Meredith Hennip sold her grand champion market hog to
First National Bank of Canton, represented by Bob Storch.
Cindy Frey, left, and Matt McClellan, right, representing
Hostetler Management, purchased the reserve champion
market hog from Abbie Kuhlman.
Ryan Calkins holds the reserve grand champion market
steer raised by Randy Calkins.
Jade Wood holds the grand champion market steer
while her father, Mark, holds the banner.
Prices Strong At Bradford County
Livestock Sale, Milk Auction
CAROLYN N. MOYER
Bradford Co. Correspondent
TROY (Bradford Co.)
Prices started strong and held
steady throughout the 2000
Troy Fair Livestock and Milk
Auction Wednesday, July 26.
In all, four steers, 16 lambs,
and 60 market hogs crossed the
auction block followed by pitch
ers of milk from the champions
from the youth dairy show. Nu
merous animals were also do
nated back to benefit the 4-H
scholarship fund and a newly
created building fund.
In total, five lambs and two
hogs were resold to benefit the
scholarship fund, raising $2,054
for that cause. Nine hogs were
donated back to the youth pro
gram to raise money for a new
hog facility. At the end of the
auction, a total of $3,468 was
earmarked for the project.
Overall bids in the sale were
strong, with four steers averag
ing $1.23 per pound. The cham
pion steer, raised by Jade Wood,
tipped the scales at 1,272
pounds. He was purchased by
Wyalusing Livestock Market for
$1.50 per pound. The reserve
champion steer, raised by Randy
Calkins, weighed 1,316 pounds
and was purchased by Columbia
Cross Roads Equipment for
$1.20 per pound.
Sixteen lambs averaged $3.47,
with the grand champion lamb
crushing records at $7.25 per
pound. Steve Pelton, Pelton
Trucking, purchased the 120-
pound champion from Kayla
White. The reserve champion
market lamb also sold high as
C&N Bank bid $6.75 for the
115-pound animal owned by
Eileen Elliott.
Among the 60 market hogs,
prices averaged $2.69 with a
high of $4.50 and a low of $2.
Meredith Hennip sold the 260-
pound grand champion to First
National Bank of Canton for the
high bid of $4.50 per pound. The
reserve grand champion market
hog commanded a price of $4
per pound. That 225-pound re
serve champion was raised by
Abbie Kuhlman and was sold to
Hostetter Management, Pine
Hill Pig Company.
The annual milk auction also
got the interest of buyers as milk
from the champion animals was
sold to raise money for the dairy
promotion board, youth organ
izations, and the owners of the
animals. Milk from the supreme
champion cow, a Jersey owned
by Christine Eick, sold for $B5O
to Gray and Gray Trucking. The
Farm Bureau Announces
Achievement Award Semifinalists
GLENMONT, N.Y. New
York Farm Bureau, the state’s
largest general farm advocacy
organization, has announced the
three semifinalists in the Young
Farmer Achievement awards.
The annual award recognizes
Young Farmer members be
tween the ages 18-35 for
achievement in their agricul
tural pursuits and leadership
within their agricultural sector
and community.
“This year’s finalists truly
represent the diversity of agri
culture and the various regions
in New York State/’ said
Sandra Prokop, assistant direc
tor of organization for New
York Farm Bureau. “We re-
Gray and Gray Trucking purchased milk from the su
preme champion of the Youth Dairy Show, owned by Chris
tine Eick, for $B5O. Part of the proceeds from the milk
auction goes to the dairy promotion board, part to the
member’s 4-H club of FFA chapter, and part to the youth
who owns the animal.
Sixteen market lambs were shown at the Troy Fair.
Here, Kayla White holds her champion and Eileen Elliott
holds her reserve champion.
second highest seller was milk In all, 12 gallons of milk and
from Amberleigh Yurkanin’s two baskets filled with Bradford
grand champion Ayrshire, County products were sold, with
which brought $550 and was an average price of $373
purchased by Judsons Inc. garnered on all products.
ceived many applications, and
had a difficult time narrowing
the group down to just three.”
The finalists are Jay P. Dey, a
cash crop farmer from Seneca
County; Eric A. Buddy, a grape,
hay, and custom-hire farmer
from Chautauqua County; and
Dale and Colleen Mattoon, who
own and operate a unique dairy
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 12, 2000-C5
enterprise in Cayuga County,
The three finalists will com
pete at the New York Farm
Bureau State annual meeting in
Buffalo Dec. 5. The New York
State Champion will go on to
compete nationally at the Amer
ican Farm Bureau Federation
annual meeting in January in
Orlando, Fla.