A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 4, 1992
Five Grand For Simmental At Pa. Bull Sale
GAIL STROCK
Mifflin Co. Correspondent the 19th Performance-Tested Bull
Editor’s Note: This is the last Sale held at the Ag Arena,
of Lancaster Farming’s bull Undaunted by the weather or
buyer series. the economy, the crowd, which
STATE COLLEGE (Centre was 30 percent larger than last
Co.) —On Friday, March 27, with year, came to see the grand finale
all the sights, sounds, and smells of the 112-day performance test
of a good sale, a crowd of cattle- conducted at the Meat Animal
men and women gathered around Evaluation Center.
“You can tell what you're getting,” states Roy Armstrong
of Lewlstown. Armstrong bought the highest Indexing bull,
a Polled Simmentai.
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Roy Armstrong of Lewlstown cast his bid for the highest-indexing animal, a Polled
Simmental, sold by Bruce E. Laidlg of KJ Farms In Newburg, Pennsylvania.
Of the S 3 bulls sold by 44
breeders, a black Simmental sold
by Larry E. Hughes of Triple L
Farm brought the sale high of
$5,000. Bought by K-Hill Farm of
Abbottstown, the bull’s index
ratio was 107, with 100 as
average.
Overall, the sale brought in
$85,450 for sellers with an aver
age of $1,554 per bull.
The first bull entering the ring
for Auctioneer Mike Jones of
West Point, Georgia, was a Here
ford. Of the 14 Herefords sold, the
highest one went to Sire Power,
Inc. for $2,600. The Hereford herd
averaged $1,429 per bull with
indexes ranging from 96 to 117.
Sold from high index to low
within each breed, a change of
breed in the showring usually
meant new buyers and prices.
Twenty-two Angus bulls fol
lowed the Herefords. William
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