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Co.) For the fourth year in a
row, the Chester County 4-H Beef
Club members were fortunate to
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Bill Campbell, CEO of Boss's Steak House, purchased
the 1,175-pound grand champion steer exhibited by Sara
Howe of Downlngtown for $2-pound. Boss’s was the. vol
ume buyer of the day and also purchased the 4-H Center
Steer for $1,568 and donated It back to the club, where it
was sold to Don Cairns of Wallingford for $1,176.'
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Boss’s, Herr Foods Purchase Champions
hold their show and sale at the
Kimberton Fire Company
Fairgrounds.
It was a beautiful day as 22 top
quality steers were exhibited in
front of judge Bill Holloway.
Judge Holloway commended the
4-H members on the extremely
good job that they did in raising
top quality 4-H steers, steers that
would be acceptable to both the
packer and the consumer.
The champion steer chosen by
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Dennis Byrne of Herr Foods Inc., Nottingham, purchased
the 1,165-pound reserve champion steer from Phil McAllis
ter for $1.35-pound. Dennis’s son Adam is also pictured.
Judge Holloway was a
1,175-pound Angus/Gelbvieh
cross steer bred by Sonny Hicks of
Unionville and shown by Sara
Howe of Downingtown. The steer
was purchased that afternoon by
Hoss’s Steak House in Lionville
for a recordbreaking $2-pound.
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Philadelphia Area
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Boss’s, traveled from Bolidays
burg that morning to represent his
company at the sale.
Boss’s was also the volume
buyer of the day purchasing four
steers. Boss’s also purchased the
4-B club steer that was fed by the
McAllister family of Spring City
for $1,568 and he then donated the
steer back to the club to resell it
again fra* the center.
The 980-pound steer was then
purchased by Donald Cairns of
Wallingford for $1,176. Matt
McAllister of Spring City donated
$115.65 from the sale of his steer,
making the grand total raised for
the Center $2859.65. Thrifty Pal
let Company of West Chester,
owned by Bill Fairbaim, donated
the $3OO to cover the purchase
price of the steer.
Phil McAllister of Spring City
exhibited the reserve grand
champion market steer, which
weighed 1,165 pounds and was
purchased by Herr Foods, Inc. for
$1.35-pound. The steer was then
donated to the House of His Crea
tion in Sadsburyville.
Both Herr Foods and Herr
Angus Farms have been big sup
porters of the Chester County 4-H
Program in years past They also
purchased all of the resale steers,
which helps the overall sale
tremendously.
Keystone Farm Credit, Avondale purchased
Matt McAllister’s heavyweight steer, wliich
weighed 1.28 S pound, for $.99-pound, and Matt
then donated SIIS.6S to the 4-H Center Fund.
A new dimension to this year’s sale was the sale
of the 4-H Beef Club steer named Romano. He was
purchased by the Beef Club members from the
Devereux Foundation and then was fed by the
McAllister Family at their expense in order to raise
money for the new 4-H Center that will be built in
Chester County along Route 322 in West Brandy
wine Township. Hoss’s purchased the 4-H steer for
$1,568 and then donated the steer back to the club
to resell it again for the center. The 980-pound steer
was then purchased by Donald Cairns of Walling
ford for $1,176. Matt McAllister of Spring City
donated $115.65 from the sale of his steer, making
the grand total raised for the Center $2,859.65.
Thrifty Pallet Company of West Chester donated
the $3OO to cover the purchase price of the steer.
Fourteen steers were sold for an average price of
$1.13-pound, a record breaking average for Chester
County 4-H members. Eight steers were selected to
represent Chester County 4-H at the Pennsylvania
Farm Show in Harrisburg in January.
Champion senior showman honors went to Jen
nifer Dunleavy, Glenmoorc with reserve honors
going to Matt McAllister of Spring City. Champion
junior showman was Kasey McAllister of Spring
City and reserve champion was Jon Howe of Dow
ningtown. The champion Angus heifer was exhi
bited by Jason Marsch of Pottstown and the reserve
champion to Jennifer Dunleavy of Glenmoore.
Champion and reserve champion Simmental heif
ers were exhibited by Jason Wagner of Spring City.
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