Lebanon (Continued from Page A 24) sold for $51,250; 31 beef cattle sold for $31,625; and 78 market lambs sold for $15,240. The Lebanon Area Fair sale of market animals is designed similar to that of the Pennsylvania Farm Show sale of market animals, and packer bids arc accepted to provide market prices as a bottom line price. Registered buyers not wish ing to take possession of an animal can resell it to one of the packers at the market price, effectively con tributing the additional amount to (lie youth. The packer bid for the market From the left, Lebanon Area Fair Queen Rebecca Shirk holds the reserve grand champion plaque while Steve Habecker representing buyer Dutchway Farm Market Inc. holds the rosette for Heather Fuls, who holds the halter of her reserve grand champion steer of the Lebanon Area Fair. Showing the 4-H champion Brown Swiss of the Lebanon Area Fair are, from the left, Kristen Moyer with the reserve junior champion, Amanda Brown with Kristen’s junior champion, Alicia Mase with brother Anthony’s reserve grand champion, and Anthony Mase with the grand champion. Showing the 4-H Jersey champions of the Lebanon Area Fair are, from the left, Alex Werner with the reserve junior champion, Joel Bomgardner with the juniorchampion, Justin Troutman with the reserve grand champion and Bethanie Heagy with the grand champion, Lebanon County Li’l Miss Royell Bashore, and county Dairy Maid Laura Blauch. Fair Market Livestock while it was 63 cents per pound for beef. There were three packer bids for market lambs, depending on weight. Those lambs weighing 100 pounds or more had a packer rate of 67 cents per pound; those weighing from 80 pounds up to 100 pounds received 72 cents per pound; those weighing less than 80 pounds brought 82 cents per pound (there were only a few at that weight). The grand champion market hog was a 260-pound crossbred animal raised and exhibited by Megan Fuls, daughter of Kevin and Karen Fuls of Richland. The animal sold Lebanon Fair Youth Dairy Show Winners for $B5O to First National Bank of Fredericksburg, and had a market value of $93.60, based on packer bid. The reserve grand champion market hog was a 267-pound crossbred animal raised and exhi bited by Billie Jo Atkins, daughter of Bill and Judy Atkins of Leba non. It sold for $550 to Counhy Fare Restaurant in Myetstown, and had a market value of $96.12. The grand champion steer was a .- 1,318-pound animal exhibited by Justin Fuls, son of Kevin and Karen Fuls, that sold for $2,300 to Boss’s Steak and Sea House of Lebanon. It had a market value of $843.52. Heather Fuls, also a daughter of Kevin and Karen, showed the reserve grand champion steer, that sold for $1,500 to Dutch way Farm Market Inc. The 1,190-pound ani mal had a market value of $761.60. The grand champion market lamb was a 125-pound crossbred animal exhibited by Kyle Fleener, son of Tim and Sarah Fleener, of Robesonia. It sold for $l,OOO to Plasterer Equipment Company Inc. of Lebanon. It had a market value of $83.75. (Fleener, a consis tent winner at the fair and Farm Show, also showed the supreme champion breeding sheep of the fair.) The 125-pound reserve grand champion market lamb was exhi bited by Wendy Atkins, daughter of Bill and Judy Atkins, and sold (continued from last week) Blaine Brown holds the plaque he won for exhibiting the grand champion complete market lamb of the Lebanon Area Fair and is joined by Lebanon Area Fair Queen Rebec ca Shirk, and representives of the buyer, Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank Ag Lending Group (Fulton Bank affiliate). Representing the bank, on the left are Sylvia Beamesderfer, Jennifer Greenawalt, and Jeff Bollinger. On the right of Blaine are Matt Sellers and Sean McKinney. for $5OO to Hoss’ Steak and Sea House. It had a market value of $83.75. In addition to the live animals, also sold were the grand champion complete market hog and the com plete market lamb. The complete market animals are those judged in a competition that includes both live and carcass evaluations. The packaged and flash frozen and wrapped champion animals *. ju Ifair holds the halter of her 4-H reserve grand champion Ayrshire of the Lebanon Area Fair, while her brother Daryl Maulfair holds the halter of his grand From the left, Anthony Mase holds the halter of brother Garrett Mase’s FFA reserve grand champion Brown Swiss of the Lebanon Area Fair, while Garrett holds the halter of his grand champion. are then offered for sale during the auction. The price received fpr those two animals was not included in the total sale price. However, the grand champion complete market hog was exhi bited by Andrew Blatt and sold for $725 to Country Fare Restaurant in Myerstown. The grand champion complete market lamb was exhi bited by Blaine Brown and sold for $425 to Lebanon Valley Farmers Bank.
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