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STATE COLLEGE
(Centre Co.) Pen
nsylvania’s 21st Annual
Performance Tested
Bull Sale was held here
at the Meat Animal Eva
luation Center on Fri
day, March 2S.
There was a very
large crowd in atten
dance to appraise an
outstanding set of per
formance tested bulls.
There were 121 regis
tered bidders from eight
different states.
Dr. Max Van
Buskirk, chief of the
Bureau of Animal
Industry, Pennsylvania
Department of Agricul
ture, brought greetings
from the department.
Van Buskirk also
announced that the
public’s support for the
performance testing
programs conducted by
the Meat Animal Evalu
ation Center should be
reaffirmed by sending
letters to him in Harris
burg indicating that
these programs are ben
eficial to and supportive
of the meat animal
industries.
The sale started in
grand fashion with the
twenty Polled Hereford
bulls recording the top
breed sale average of
$1,783. The top index
ing Polled Hereford
bull, bred by Fred
McMurry, was the first
bull in the ring and he
sold to Bayer’s Here
ford Ranch of Twin
Bridges, Mont, for
$2,000. The McMurrys
received the top
indexing Polled Here
ford award presented by
the Pennsylvania Polled
Hereford Association.
The lot #3 bull con
signed by Paul and Bette
Slayton sold for the top
price of the day. This
bull with tremendous
EPDs sold to Mike and
Judy Patton of Olean,
N.Y. for $3,400 on a
mail bid. Lot #5 bull
consigned by Frank
Darcey and Lot #6 con
signed by John & Janet
Humphrey each sold for
$2,400 to Hochreither
and Lukan of Hawley,
Pa. and Watchtower
Farms of Wallkill,N.Y.,
respectively.
The Angus breed
started with the top
indexing bull consigned
by Joe and Bobbi
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Bull Sale Held
McMullen. The
McMullens from Lan
caster County, Pa.
received the top
indexing Angus bull
award from the Pennsyl
vania Angus Associa
tion as well as die top
indexing bull over all
breeds award. This
award was presented by
the Pennsylvania Cattle
men’s Association. This
bull then sold to Watch
tower Farms of Wall
kill, N.Y. for $1,700, the
third highest price for an
Angus bull. The top
selling Angus bull was
also consigned by the
McMulleris. This low
birth weight bull sold to
Hendrik Angus Farm of
Knoxville, Pa., for
$2,300. The second
highest selling Angus
bull was the high mater
nal trait bull consigned
by Erskine Cash of
Centre Hall, Pa. The
Rito 2100 GDAR son
sold to P T Mclntire and
Sons of White Post, Va.
for $2,000. The 24
Angus bulls grossed
$32,730 to record an
average of $1,363.
The Simmental divi
sion of the sale started
with the two top
indexing bulls bred by
Ken Foust of Gettys
burg, Pa. These two
bulls were both sons of
the top-indexing and
top-selling Simmental
bull of Pennsylavnia’s
17th Annual Perfor
mance Tested Bull sale
in 1990. Foust’s two
bulls sold to William
Mclntire of Shelocta,
Pa. for $1,700 and to
George Robinson of
Kreamer, Pa. for
$1,600. These two
prices were surpassed
only by the top selling
Simmental. This out
standing black Simmen
tal consigned by Mes
sick Farms of Middle
town, Pa., was
purchased by Ken Foust
for $2,500.
The last bull in the
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sale was the lone Charo
lais bred by Raymond
Bratton of McVpytown,
Pa. This bull sold to
Richard Eigenbrode of
Waynesboro, Pa., for
$l,BOO.
Overall, the 59 bulls
sold for a total of
$88,350 to tally an aver
age of $1,498. This
average would have to
qualify this sale as very
successful when consid
ering the fact that the
average was almost
$2OO higher than last
year’s overall average
of $1,307.
For mote information
on Pennsylvania’s per
formance testing prog
rams, contact Glenn
Eberly, Director, Pen
nsylvania Department
of Agriculture’s Meat
Animal Evaluation Cen
ter, 651 Fox Hollow
Road, State College, PA
16803, (814) 238-2527
or (814) 865-5857.
Pa. Beef Expo
Debuts In Harrisburg
PORT MATILDA (Centre Co.)
The 1994 Pennsylvania Beef
Expo will be highlighted by a
large commercial Trade Show and
Jerry Palen, nationally recognized
cartoonist There will be many
other events - five cattle breed
sales, the annual Cattlemen’s
Association Award Banquet, and
the Northeast Beef Cattle
Symposium.
For the first time, the Beef Expo
will be held at die Farm Show
Complex, Harrisburg. All exhi
bits, sales and shows will be inside
the Farm Show Complex.
The Trade Show will consist of
over 40 commercial exhibits
offering a wide range of new pro
ducts for the catde industry.
“Space is still available for
more exhibits,” according to Dan
Card, co-chairman of the Expo
Trade Show Committee, “the
trade show has always been one of
the main attractions of the Beef
Expo, and we are pleased that the
commercial companies provide
the necessary support to make the
Expo a success.”
Jerry Palen, creator of the popu
lar Flo and Elmo cartoons, will be
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at the Expo all three days Fri
day, Saturday, and Sunday, April
8,9, and 10. Mr. Palen provides
whole-family entertainment as he
and his audience laugh about his
real-life experience of “growing
up country” and then later owning
and operating his own cattle oper
ation in Wyoming.
According to Lowell Wilson,
professor of animal science at
Penn State, “Jerry uses the finesse
of a finely-tuned storyteller as he
helps people understand that
working together as a family and
as a couple in agriculture can be
fun; and Jerry uses each of us, plus
Flo and Elmo, to illustrate how we
can laugh along. Jerry also draws
cartoons at each of the events he
attends, allowing us to laugh at
ourselves even more.”
Palen will be at the Expo all
three days and will certainly bring
a new dimension to the event
The Educational Program, with
important contemporary presenta
tions on grazing systems, handling
newly arrived cattle, use of growth
promotants. nutrient management
and marketing innovations, will
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