JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
BAIR (York Co.) Thomas
ville 4-H’er Adam Sellers made a
clean sweep of the top placings at
the York County junior market
livestock summer show and sale,
exhibiting both the champion hog
and lamb.
The annual summer roundup
show was held at the 4-H Center
on Aug. 9 and 11. Wrapping up
the event was the sale of the
judged animals, with the 78 hogs
and 33 lambs generating a com
bined $27,917 for the 53 partici
pating 4-H members.
Dual champion winner Sellers,
18, is a veteran livestock breeder
and showman, winner of numer
ous awards over the past several
years in both 4-H and open class
competition. A June graduate of
Spring Grove Area High School,
he plans to begin studies in 1998
at an Illinois junior college where
he can continue his interest in live
stock judging. During the year
interim. Sellers expects to con
tinue his employment on an area
farm and complete his final year in
1998 of 4-H eligibility.
Swine Sale
Mediumweight hogs proved
especially popular in the swine
show, with that weight division
champion and reserve claiming
the overall show titles in the final
runoffs. Finishing behind Sellers’
mediumweight and grand champ
ion was Jessica Innerst, Red Lion,
in the reserve spot
Adam Sellers’ 233-pound,
purple-ribbon winner opened the
swine sale which followed. It was
purchased after a round of spirited
bidding by Hatfield Packing Com
pany, long-time area livestock
youth supporters, for a $2.25 per
pound price.
Second in the hog sale lineup
was 9-year-old junior member
Jessica Innerst, with her
231-pound homebred entry. The
reserve winner brought the sale’s
top price, $3 per pound, and sold
to Hake’s Farm and Seed Service
of Red Lion.
A pair of crossbred Duroc litter
mates got the judge’s nod for the
champion pair title, exhibited by
Hanover 4-H’er Tammi Grubb.
Under the sale gavel, the
266-pound and 258-pound pigs
brought identical $1.30 per pound
prices from winning bidder Delw
ood Kitchens, Inc.
Lane Innerst, Red Lion, exhi
bited the reserve champion pair,
weighing in at a closely-matched
213 and 217 pounds. The 12-year
old’s runner-up pair also com
manded identical final bids, both
selling to M.B. Graphics, Jason
Martin, with a $1.75 per pound
price.
Champion lightweight ex
hibitor was Bobbi Myers,
Thomasville, whose 219-pound
entry sold for $2.05 per pound to
A.C. Service and Repair, Rick
Roth. Champion light heavy
weight title went to East Berlin
4-H’er Rick Jones, with Hatfield
Packing the buyer at $1.50 per
pound for the 237-pounder.
Allen Combower, New Free
dom, picked up two division
awards, exhibiting both the
champion heavyweight and the re
serve light heavyweight, Leidy’s
Inc. bid on Cornbower’s
252-pound heavyweight, at $2.25
per pound. His 246-pound light
heavyweight sold on a $1.65 per
pound bid to Glen Rock State
Bank.
A total of 78 head in the swine
sale averaged $1.25 with the
champion, and averaged only
York 4-H Holds Junior Livestock Show, Sale
three cents less when the champ
ion price was excluded.
Lamb Sale
Opening the lamb sale was Sell
ers’ champion 128-pound pure
bred Suffolk, one of two he pur
chased for project use when the
family oversold its spring crop of
lambs. Buyer of the winning
wether was 4-H Center caretaker
John Kann, who made the final
bid of $1.85 per pound.
Reserve champion market lamb
was a homebred from the flock of
Dover 4-H exhibitor Michael Bur
rell. The crossbred Suffolk, a
126-pounder, topped the sale at
$3.50 per pound, selling to B and
N Enterprises. B and N is the
name coined by the 4-H youth’s
grandparents, who have supported
his project’s efforts in this manner
for the second consecutive year.
Molly Ault, Hanover, exhibited
the champion lightweight, an
84-pound lamb which sold to Tex
as Lunch for $1.20 per pound.
Champion mediumweight went to
Adam Sellers, with buyer Ray
Kopp bidding last at $1.20 for the
108-pound entry.
Reserve lightweight was exhi
bited by Lindsay Jones, East Ber
lin. Lindsay’s 82-pound lamb sold
to Morrell Myers on a $2 per
pound bid. Tabitha Ebersole was
the reserve mediumweight exhibi
tor. with a 108-pound entry that
sold to Stewart Ebersole on his
$1.20 bid.
The sale of the 33 show lambs „ . ,
averaged $1.68 with the Champ- M yJone..3.
ion, and $1.66 without the Champion - Molly Ault
chamnion Rwarv* - Lindsay Jonas,
cndinpion. . , , MEDIUMWEIGHT LAMBS
Following IS a partial list Of Class 4 -1. Travis Floty. 2. Travis Fkxy. 3.
York 4-H junior market livestock Jonas.
show winners: B f SS ,^ Ull#K#m - 2 BobblMy,r *- 3 -
LIGHTWEIGHT SWINE Class 0-1. Adam Salloia. 2. Tabitha
Class 1-1. Haalhar Millar. 2. Matthew Ebarsola.
Altobelll. 3. Jessicya Robinson. Champion • Adam Sellars.
Class 2 -1. Jessicya Robinson. 2. Alisha Reserve • Tabitha Ebarsola.
