Beaver Community Fair Livestock Show, Sale Benefits Youth
From the left, Ken Massinger and his son help Neil Court
ney hold up their business’s banner in back of the Beaver
Community Fair champion market lamb they just bought.
Meanwhile, Mike Duncan holds the sheep still. The exhibi
tor, Matt Zerby, is not shown.
Terri Tucker, far tight, shows the reserve champion mark
et hog of the Beaver Community Fair. From the left, runner
up buyer Joh Klinger of Klinger’s Produce stands with buy
er Walt Keister, of Keister’s Middleburg Auction.
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From the left, Wayne Hasslnger Jr. stands with his champion market steer and the
buyer Len Hummel from Hoss’s Steak and Sea House and Jim Boop, the competing
bidder from B-K Meats.
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lor a Beaver Fair Building Fund.
The iamb sold six times among
the buyers and was eventually
donated back to the youth. The ani
mal multiple selling lamb raised
5496.80 for the building fund.
The county youth livestock
program also got a boost of support
from Mifflmburg radio station
WWBE, whose owners donated
the proceeds from the sale of a
mascot lamb B-98 Bee for $5O.
Etzler’s Butcher Shop bought the
mascot.
The grand champion market
lamb, shown by Matt Zcrby,
weighed 120 pounds and sold for
$2 per pound.
"Die reserve champion lamb was
shown by Jenny Zerby, weighed
100 pounds and sold for $1.75 per
pound.
The grand champion market hog
was shown by Terri Tucker and
weighed 235 pounds. It sold for
$l.BO per pound. The reserve
champion hog, also shown by
Tucker, weighed 240 pounds and
brought $1.45 per pound.
The grand champion market
steer was shown by Wayne Hassin
ger and weighed 1,100 pounds. It
sold for $1.35 per pound.
The reserve champion steer was
shown by Levi Aurand and
weighed by 1,060 pounds and sold
from 85 cents per pound.
In the open and junior breeding
sheep show, the Zerby family
made a name for itself by showing
animals that captured most of the
champion and reserve champion
titles. A yearlng Dorset shown by
Jenny Zerby was named supreme
champion ewe.
A yearling Shropshire shown by
Deb Etzler was named supreme
champion ram.
The sheep and livestock shows
were judged by Darlene and Bob
Livingston from South Branch
Farm in Seven Valleys, York
County.
There were 27 buyers for the
livestock sale.
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From the right, Levi Aurand shows the reserve champion
market steer that is bought by Walt Keister and Jim Boop.
Runner-up bidder harold Meiser from Meiserville Milling
also joins in on the congratulations.
From the left, Dr. Grant Stuff and his son, of Kish Vet Ser
vice, buy the reserve champion market lamb of the Beaver
Community Fair from exhibitor Jenny Zerby
From the left, with the champion market hog of the Beav
er Community Fair, are runner-up buyer Glenn Wland of
Wiand Grain Farms, buyer Jerry Rhoads with Wayne Feeds
at Rhoads Mills Inc., and Terri Tucker, the exhibitor of the
hog.