Joyce Bupp
York Co. Correspondent
YORK (York Co.) Pound for
pound, a cake outsold any other lot
offered during the York County
Junior Livestock Sale. The sale
was hosted September 16 at the
York Fair as a finale to the junior
livestock shows that ran through
out the nine-day event.
Kelly Myers sold her grand champion market steer to Rob
Billet, left, and Barb Barsoblt, Hoss’ Steak and Sea House.
Jason Frantz sold his reserve champion market hog to
Doug Tilley, Crabtree Rohrbaugh Associates with his sons
from left, Christopher, Ryan, and Mlcheal Tilley.
Michael Burrell sold his grand champion market lamb to
.Russel Horn, Sr.
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In what has become a tradition
over the past several years, a sheet
cake decorated with beef, sheep
and swine figures opened the
annual sale to heated bidding. Bak
er and decorator of the annual sale
kickoff cake is Lois Rankin, coun
ty extension service assistant and a
long-time volunteer with the 4-H
program.
Junior Livestock Sale
And, in keeping with another
tradition, buyers of the cake kept
donating it back for resale, with
proceeds earmarked for the junior
livestock programs. Six buyers
turned back the cake before it was
Anally purchased by the York
County Pork Producers, for $l2O,
to be shared by those attending the
sale.
A total $1023 raised by the
“bake sale” included donations
from buyers Joan Grim, Thomas
ville, $135, Glen Rock State Bank,
$l7O, Delwood Kitchens. $l7O,
Southcentral Pennsylvania Cattle
men’s Association, $l2O, Dr. C.
Jury Stinson. Stewartstown, $ 180,
and Hatfield Quality Meats. $l3O.
Equally-spirited bidding
greeted the first champion through
the ring, the 1207-pound winning
market steer exhibited by Thomas
ville 4-Her Kelly Myers. Bids
quickly ran up to $3.00 per pound,
with Hoss’s Steak and Sea House
holding out to the end to be the suc
cessful buyer. The regional
restaurant chain is supporter of
many years of area junior livestock
events.
Following into the ring was the
reserve grand champion market
steer, a 1297-pound crossbred
exhibited by 4-H member Shawn
Waltimyer, Airville. Blaine
Rentzel. who worked the sale with
Lebanon County auctioneer Harry
Bachman, made the final winning
bid of $l.lO on behalf of his
Rentzel’s Auctioneering Service.
Highest bid price per pound for
the champion lineup went to the
purple-ribboned lamb, exhibited
by Mike Burrell of Dover. The
IS-year-old first grand champion
winner’s lamb weighed in at 119
pounds and commanded a heady
$B.OO per pound from Russell
Horn, Sr.
Thomasville 4-Her Adam Sell
ers followed in the sale of champ
ions with the reserve market lamb.
His 118-pound crossbred brought
a final bid of $2.35 per pound, pur
chased by Lebanon Valley Nation
al Bank.
A $6.25 per pound bid took the
grand champion market hog, a
228-pound gilt exhibited by Tarn
mi Grubb, Hanover. Winning bid
der was Delwood Kitchens, with
the buyers planning to retain the
gilt for breeding stock.
Jason Frantz, Seven Valleys,
wrapped up the sale’s champion
offerings with his reserve-placing
market hog. Final bid on the
236-pound reserve winner stopped
at $5.00 per pound, with the
runner-up pig selling to Doug Til
ley, an associate of Crabtree Rohr
baugh and Associates architectural
firm.
Largest lot buj er of the sale was
Hatfield Quality Meats, which
purchased IS head of swine in
addition to participating in the
fund-raising cake sale. Hatfield is
a frequent and long-time supporter
of regional junior livestock sales
and events.
Nearly 200 total head of lives
tock sold in the sale. The 96 hogs,
with the champion, averaged 241
pounds in weight and a price of
$l.ll per pound. Without the
champion, the weight average was
242 pounds and the price was
$1.02.
Average weight of the 74 lambs
sold was 106 pounds. Price, with
the champion, averaged $1.39 per
pound; without the champion,
price average was $1.27 per
Adam Sellers sold his reserve champion market lamb to
Mike Firestine, Lebanon Valley National Bank.
Shawn Waltlmyer sold his reserve champion market
steer to Blain Rentzel, Rentiers Auction Service.
Tammi Grubb sold her grand champion market hog to
Charles and Evelyn Grubb, Delwood Kitchens.
pound.
The 24 steers, inrinding the Without the champion, the average
champion, averaged a weight of was 1170 pounds and 86 cents.
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x!77 pounds and a price of $1.05.