Eberly. 3. Jessica Innerst HEAVYWEIGHT LAMBS
Class 3 -1. Lane Innerst 2. Nicole Eisen- Class 7- 1. Jacob Ebarsola. 2. Jacob
hart 3. Jeremy Wilson. Ebersola. 3. TsNtha Ebarsola.
Class 4-I.Bobbi Myers. 2. Lana Innerst. Class 0-1. Malt Trosda. 2. Jennifer
3. Rick Jones.' Fllnchbaugh. 3. Matt Trosda.
Champion - Bobbi Myers Class 8 -1. Adam Sellars. 2. Michael Bur-
Reserve - Lane Innerst rail, 3. H. Jay Rishal.
Adam Sellers’ 233-pound market hog was selected
champion of the York 4-H summer show. Hatfield Packing
Company, represented by buyer Kurils Good, bought the
show winner for $2.25 per pound.
Reserve champion market hog at the York 4-H sale was
exhibited by Jessica Innerst. It sold to Hake’s Farm and
Seed Service for $3 per pound. Holding the banner is Beth
Innerst.
MEOIUMWEIGHT SWINE
Class 5 -1. Matt Trestle. 2. Bob! Myers. 3.
Adam Sellers.
Class 6 -1. Jessica Innerst. 2. Jared Seitz.
3. Adam Shua Jr.
Class 7 -1. Adam Sellers. 2. Lane Innerst
3. Susan Richardson.
Champion - Adam Sellers.
Reserve - Jessica Innerst
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SWINE
Class 8 -1. Rick Jones. 2. Bobbi Myers. 3.
Cody Ault
Class 0-1. Michael Burrell. 2. Kathleen
Jenkins. 3. Matt Trosile.
Class 10 -1. Allen Cornbower. 2. Matthew
Hoover. 3. Michael Burrell.
Champion - Rick Jones
Reserve - Allen Cornbower.
HEAVYWEIGHT SWINE
Class 11-1. Allen Cornbower. 2. Tamml
Grubb. 3. Adam Shua Jr.
Class 12-1. Tamml Grubb. 2. Heather
Jasienskl. 3. Jared Seitz.
Champion - Allen Cornbower.
Reserve - Tamml Grubb.
Swine Show Champion • Adam Sellers.
Reserve - Jessica Innerst
Pairs Champion - Tamml Grubb
Reserve - Lane Innerst.
SWINE FITTING
Ages 16-18; 1. Michael Burrell. 2. Adam
Shua Jr. 3. Mark Parrish.
Ages 12-15; 1. Beth Parrish. 2. Susan
Richardson. 3. Lindsay Jonas.
Ages 10-11:1. Rick Jonas. 2. Cody Ault. 3.
Allen Cornbower
Ages 8-9; 1. Zachary Schell. 2. Amanda
Hoover. 3. Shannon Eberly.
Champion Fitter - Beth Parrish.
Reserve - Mike Burrell.
SWINE SHOWMANSHIP
Ages 16-18; 1. Adam Sellers. 2. Matt
Trosde. 3. Bobbi Myers.
Ages 12-15; 1. Tamml Grubb. 2. Lindsay
Jones. 3. Susan Richardson.
Ages 10-11; 1. Allen Cornbower. 2. Cody
Ault 3. Rick Jones.
Ages 8-9: 1. Jesica Innerst 2. Emily
Robinson. 3. Shannon Eberly.
Champion Showman - Adam Sellers.
Reserve - Matt Trosde.
LIGHTWEIGHT MARKET LAMBS
Class 1-1. Emily Qraybid. 2. Maria Gray
bill.
Class 2-1. Maria Graybill. 2. Drew Bank-
Heavyweight Champton - Adam Seders.
Reserve • Mhe Burrall.
Market Lamb Champion - Adam* Sallars.
. Raiarva • Mika Burrall.
FITTINQ/SHOWMANSHIP
(Qroupad by yaara of 4-H experience)
Fitting
7-10 Years -1. Michael Burrall. 2. Maria
Graybill. 3. Man Traada.
5-6 Years • 1. Jacob Ebersola. 2. Bobby
Tamml Grubb's pair of crossed Duroc llttermates were
selected the Voile 4-H show’s champion pair. Buyer, at
$1.30 per pound, was Delwood Kitchens.
York 4-H sale reserve champion pair exhibitor was Lane
innerst. The two pigs sold for $1.75 per pound to M.B.
Graphics, Jason Martin.
, -Jiy.
were the winning bidders on the champion market lamb
exhibited by Adam Sellers. The 128-pound Suffolk wether
sold on the bid of $1.85 per pound.
York 4-H show’s reserve champion market lamb title
went to Mike Burrell’s 126-pounder homebred wether. Buy
er of the lamb was B and N Enterprises, on a $3 per pound
bid. From left are Louise and Ray Ness, Mike Burrell, and
Evelyn Burrell.
1-2 Years -1. Jacob Emenhotser. 2. Eric
Banked 3. Nicola Gammlll.
Showmanship
7-10 Yeara -1. Matt Tiotlle. 2. Jan Flinch
bauph, 3. Mchaai Burrell.
6-0 Year* -1. Jacob Ebaraola. 2. Bobbi
Myers. 3. Lindsay Jonas.
3-4 Years -1. Kelly Jo Banked 2. Travis
Rory. 3. Rick Jonas.
1-2 Years -1. Nichole Gammlll. 2. Eric