A3B-Laqcaster Farming, Saturday, November 7, 1998
Market Animals Sell Well At
TIMONIUM, Md. - Average
prices for market hogs were
comparable to a year ago at the
recent 4-H & FFA livestock sale
Sept. 2 here at the Maryland
State Fair
This ran counter to the fact
that livestock prices at nearby
Pennsylvania auction markets
are considerably lower than
1997 levels —especially for mar
ket hogs and lambs.
Average sale prices for mar
ket lambs at the state fair fol
lowed the downward trend pre
vailing at nearby markets, while
market steer prices were some
what higher.
Market Hogs
Brittany Full of Mount Airy,
an 8-year-old, first-year Howard
County 4-H member, sold her
grand champion market hog for
$ll per pound, the highest
Maryland State Fair price in
recent memory. Brittany's 250-
pound Hampshire crossbred gilt
was purchased by "The
Squealers," a Sykesville area
buyers syndicate, which donated
the animal to the state fair live
stock sale committee
Two market hogs brought
$3 50 per pound for their own
ers
Justin Frey, 14, of
Williamsport (Washington
County) sold his 255-pound
Yorkshire-Hampshire barrow to
the Stop Construction Company
of Madonna (Harford County)
Justin's pig won grand champi
on lean-gain honors at the state
fair with an average daily gam
of 2 24 pounds.
Jennifer Kirwan, 12,
Centerville (Queen Anne's
County) sold her 275-pound
Hampshire gilt to Nationwide
Insurance.
Brittany and Jennifer's
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accomplishments illustrated a
trend that saw "girls with gilts"
combinations bring most of the
top prices throughout the sale.
Not counting the grand
champion, 25 gilts averaged
$1 64 per pound. This compared
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Elizabeth A. Roberts, 15, Bryantown, (Charles County),
poses with her grand champion market goat during 4-H &
FFA livestock sale on Sept. 2 at the Maryland State Fair in
Timonium. Her 70-pound Nubian-Boer crossbred wether
was sold for $3.90 per pound to Coca-Cola Enterprises.
Representing the buyer is Chris Farrell, right, district
Coco-Cola sales manager at LaPlata. Holding champi
onship banner is Emily O'Hara, 18, of Church Hill
(Frederick County), the new Maryland Farm Queen. This
was the third consecutive year that Elizabeth had the
grand champion 4-H and FFA market goat at the state fair.
with an average of $1.52 per
pound for 14 barrows and an
overall average of $1.60. Last
year's overall sale average was
$1.63 per pound. The 1996 aver
age was $1.43.
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Market Lambs
Jesse Rohrer, 16, of
Sharpsburg (Washington
County), made virtually a clean
sweep of top honors in 4-H and
FFA sheep competition at the
Maryland State Fair. He had the
champion ewe in three breeding
classes—Hampshire, Shropshire
and Suffolk —as well as the
champion Shropshire ram. And
his champion Suffolk ewe was
selected as supreme champion
in competition among nine
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pion honors in the market lamb
show with a 125-pound Suffolk
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pound to William R. C. Marlow,
Jr., of Towson, a board member
of the Maryland State Fair and
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Jesse showed a 120-pound
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champion honors at the state
fair last year. It brought $lO per
pound from Wills & Associates, a
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Two market lambs each
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year's sale.
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