A42-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19, 1998
Mercer County Announces
4-H Roundup Dairy Winners
MARSHA ANN CHESS
Mercer Co. Correspondent
MERCER (Mercer Co.)
Sixty-one 4-H members proudly
displayed approximately 170 head
of dairy cattle at the recent Mercer
County 4-H Roundup Dairy Show
here at the Mercer County 4-H
Park.
The highlight of the show was
the selection of the supreme best
bred and owned animal of the
show from the best bred owned
animal of each breed. The honor
went to Amoore Magnum Mickie,
a dry junior 3-year-old Holstein
cow bred and owned by Maggie
Faye Moore of Mercer. Reserve
honors went to David Chess's
senior 2-year-old Ayrshire, DDC
Heligo Moonshine.
Moore also showed the grand
champion Holstein, an aged cow
named Amoore Algonquin Mad
die Jo. Tom Über, Harrisville,
earned reserve grand champion
honors with his senior 3-year-old,
Amoore Melvin Martina. Junior
champion Holstein went to Lil
bum Stardust Lilac, a winter year
ling owned by Joseph Parker of
Greenville. Miranda Moore, Mer
cer, showed the reserve junior
champion.
Sally Oaks, Jackson Center,
showed her 4-year-old Xanadu
Toptin Apricot to grand champion
honors in the Jersey breed. Re
serve grand champion went to
Tim Lackey of Clarks Mills with a
senior 3-year-old named Bonnie
Bum Ali Harmony. Oaks also
showed the junior champion, Cass
Ridge Lucky Leah, a fall yearling.
Kim Yeager of Greenville showed
the reserve junior champion, fall
calf named 3 h farm Imperial No-
National Championships
To Be Decided
At Horse Show
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania National
Horse Show, Oct. 8-17 at the State
Farm Show Complex is not only
the country’s largest multibreed
indoor horse show. It’s also the
setting for the country’s fiercest
equestrian competition, as seven
coveted national titles will be de
cided.
One of only three USA Junior
Olympics-Equestrian events, and
the only to be held east of the Mis
sissippi, is the American Horse
Shows Association/Black Enter
tainment Television National
Junior Jumper Championship.
Teams of the top four riders under
age 18 from each zone, or region,
of the U.S. compete over jumps
for Junior Olympic gold, silver,
and bronze medals on Saturday
night, October 10. The rivalry is
especially fierce between tradi
tional contenders Zone 10, which
includes California and Nevada,
and the hometown favorite Zone 2
Pennsylvania, New York and
New Jersey the victors in 1997.
The young riders compete for in
dividual titles on Thursday and
Friday, Oct. 8-9.
The Junior Jumper champion
ship precedes by one day the
American Horse Shows Associa
tion/Eisers and Pessoa National
Hunt Sea Equitation Medal
Championship, which will cele
brate its golden anniversary in
'998 More than 200 of the conn
David Chess, Fredonia, showed
the grand champion Milking
Shorthorn, Honey Creek Kings
Baby Doll, an aged cow. Reserve
grand champion went to Donna
Philson, Mercer, with her fall
yearling, Honey Creek Milli,
which was also junior champion
Milking Shorthorn.
Kimberly Voorhies, Stoneboro,
showed her Ayrshire aged cow,
Zil-Hil-Jilda’s Megan, to grand
champion honors in the Ayrshire
show. Reserve grand champion
went to DDC Heligo Moonshine,
David Chess’s' senior 2-year-old.
Andrew Sturgin, Fredonia, won
junior champion with Little Run
Rose Nellie, a winter yearling.
Voorhies also had the reserve
junior champion with a spring calf
named Be-Be-Kim O Gold Cora.
A E Emoiys Golden Dawn, a
dry cow, shown by David Chess,
was named grand champion
Brown Swiss. Vanessa Philson
showed the junior champion, Par-
Nic Minor Acres Suw, a spring
yearling, to reserve grand champ
ion. Philson’s fall calf. Minor
Acres Troubadour Jean, was se
lected reserve junior champion.
Tim Lackey’s junior 2-year
old, Vera’s Smokin Beauty, was
selected as grand champion
Guernsey. Reserve grand champ
ion went to Mary’s Marlyn, a
junior 3-year-old shown by David
Chess. Terra Ferris, New Wil
mington, showed her fall calf,
Lebanon Valley Elevator Tab, to
junior champion honors in the
Guernsey breed. Reserve junior
champion went to Ronnie White
with his summer yearling. Willow
Brook Hunters Jessica.
try’s top young riders under age
18 endure a grueling day of com
petition and advanced tests over
fences as they are judged on their
horsemanship and control. The
field is slowly narrowed until a
handful of finalists are given a fin
al test, which may be as difficult
as jumping a challenging course
without coaching and on a horse
they’ve never before ridden.
