A3B-Lancaatar Farming. Saturday, Saptambar 10, 1994
The Somerset County grand champion swine was sold
by Josh Will to Somerset Trust Co. represented by Mark
Marteeny at $9 per pound the hog’s price set a Somerset
fair record.
Young Jeremy Stair, light, saw his reserve grand champ
ion and reserve county bred champion beef bought by
Walker Farm Service at the Somerset County Fair Junior
Livestock Sale. WKh him from left are Greg Water and AJ.
Walker.
The Somerset County reserve grand champion swine
was sold to the Phllson Bank. From left, Butch Hay, buyer,
Greg Croner, and seller Kristin Randall.
Buyers Spend $151,659
GAY BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
MEYERSDALE (Somerset
Co.) Receipts from biiyers of
332 animals at the Somerset
County Junior Livestock Sale held
recently totaled $151,659,
reported Doyle Paul, statistician.
AJ. and Shirley Walker, own
ers of Walker Farm Service Some
rset, was premier buyer at the six
hour event. Buying some 19 ani
mals from the 4-H and FFA kids,
the Walkers laid out a tidy
$15,047.
Sold first was the grand champ
ion swine of Josh Will, Berlin. It
brought a record-setting $9 per
pound from the Somerset Trust
Company, which donated it to the
local Habitat for Humanity.
The Duroc-York hog weighed
245 pounds.
A York-cross was the
230-pound reserve grand champ
ion sold by Kristin Randall, Some
rset Philson Bank paid $5.25 a
pound for the animal.
With the champion, the 16S
swine sold averaged $1.19 a
pound.
One hundred lambs were sold
with the grand champion, owned
by Lindsay Schmuck, Rockwood,
bringing $10.25 a pound from
Tressler Ashland, Confluence.
The company also bought the
reserve grand champion lamb
owned by Lucas Svonavec, Rock
wood, for $ll a pound, and paid
another $11.50 a pound for the
home grown champion owned by
Jenna Svonavec. Rockwood.
Luke’s lamb, a Suffolk weighed
118 and Jenna’s, also a Suffolk,
weighed 121 pounds. Schmuck’s
champion Hampshire weighed
129 pounds.
Average per-pound price for the
100 lambs was $1.96, reflecting
the fact that one lamb was sold
eight times to aid a 4-H family
whose house burned a day prior to
the fair.
Erin Livengood’s grand champ
ion led the 65 market beef animals
that were auctioned. The
Chianina/Maine/Angus, weighing
1,385 pomdi brought prior, dou
ble honor for its Bowed owner as
the county-bred champion.
Roy Hemminger was the pur
chaser, paying $9.50 a pound.
From Berlin, Jeremy Stair’s
reserve grand champion beef was
sold to Walker Farm Service for
$5 a pound. The animal weighed
1,195 pounds and was also the
reserve county bred champion,
With the champion, market
beef averaged $1.06 per pound.
Numerous fire companies
received donations from the sale.
Other beneficiaries were the
Somerset Children’s Aid Society,
Somerset County 4-H Develop
ment Fund, Rockwood Sports
man’s Club, Boy Scouts, Koms
family, Somerset office of the Sal
vation Army, and a Mexico
missionary.
Six auctioneers for the day were
Betty Lou Svonavec, Reed Luce,
Kermit Stahl, Mike Knepper, Bill
Arnold, and Scott Mostoller.
At Somerset
Erin Llvengood stands with Roy Hemminger, ths buyer
of her grand champion beef at the Somerset County Junior
Livestock Sale. The steer was also county brad champion
and sold tor $9.50 a pound.
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The grand champion Somerset Co. lamb was bought by
Tressler Ashland. John Tressler, buyer stands next to sell
er Lindsay Schmuck, and her sisters Amy and Megan.
John Tressler of Tressldr’s Ashland, Confluence, pur
chased the Somerset County reserve grand champion
'LI lamb of Luke Svonavec.