors Mark, sold for $1.20 to the
Centre Daily Times. The champ
ion lightweight brought Chad
Decker of Centre Hall 90 cents per
pound, while the reserve champ
ion heavyweight shown by Ben
Boldin of Bellefonte sold for
$1.15 to Rt. 45 Sales and Service.
Lonnie Pighetti’s reserve
champion lightweight sold for 85
cents per pound to Victor Dupuis,
while Lori Cash’s reserve champ
ion middleweight sold for $l.lO to
Dr. Frank Long. The reserve
champion lightweight, shown by
Niki Alters sold for 75 cents to the
Centre Daily Times. The market
hogs (excluding the grand champ
ion and reserve) averaged $1.17.
The grand champion market
lamb, a Suffolk shown by Joyce
Harpster of Boalsburg, sold for
$5.10 per pound to Sunset Ice
Cream. Scott Kuzemchak of
Pleasant Gap sold his reserve
grand champion Hampshire to
Four Record-Breaking Prices
At Indiana Livestock Sale
BY RANDY WELLS
Indiana Co. Correspondent
INDIANA (Indiana Co.)
Four new records were set at the
27th annual Junior Livestock Sale
at the conclusion of the Indiana
County Fair Sept. 1, according to
Ward Stover, the county’s exten
sion director.
One hundred and eighteen buy
ers purchased 194 live animals
and five carcasses for a new gross
sales total of $94,744.70. The pre
vious high gross total was $87,466
set in 1988.
New record prices were also
paid for the reserve grand champ
ion live lamb, $l4 per pound; the
reserve grand champion live beef,
$4,25 per pound; and the reserve
grand champion beef carcass,
$3.45 per pound.
The 115 head of market hogs
weighed a total of 26,525 pounds.
The average price per pound with
the champions was $1.51, and
$1.45 per pound without
champions.
The 57 head of market lambs
weighed 5,796 pounds. The aver
age price per round with champ
ions was $1.83, and $1.22 without
champions.
The 22 head of market steers
weighed a total of 25,670 pounds.
The average price per pound with
champions was $1.38, and $1.04
without champions.
Centre Co. 4-FUFF A Projects Sell .
Caplin'k£ cSS, purchased A » e ™' *•"•*'« ™*<* h °« « Chw Court.,’,
the H6>pound Suffolk for $5.10 per pound.
Bierly’s Meat Market of Boals
burg for $4.10.
The champion middleweight,
exhibited by Rodney Fultz of
Spring Mills, sold to Joel Confer
for $3.10 per pound. Charlotte
Pressler’s champion lightweight, a
Hampshire, sold for $2.85 to Dave
Harpster.
Gilbert Stanley purchased the
reserve champion lightweight
from Cinnamon Rudy for $1.50
per pound, while Terry Rudy of
Pennsylvania Furnace sold her
reserve champion middleweight, a
Hampshire, to Galen Driebelbis
for $1.25 per pound. The reserve
champion lightweight, a Katahdin
exhibited by Karen McLinden of
Port Matilda, sold for $1.25 to
Myers Brothers Meats of Spring
Mills. The market lambs (exclud
ing the grand champion and
reserve) averaged $l.lB per
pound.
In the market steers, Lori Cash
of Centre Hall sold her grand
champion, an Angus, for $2.95 to
Mysti Dinger’s grand champion
market hog, a Berkshire, was
bought by Luther Ford of Homer
City for $5.40 per pound, for a tot
al value of $1,242.
Bryan Martin’s reserve grand
champion market hog, a cross
breed, was bought by CR Motors
of Blairsville for $4.10 per pound,
for a total of $963.50.
Cathy Fyock’s grand champion
pork carcass was bought by Bon
narrigo Ford Inc. of Blairsville for
$5.00 per pound, for a total of
$B4O.
Debbie Blose’s reserve grand
Champion pork carcass was
bought by Saltsburg Shop & Save
for $4.50 for a total value of $765.
Jason Kuzemchak’s grand
champion market lamb, a Hamp
shire, was bought by Evergreen
Motors of Indiana, for $l7 per
pound for a total of $2,125.
Jeremy Cattau’s reserve grand
champion market lamb, a cross
breed, was bought by Delaney
Chevrolet of Indiana for a record
high of $l4 per pound, for a total
of $1,708. The previous record
price was $ll per pound, set in
1988.
Brandi Mikesell’s grand
champion lamb carcass was
bought by Delaney Chevrolet for
$24 per pound, for a total of
$1,104.
Tim Bishop’s reserve grand
Hoss’s Steak and Seafood House.
The reserve grand champion, a
Salers exhibited by Amy Clair of
State College went for $2 to Joel
Confer. The champion middle
weight, shown-by Lisa Harpster of
Pennsylvania Furnace, sold for
$1.15. The average price per
pound paid for market steers
(excluding the grand champion
and reserve) was 89 cents.
A one-gallon bottle of milk
from the Grange Fair’s champion
Holstein brought a bid of $B5O
from George’s Frosty Kup of Ofd
Fort The proceeds from the sale
of this milk go to the Centre Coun
ty Holstein Club and the Dairy
Princess Committee.
The Centre County Junior
Livestock Sale, in its 19th year, is
conducted by the Penns Valley
Livestock Auction and is spon
sored by the Centre County
Cooperative Extension and the
Vo-Ag departments of Bellefonte,
Penns Valley, and State College
Area High Schools.
champion lamb carcass was
bought by Marion Center Supply
Inc., Marion Center, for $l3 per
pound, for a total of $9lO.
Roy Shearer’s grand champion
market steer, a cross Angus, was
bought by Hoss’s Steak and Sea
House, Indiana, for $4.50 per
pound, for a total of $5,850. In ten
years of competition at the fair,
the 20-year old Shearer has shown
seven grand champion steers and
one reserve champion steer.
Valerie Fyock’s reserve grand
champion market steer, a cross
breed, was bought by Indiana
Shop N Save, for a record high of
$4.25 per pound, for a total of
$5,588.75. The previous record
was $3.80 per pound, set in 1987.
Norma Andrie’s grand champ
ion beef carcass was also bought
by Indiana Shop N Save for $3.25
per pound, fora total 0f52,557.75.
Micki State’s reserve grand
champion beef carcass was bought
by Saltsburg Shop & Save for a
record high of $3.45 per pound,
for a total of $2,456.40. The previ
ous record bid was $3.25 set in
1986.
There were 118 buyers among
the 177 bidders.
Auctioneers for the sale were
Clayton Winebark, Southwest
Regional Director for the Pennsyl
vania Department of Agriculture,
ind Pete and Charles Stewart.
Lori Cash of Centre Hall sold her reserve grand champ
ion market hog to Centre Auction of Pleasant Gap for $4
•nd,
lamb, a Hampshire, sold for $4.10 per pound to Bierly’s
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