The prize is the Medal that
recognizes the best young rider in
the country. The list of riders who
have won over the past 50 years
reads like a “who’s who” of
American equestrian sports, many
of whom have gone on to repre
sent the U.S. internationally in
Olympic and World Cup competi
tion.
Pennsylvania is home to more
foxhunting clubs than any state
except Virginia, so it’s only fitting
that the North American Foxhunt
ing Horn Blowing Championship
be held at the Pennsylvania Na
tional Created by the Master of
Foxhounds Association in 1995,
the championship will be held
during Hunt Night, sponsored by
Mellon Bank, on Monday, Oct.
12. The championship tests the
ability of hunt staff to execute the
four traditional melodics that
communicate to hunters spread
over a wide area the movement of
the hounds in the hunt field.
A new national title for profes
sional jumper riders will be held
Brown Swiss Breeders Recognize
Outstanding Youth
BELOIT, Wis. During the
1998 National Brown Swiss Con
vention held in Salina, Kansas five
finalists who interviewed for the
title of 1998 National Brown
Swiss ambassador, were recog
nized.
The National Brown Swiss Am
bassador serves as a role model for
Brown Swiss youth and as a
spokesperson for the association
and the dairy industry.
Out of those five, Elizabeth An
na Smith, the 19-year-old daugh
ter of Tom and Dale Smith of
Denver, Pennsylvania, was
crowned as the 1998 National
Ambassador. Elizabeth has been a
Brown Swiss junior member for
11 years and resides on her fami
ly’s dairy farm. King and Queen
Ozark Empire Fair Names Winners
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Breed
ers paraded 155 entries for judge
Steven Schmalenberger at the
1998 Ozark Empire Fair Angus
Show here recently.
Taking supreme champion and
grand champion female honors
was Clearwater Eriskay I 227.
This January 1997 daughter of
Bon View Balance 834, is owned
by James Pipkin, Republic, Mo.
She first won junior champion
heifer honors.
K W C C Manila 7203 earned
reserve grand champion female
laurels for Kissee & Wallace Cat
tle Co., ML Vernon, Mo. This
February 1997 daughter of O C C
Backstop 8888 earlier won re
serve junior champion heifer
honors.
In the bull show, Clearwater
Headliner won grand champion
honors. This April 1996 son of
Rito 9F83 of SHII Fullback was
exhibited by Clearwater Farm,
Springfield, Mo., and C K H An-
for the first time on Friday eve
ning, Oct. 16. The North Ameri
can League Open Jumper Speed
Series $25,000 Championship,
presented by Baron Farms, show
cases top professional riders on
the true speedsters of the open
jumper ranks those who jump
high and go fast. Riders have
qualified for the finals by compet
ing successfully throughout 1998
over fences 4 feet 9 inches high at
shows from Florida to Ontario and
in the midwest
Other national titles decided at
‘he show are the North American
League Children’s Jumper Finals,
Wednesday, Oct. 14, the North
American League Adult Jumper
Finals, Saturday, Oct. 17, the
North American League Child
ren’s Hunter Finals, Tuesday, Oct.
13, and the North American
League Adult Hunter Finals, Fri
day, Oct. 16. These champion
ships arc for amateur adults and
children, competing over fences
no higher than 3 feet 6 inches.
Other world class champion
ships are held at the PNHS, among
them the $50,000 Budweiser
Grand Prix de Penn National, part
of the Budweiser/American Grand
Prix Series of Showjumping, held
Saturday night, Oct 17, and the
$25,000 Pennsylvania Big Jump,
Thursday, Oct. 15. Both are used
by the U.S. Equestrian Team to
pick the horses and riders who will
compete internationally under the
American flag.
For a free brochure or to order
tickets, call (717) 975-3677.
Farm.
Elizabeth has held many 4-H
offices. She was the distinguished
county 4-H graduate and served as
the 1997-98 Lancaster County
Dairy Princess. She exhibited the
1993 Eastern National Junior
Brown Swiss Show grand champ
ion. Elizabeth was also recognized
as the 1997 National District II
Brown Swiss Youth Achievement
winner. Majoring in communica
tions with an agriculture minor at
Penn State University, Elizabeth
would like to pursue a career in
milk marketing.
