A3B-Lfhcaster Farming, Saturday, August 31, 1996
GAY BROWNLEE hours to sell the 320 head of ani-
Somerset Co. Correspondent mals at the Somerset County
MEYERSDALE (Somerset Fair's Junior Livestock Sale, the
Co.) —lt took some six and a half receipts of which totaled $185,656
The grand champion steer at Somerset pictured with
buyers from left, Bob Hay and Sidney Riggs and exhibitor
Lucas Svonavec.
The grand champion lamb pictured from left, Dr. Robert
Bastian, Vince Svonavec and Lucas Svonavec at the
Somerset County Fair Junior Livestock Sale.
Pete Luteri and Jesse Brant are pictured with the reserve
champion lamb at the Somerset County Fair.
Top Prices Paid At Somerset Fair Livestock Sale
on the Saturday of August 24.
The 59 steers averaged
sl,422.3operanimal, while the 94
market lambs averaged $277.27.
Some 167 market swine ended the
day with a per animal average of
$376.77 according to official
records kept by statistician, John
Hartman.
Walker Farm Service, the pre
mier buyer, purchased some IS
animals for $14,572, while hard
on their heels was Lincoln Supply
and Equipment, spending some
$14,517 to buy 11 animals,
including the $7,500 they paid for
the 1250 pound Ma/Anj/Ch grand
champion steer of Lucas Svo
navec of Rockwood, at $6 a
pound.
Jason Fisher of Boswell, had
the reserve grand champion steer
bought by Walker Farm Service
which at $4.50 a pound brought in
$5,715. The 1270 pounder was
also the county bred champion.
Tyler Anderson’s county bred
reserve champion, a 1320 pound
crossbreed sold at $3 a pound
bringing the total paid by Boss’s
Steak and Sea House to $3,960.
Lucas Svonavec’s grand
champion lamb, a Suffolk Cross
weighing 126 pounds sold for
$2,268, or $lB a pound. It was
bought by the Animal Medical
Center of Somerset County.
The reserve grand champion
lamb of Jesse Brant of Rockwood
sold for $2,292, or $17.50 to the
Somerset Trust Company. A Suf
folk. the lamb weighed 131
pounds.
The home grown champion
lamb, also shown by Lucas Svo
navec sold for $1,330 to the top
bidder Hoss’s Steak and Sea
House at $lO a pound. The Suf
folk Cross weighed 133 pounds.
Meagan Schmuck, Rockvtaod
saw her home grown reserve
champion lamb bring in a fine
purse at $2,398. Animal Medical
Center of Somerset County paid a
tidy $19.50 a pound for die Suf
folk Cross.
Tressler’s Ashland Oil Com
pany of Confluence paid $3,125 or
$12.50 a pound for Heidi Svo
navec’s grand champion swine, a
Blue Butt weighing 250 pounds.
Svonavec is from Rockwood.
The reserve champion swine,
shown by Brock Hillegass of Fair
hope was a Hampshire Cross
which First Philson Bank paid
$1,799 or $7.50 a pound. It
weighed 257 pounds.
A precedent was set for the sale
committee this year when three of
the animals shown by Lucas Svo
navec became champions.
“We’ve never had it happen
before,” said sale chairperson,
Mary Ann Sorber. “We knew that
it has always been a possibility.
Each kid is allowed to sell two
animals but they can exhibit five,”
she explained, “and we want all of
the champions to be sold.”
Sorber said, the sale committee
opted to let the “sale of all champ
ions” rule stand.
The recipients of the newly
created $l,OOO scholarship that
was shared by five veterans show
men went to Erica .Walker, Laura
Waltermire, Corby Svonavec, Lee
Sines and Andrew Barron.
The money for this fund comes
from animals that are donated
back and resold at the end of the
sale. Recipients must have shown
animals in each of the preceding
three years.
Auctioneers for the 1996 sale
were Betty Lou Svonavec, freed
Luce, Kermit Stahl, Mike Kncp
per, Bill Arnold and,. Scott
Mostoller.
The reserve champion steer was also the countv bred
champion at Somerset. Pictured left to right, Shirley and
A.J. Walker and Jason Fisher.
The grand champion swine at Somerset Fair is shown
with John Tressler and Heidi Svonavec.
The reserve champion swine at Somerset,
left, Brock Hillegass, Greg Croner, George
pictured from
Hay.