Pennsylvania Beef Expo Heifer Show Results
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) This year en
tries in the Pennsylvania Beef Expo were at an all
time high, as the show attracted approximately 320
entrants. Following are the results from the heifer
show. Watch next week’s issue of Lancaster Farm
ing for results of the steer classes.
ANOUS HEIFER SHOW
Early summer heifer calves; 1. Katnna Frey. 2. Forrest Ohler.
May heifer calves; 1. Julie Campbell. 2. Jamie Hower. 3. Jacob
Logan.
Apnl heifer calves: 1. Mark Butler Jr. 2. Julie Campbell. 3. Mark
Butler Jr.
March heifer calves: 1 Heather Hoffman. 2. Cortney Hill-Dukehart.
Kelly Hain.
February heifer calves: 1. Jamie Hower 2. Cortney Hill-Dukehart.
Eliza Walton.
January heifer calves: 1. Ryan Frank. 2. Herman Hake. 3. Katnna
Frey.
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Jeremy Barbour, Stoneboro, showed the
reserve champion Maine-Anjou heifer.
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Highlights Of Pa.
Bull Performance Test
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Sixty-eight beef bulls went
on the auction block on March
29, the concluding highlight of
the 2002 Bull Performance Test
conducted by the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture at its
Livestock Evaluation Center lo
cated at University Park.
This year’s beef bull test and
sale included Angus, Charolais,
Limousin, Polled Hereford, and
Simmental.
“The bull test and sale exem
plifies the best of Pennsylvania’s
beef industry,” Sam Hayes, agri
cultural secretary, said. “Some of
the best-tested genetics were sold
which afforded the opportunity
for interested breeders to buy
quality bulls.”
Programs like the bull per
formance test are used to verify
the genetic potential animals on
test by evaluating bulls in a con
trolled environment. By proving
the genetic potential of tested
bulls, animals offered for sale can
assist buyers in producing higher
quality replacement and feeder
animals.
The high-selling bull was an
Angus sold by Marlin and Steve
Paul to Tom Mullinix for the
USDA in Union Bridge, Md. Sale
price was $3,200. This was the
top-ihdexing bull in the overall
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April'S,
breeds.
The second high bull was a
Red Angus sold by Nancy Myers
of Dallastown to Tom Boop and
Charles Gaffney of Roscoe, N.Y.
Sale price was $3,150.
The high-selling Hereford was
sold for $2,000.
The high-selling Angus was
sold for $3,200.
The high-selling Simmental
was sold for $3,100.
The high-selling Charolais was
sold for $2,000.
The high-selling Limousin was
sold for $1,500.
The average for Herefords sold
(two) was $1,575 per bull.
The average for Angus sold
(48) was $1,941 per bull.
The average for Simmental
sold (IS) was $1,643 per bull.
The average for Charolais sold
(one) was $2,000.
The average for Limousin sold
(one) was $1,500.
Sixty-seven bulls were sold at a
total of $124,475, or an average
of $1,858 per bull.
“It is not possible,” Hayes said,
“to conduct a performance test
without the involvement of many
persons including the cattle
breeders of Pennsylvania; the
PDA staff at the Livestock Eval
uation Center and the Bureau of
Animal Health and Diagnostic
Services; the livestock
technical committee,
auctioneer and ringmen;
and the staff profession
als at The Pennsylvania
State University. Also, I
want to recognize the
members of the Pennsyl
vania Cattlemen’s Asso
ciation, the Pennsylvania
Livestock Association,
and the Pennsylvania
Beef Council. And I ap
preciate the buyers who
attended the sale. This
was a team effort.”
On a related note,
Hayes said that the Pa.
Department of Agricul
ture will enter the con
struction phase of its new
Livestock Evaluation
Center in the very near
future. “It is my hope,”
he said, “to have a new
Livestock Evaluation
Center that will serve as
a model for the nation. It
is important for livestock
producers and consum
ers. This was one of my
goals when I became sec
retary of agriculture.
“In addition to per
formance testing, the
new Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture
facility will also be avail
able for instruction, re
search, and it will be a
professional conference
center for livestock pro
ducers,” Hayes con
cluded.