National Youth
Achievement Winner
Youth Achievement winners
for 1997 were also named at the
National Brown Swiss Conven
tion.
gus, Jackson, Mo., and was first
named senior champion bull.
Kissee & Wallace Cattle Co.,
Ml Vernon, Mo.; Chandler Cattle
Co., Augusta, Kan.; and Black
Wave, Middletown, Md., led K W
C C Crossbar 7059 to reserve
grand champion bull award. He is
a March 1997 son of Sedgwicks
Rebar, which earlier took junior
champion bull honors.
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live and 94.00-95.00 dressed. Local Hols
tein steers closed .50 to mostly 1.00 higher
with attractive supplies late in the week.
Slaughter heifer prices ended mostly
steady in a light test. Slaughter cows fin
ished the week uneven as the leaner cows
traded JO-1.00 lower and the fleshier types
ended steady to .50 higher. Slaughter bull
prices were steady this past week. This
week's supply was made up of around 40
percent slaughter steers, 6 percent slaugh
ter heifers, 38 percent slaughter cows, 5
.percent bulls and the balance were feeder
cattle.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice
end Prime 2-4 1150-1450 lbs 60.00-63.75.
ideal individual 1360 lbs 64.25. Choice 2-3
1030-1495 lbs 58.50-61.60, few high
dressing 1-2 up to 62.75 and low dressing
3-4 down to 57.75; 1500-1725 lbs
55.25-58.50. Select and low Choice 2-3
960-1525 lbs 54.00-60.25. Select 1-3
1000-1520 lbs 52.00-57.75.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: High Choice and
Prime 2-3 1225-1645 lbs 53.00-55.85, cou
ple ideal individuals 1225-1485 lbs
57.00-57.50. Choice 2-3 1295-1615 lbs
51.50- 54.60. Select and low Choice 2-3
1220-1525 lbs 49.35-52.00. Select 1-2
990- 1540 lbs 46.25-50.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few High
Choice and Prime 2-4 1140-1240 lbs
59.60-60.35. Choice 2-4 1100-1300 lbs
57.10-58.85; few 975-1045 IBs
55.00-56.00. Select and low Choice 2-3
1035-1405 lbs 50.25-56.75. Select 1-3
920-1425 lbs 47.75- 55.75. Hciferettes:
Package Choice 3-4 1090 lbs 49.00. Com
mercial and Standard 2-4 885-1395 lbs
36.75-45.75.
SLAUGHTER COWS: PERCENT
LEAN WEIGHT BULK LOW DRESS
ING Breakers 75-80 pet lean over-1400 lbs
35.75- Boners 80-85 pet
lean over-1200 lbs 34.25-38.75
32.00-35.00 Lean (Hi-Yield) 85-88 pet
lean over-1200 lbs 32.75-36.75
29.75- Lean 88-90 pet lean
over-1000 lbs 30.25-34.50 27.75-32.00
Lean (Light-Wt) 85-90 pet lean 750-1000
lbs 28.75-33.50 25.00-30.00
SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1
1015-2175 lbs 46.00-55.75, couple heavy
muscled X-breds up to 57.00; few fancy
grain-fed bulls 1220-1380 lbs 61.25-
64.00. Yield Grade 2 955-2290 lbs
39.50-47.00. Bullocks: Select 1-3
900-1335 lbs 48.00-56.75.
CALVES: Compared to last week’s
close, veal calves sold 1.00 lower with a
larger percentage of calves going for
slaughter than usual. Large slaughter
calves closed mostly 10.00 lower. Demand
for Holstein bull calves to return to feed
turned light this week and prices ended up
20.00-25.00 lower. Holstein heifer calves,
on the other hand, continue to trade active
and prices closed firm to 20.00 higher.
VEALERS: Individual Prime 140 lbs
72.00. Good and Choice 70-110 lbs 16.00-
28.00, late mostly 16.00-24.00. Standard
and low Good 60-90 lbs 10.00-20.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: Good and
Choice 200-350 lbs 55.00-65.00; 350-500
lbs 48.00-75.00, late 48.00-55.00. Stan-
The winners represented seven
districts from all across the United
States. Jeremy McDonald of Ste
phens City, Virginia, took home
top honors as he was named the
1997 National Youth Achieve
ment Winner, as well as the Dis
trict 111 Achievement Winner.
Jeremy and his parents, Gaty and
Sharon McDonald, own Shen-Val
Farm which consists of registered
Brown Swiss and Holstein cattle.
