A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 4, 1993
Somerset Livestock Winners Named
(Continued from Pago A 1)
The county bred champion of
Amanda Korns, Hyndman,
brought her $4,188, at $4 per lb.,
while the county bred reserve
champion of Angela Livengood
brought $1,840.50.
With champions the 1993 beef
sale averaged $1.21. Without
champions the sale average was
$1.05. In 1992 the grand champ-
The Somerset Co. Fair grand champion lamb was sold to
Ken Gibson for the Riverside and BiLo Markets. From left,
sisters Megan, Amy and Lindsay Schmuck, seller.
The Somerset Co. Fair reserve champion lamb of Luke
Svonavec, right, was bought by John Tressler for Tress
ier’s Ashland, Confluence.
ion sold for $3.50; the average,
$2.60.
A hundred and forty swine were
auctioned for a total sum of
$43,257.
Jillian Ickes, Rockwood, saw
her grand champion go to First
Philson Bank, Berlin for $1,098,
at $4.50 per lb. The York X
weighed 250 lbs.
The reserve grand champion of
Matthew Fletcher, Rockwood was
sold for $3.50 per lb. to Riverside
and BiLo Markets for a total of
$Bl2.
Giant Eagle. Somerset paid
$2.50 per lb. for the group champ
ion to give Mandy Decker of Gar
rett $525. Dclan Chevy paid
$334.50 for the other group champ
of Kami Hillegass.
The sale average with the
champions was $1.39. Without the
champs it dropped a mere four
cents to $1.35 which indicates
consistently good per pound
prices throughout the swine sale.
In 1992 both swine champions
brought $3.75 per lb.
AJ. Walker, of Walker Farm
Service, Somerset, well-known
for his great support of the Junior
Livestock Sale, as in many times
past, was again the premier buyer.
Walker spent $11,662.65 on the
market animals sold by the local
4-H and FFA members. /
And the generosity of the buy
ers boded well for seven local vol
unteer fire departments Sipes
ville, Somerset, Meyersdale,
Salisbury, Rockwood, New Cen
terville and Berlin all of whom
received donated animals.
Rather than keeping the county
bred steer it purchased, Hoss’s
donated it to die Children’s Aid
Home, Somerset.
Other recipients were a mis
sionary, the Area Agency On
Aging, Somerset Co. Boy Scouts,
4-H Clubs and a Historical
Society.
Six auctioneers sn<u:d the sale
responsibilities this year; Betty
Lou Svonavec, Scott Mostoller,
Kermit Stahl, Mike Knepper,
Reed Luce and Bill Arnold.
Swine, steer and sheep show
results are as follows:
Swine
Clau 1: 1. Jason Fisher, 2. Mark Hoff
man, 3. Michelle McKinley.
Class 2; 1. Gregory Sechler, 2. Brandon
Hillegass, 3. Jennifer Randall.
Class 3:1 .Travis Bryant, 2. Michael Henry,
3. Michael Ohler.
Class 4:1. Mandy Decker, 2. Kristin Ran
dall, 3. Julie Will.
Group Champion: 1. Mandy Decker, 2.
Kristin Randall.
Class 5: 1. Ben Whlpkey, 2. Heather
Welch, 3. Kevin Hillegass.
Class •: 1. Megan Frazee, 2. Kami Hille
gass, 3. Shawn Romesburg.
Claas 7: 1. Brock Hillegass, 2. Jason
Fisher, 3. Beth Harbaugh.
Claaa •: 1. Kami Hillegass, 2. Josh
Decker, 3. Meggan Hayes.
Group Champions: 1. Kami Hillegass, 2.
Megan Frazee.
Class 9: 1. Jodi Murray, 2. Amanda
Korns, 3. Kevin Hillegass.
Class 10: 1. Brian Smith, 2. Heidi Svo
navec, 3. Jessica Stoy.
Class 11: 1. Megan Frazee, 2. Meggan
Hayes, 3. Steven Landis.
Class 12: 1. Matthew Fletcher, 2. Luke
Svonavec, 3. Michael Way ant.
Group Champions: 1. Matt Fletcher, 2.
Megan Frazee.
Class 13:1. Chris Engle, 2. Carey Weigle,
3. Harry Hoover 11.
Class 14; 1. Steven King, 2. Joshua King,
3. Crystal Hershberger.
Class 15: 1. Jillian Ickes, 2. Michael
Shultz, 3. Ryan Schmuck.
Class 19; 1. Jillian Ickes, 2. Kristin Ran
dall, 3. Amanda Darr.
Group Champion*; 1. Jill Ickes, 2. Ste
ven King.
Jr. Showman: 1. Brian Smith, 2. Travis
Brant, 3. Heidi Svonavec.
Sr. Showman; 1. Harry Hoover 11, 2. Ste
ven King, 3. Chrystal Hershberger.
Beef
Class 1; 1. Susie Shipley, 2. Michael
Lynch, 3. James Bodes.
Class 2: 1. Amanda Korns, 2. David
Lnrengood, 3. Jodi Flick.
Class 3; 1. Brian Waydo, 2. Ben Shipley,
3. Jessl Lohr.
Class 4: 1. Amy Schmuck, 2. Michelle
McKinley, 3. Bryon Bruner.
Group Champions; 1. Amanda Korns, 2.
Amy Schmuck.
Class 5; 1. Jason Barron, 2. Sara Hllle
gass, 3. Luke Svonavec.
Class 6: 1. R. Lee Sines, 2. Danielle
Troutman, 3. Chris Schmuck. <
Class 7: 1. Jeremy Yutzy, 2. Lindsay
Schmuck, 3. Heather Welch.
Class •; 1. Jason Fisher, 2. Jon Guidon,
3. Melissa Vought.
Group Champions: 1. Jason Fisher, 2.
Jason Barron.
Class •: 1. Jill Brant, 2. Angela Llven
good, 3. Steven Schmuck.
Claaa 10:1. Vicky King, 2. Justin Fuls, 3.
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Jerry Ferko, left, and John Smith stand with Ferko’s
grand champion steer which Smith purchased for the Bo
nanza Restaurant at the Somerset Co. Fair’s Junior Live
stock Sale.
Purchaser of the grand champion swine at Somerset Co.
Fair livestock sale was the First Philson Bank, represented
from left, by George Hay and Greg Croner with seller Jillian
Ickes.
Fritz Hedglln bought tho Somerset Co. Fair reserve
grand champion swine tor Riverside and BILo Markets. The
seller Is Matthew Fletcher.