A22-Lancaater Fanning. Saturday, October 12,1991
KREAMER (Beaver Co.) A Beaver Community Fair Breeding
Dorset ewe was named supreme Sheep and Youth Livestock Show,
champion and a Southdown ram Also, the youth livestock sale
named supreme ram recently at the raised a total of $13,017.63
market lamb as buyers hold up their business sign
Wayne Massinger shows the grand champion market
steer of the Beaver Fair.
From the -Ing . Judge, and Lewi iser
Jr., present a sSO«rvlno» boodlorJdnnyZerby after far
ing her Dorset ewe to be the supreme ewe of the leaver
Community Fair.
Sheep, Livestock
Show Highlights Beaver Fair
through the support of a number ot
agricultural businesses and
individuals.
Most of the sale money went
directly to the youth, which is nor
mally used for reinvestment and
savings.
However, of that money, $313
was raised during the auction to
help raise funds for building a
livestock bam at the Beaver Com
munity Fairgrounds.
The money was raised when
first-round lamb buyers put the
animals back in the ring to specifi
cally raise money for the bam, and
the Lewis Meiser family donated a
lamb soley for the purpose of rais
ing funds for that purpose. That
lamb was sold three times.
The open and junior breeding
sheep show covered a number of
different sheep breeds. However,
six of the 11 breeds represented
were entries by one breeder.
Robert Richard, Beavertown,
showed the Cheviots; Steven Erb,
Beavertown, showed the Corrie
dale; Tiffany Hoffman, Kreamer,
showed the Suffolk; Matthew Zer
by, Beavertown, showed Colum
bia; Josh Eberly, Troxelville,
showed Oxford, and the Lewis
Meiser family, of Mt. Pleasant
Mills, showed Polypay. Therefore,
each of these exhibitors automati
cally were presented grand champ
ion awards for the breed.
Nevertheless, the quality of the
animals was excellent, according
to show officials.
In the Dorset breed, Jenny Zer
by, Beavertown, showed the grand
champion ewe which later went on
to be declared supreme ewe of the
show, and she also showed the
champion ram. There were a total
of five different breeders regis
tered in the Dorset show^
In the Hampshire breed, Henry
Zerby, of Beavertown, showed
both the champion ram and ewe.
Zerby was one of five different
breeders showing Hampshires.
In the Shropshire breed, Greg
Erb, Beavertown, showed the
grand champion ram, while
Deborah Etzler, Beavertown,
showed the grand champion ewe.
There were three breeders showing
animals in this show.
In the Southdown breed, com
petition was between three breed
ers with Luke Zerby showing the
champion ewe and the ram, which
later was named supreme champ
ion ram.
The champion Tunis ram and
ewe was shown by Wendy Purs
ley, of ML Pleasant Mills. The
Meiser family also showed the tan
and brown Tunis.
In the livestock show, the grand
champion market hog was shown
by Steve Erb, while the reserve
champion was shown by Jason
Woodling.
Erb’s 222-pound champion hog
was purchased by Corey Klingler,
of Klingler’s Produce for $1.85 per
pound. Woodling’s reserve
champion weighed 218 pounds
and brought $1.23 bid from Len
Hummel, buying for Hoss’s Steak
and Seahouse.
Overall, the market hog show
and sale was the largest with 39
head sold for an average $1.57 per
pound, raising a total of $5,322.
The champion market lamb was
shown by Jenny Zerby, who sold
the 127-pound lamb f0r,52.45 per
pound to Hassinger-Courtney
Auctioneering. The 114-pound
reserve champion market lamb
was shown by Johanna Kodlick
and sold to Kish Vet Service for
$1.75 per pound.
Overall, the lamb sale generated
Steve Erb shows the grand champion market hog of the
Beaver Fair, while Corey Klinger, of Klinger’s Produce,
holds the banner.
From the left, in the front, Alan Pursley Jr. gets help from
his sister Wendy in holding his grand champion pair of meat
rabbits. In the back row, from the left, Dale Longacre and
Roger Lauver, runner-up bidders, stand with buyer Harold
Meiser, with Meiserville Milling Co.
$2,768.13 on 28 head for an aver
age per pound of $1.07, not count
ing the resale fund-raising.
In the market steer show, Way
ne Hassinger showed the grand,
champion, a 1,260-pound animal
which he sold to Hoss’s for $1.60
per pound, or $2,016.
The reserve champioh was
shown by Jason Woodling, and
was purchased by Klinger’s Pro
duce for 85 cents per pound. With
his steer weighing 1,160 pounds,
Woodling earned $986 with the
sale.
The sale of four steers brought a
total of $4,514, or an average of 93
cents per pound
In the market rabbits, Alan Purs
ley Jr., a 4-H member, showed the
champion pen of meatrabbits, sell
ing the pair for $22.50 to Harold
Meiser, of Meiserville Milling Co.
The reserve pen of rabbits was
shown by Larissa Baney, who sold
her pair to Brett Middleswarth,
buyer for Middleswarth Chips, for
$2O,
Overall, the six pair of moat rab
bits earned $lOO and averaged
$16.66 per pair.
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