Jeremy owns 41 head of Brown
Swiss, including 23 cows, eight
yearlings and 10 calves. He has
had a Brown Swiss project for the
last 16 years and is an active na
tional and junior member of the
Brown Swiss Association.
Jeremy has been the proud
owner of numerous state, national
and reserve national bell-ringers.
He has also been participating in
county, district, state and national
shows since 1988. Jeremy’s goals
for the future include owning a
herd of 30 Brown Swiss and 30
Holsteins which will allow him to
combine type and high quantities
of milk production.
The Brown Swiss Cattle Breed
ers’ Association, headquartered in
Beloit, Wisconsin, was founded to
serve as the national organization
for the registration and promotion
of Brown Swiss cattle.
dard 200-350 lbs 45.00-68.00; 350-600 lbs
40.00-62.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein bulls
95-125 lbs 40.00-88.00, late mostly 40.00-
65.00. Plainer bulls 80-115 lbs
22.00-55.00. Holstein heifers 80115 lbs
120.00190.00, few up to 215.00. Plaina
heifers 70100 lbs 55.00140.00.
Westminster Livestock
Auction
Hagerstown, Md.
September 15, 1998
Report nipplied by auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: 84 HEAD.
UTILITY 34.00-39.00; HIGH DRESSING
40.00-41.50, CANNERS 30.00-34.00,
SHELLY 30.00-DOWN.
BULLS; 8 HEAD YG#2 1200-2000
LBS. 40.50-43.50, ONE SEL BULLOCK
1090 LBS. 44.00.
FED STEERS: 25 HEAD. CHOICE
1200-1350 LBS. 56.00-58.00, CHOIE
1050-1150 LBS. 54.00-57.25, CHOICE
HOLSTEIN S 1 100-1400 LBS.
48.00-51.25, SELECT 42.00-46.00.
FED HEIFERS: 10 HEAD CHOICE
1100-1300 LBS. 55.00-59.00, 900-1050
LBS. 50.00-54.00.
VEAL CALVES: 122 HEAD LOW
CHOICE 260 LBS. 60.00, CULLS 85.-110
LBS. 22.00-27.00, 60-85 LBS.
16.00-24.00.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
WEAK DEMAND 20.00 LOWER, #1
94-120 LBS. 48.00-66.00, #2 30.00-45.00
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS: #1 85-100 LBS
100,00-145.00.
BEEF X BULLS: 38.00-87.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: 20 HEAD. 2 LOTS
275 LBS. TO 27.25, ONE LOT 210 LBS.
28.75, FEW 330 LBS. 21.00.
SOWS: 13 HEAD 400-600 LBS.
12.50-17.00.
BOARS: ONE 752 LBS. 8.00.
STOCK CATTLE: 122 HEAD BUY
ERS VERY SELECTIVE.
STEERS: SCARCE 400-650 LBS. FEW
GOOD 68.00,700-900 LBS. 54.00-57.50.
HEIFERS: M&L FRAME 400-600 LBS.
GOOD 54.00-64.00, 600-900 LBS.
45.00-50.00, SMALL FRAME 300-500
LBS. 40.00-48.00.
BULLS: M&L FRAME 300-500 LBS
60.00- 500-700 LBS. 55.00-67.00.
SHEEP: 10 HEAD 27.00-36.00. FEW
40.00-
LAMBS: 98 HEAD CHOICE 90-120
LBS. 61.00-67.00, ONE PRIME 100 LBS.
73.00, 60-90 LBS. 63.00-71.00, 30-55
LBS. 68.00-77.00, MED—GOOD ALL
WEIGHTS 50.00-60.00, YEARLINGS
130-150 LBS. 50.00-67.00.
GOATS: 40 HEAD. TWO LRGE BILL
lES 125.00-131.00, LG NANNIES
50.00-70.00, MED 40.00-62.00, SMALL
FLESHY 30.00-40.00.
PIGS & SHOATS: 126 HEAD. BY THE
HEAD 10-20 LBS. 5.00-13.00; BY THE
LB. #1 & 2 PIGS 54 HD 15-28 LBS
33.0046.00, 13 HD 30 LBS. 41.00 44 00,
12 HD 45-58 LBS. 39.00-58.00, 24 HD
65072 LBS. 50.00-51.00.
NEXTTUESDAY, SEPT. 22, SPECIAL
FEEDER CATTLE SALE AT 7:30 P.M-