Lebanon
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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
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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.