A52-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 16, 2003
West End Fair Livestock Sale Grosses $68,240
LAURELTON (Union Co.)
The 25th annual Union County
West End Fair Junior Livestock
Sale was conducted in Laurelton
on Friday. Fifty-four different
members of several Union Coun
ty 4-H Clubs and the Mifflinburg
FFA Chapter sold animals at the
sale. A total of 113 lots con
taining 13 steers, 50 market hogs,
and 50 market lambs were sold.
Fifty-two buyers supported the
youth by purchasing animals at
the 78th annual Union County
West End Fair. This year’s sale
grossed more than $68,240,
Grand Champion Market Hog shown by Justine Gabel
sells to Ken Fetterolf, Keystone Show Pigs, and Andrew
Cooper, salesman for Hallmark Feed of Mifflinburg.
Grand Champion Steer, from left, buyer Robert Hamm
for the Country Cupboard Restaurant of Lewisburg and
owner Ashley Kulp.
Reserve Champion Mar
ket Hog is shown by Adam
Wolfe and purchased by
Robert Hamm for the Coun
try Cupboard Restaurant of
Lewisburg.
which broke the previous record
set in 2002 by more than $14,000.
Bryan Imes and son served as the
auctioneer at the sale.
The Grand Champion Market
Steer was purchased by Robert
Hamm for the Country Cup
board Restaurant of Lewisburg.
A bid of $2 per pound was ac
cepted for the 1,235-pound
Angus cross steer owned by Ash
ley Kulp of Mifflinburg. Ashley is
the daughter of Tammy Rhyme
and raised her steer as part of her
Cowan Ag 4-H club project. The
1255-pound Reserve Champion
Chad Rathfon’s reserve
champion market lamb is
purchased by Glenn Wiand
for Hallmark Feeds.
Market Steer was owned by
Rhonda Hook of Middleburg.
Her steer purchased by David Id
dings for the Carriage Comer
Restaurant and Idding’s Quarry
in Mifflinburg for $1.85 per
pound. Rhonda is the past presi
dent of the Mifflinburg FFA
Chapter and is the daughter of
Steven and Wanda Hook.
Other steers were sold at an
average price of $1.37 per pound.
The buyers included Stoltzfus
Grain, D Bar J Farms, Wiand
Farms, Sholley Agency Inc.,
Moyer Crane & Backhoe, Coun
try Cupboard Restaurant, Gute
lius’s Excavating & Paving,
George Farms Custom Butcher
ing, Hoss’s Steak & Sea House,
Marvin Walter Siding, and Snyd
er’s Custom Butchering The
Champion Market Hog was sold
for $8 per pound and was pur
chased by Glenn Wiand and Ken
Fetterolf for Hallmark Feeds of
Mifflinburg and Keystone Show
Pigs. The 247-pound market hog
was owned by Justine Gabel of
Lewisburg. Justine will be a jun
ior at the Mifflinburg Area High
School and is a member of the
Mifflinburg FFA Chapter. She is
the daughter of Robert and Amy
Gabel.
Adam Wolfe was the owner of
the 264-pound Reserve Champi
on Market Hog. It was purchased
by Robert Hamm for the Country
Cupboard Restaurant in
Lewisburg for $9 a pound. Adam
is the son of Dennis and Anna
Wolfe, Lewisburg. The Lewisburg
graduate will be attending the
Pennsylvania State University at
Altoona this fall.
The average sale price for the The Grand Champion Market
other 48 hogs was $2.16 per Lamb was purchased by Michael
pound. Swine buyers included Noll for D Bar J Farms of Mif-
Wolfe’s Liquid Hauling, Hall- flinburg for $ll a pound. The
mark Feeds, Stoltzfus Grain, Mif- 116-pound market lamb was
flinburg Bank & Trust Co., Gute- owned by first year Mifflinburg
bus’s Excavating & Paving, West FFA member Tylor Black. The
Milton State Bank, Runkle Agen- Mifflinburg Area High School
cy, Herr Milling Company, Sus- sophomore is the son of Cynthia
quehanna Seed & Feed, Agri- Kahley of Mifflinburg. A
King Feeds - Ken Heimbach, 125-pound lamb owned by Chad
Mifflinburg Farmers Exchange, Rathfon of Mifflinburg was
Richard’s Excavating, Agri-King named the Reserve Champion. It
- Keith McCool, Eric Imgrund was sold to Glenn Wiand of Hall-
Mini Excavating, Diefenbach mark Feeds for $9 a pound. Chad
Construction, Pik-Rite Inc., is a member of the Mifflinburg
Byerly Bros. Meats, Hoober Inc, FFA Chapter and will be a senior
Day’s Excavating, Roupp Funer- at the Mifflinburg Area High
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Grand Champion Market Lamb is purchased by
McKenzie Noll representing D Bar J Farms of Mifflinburg
from Tylor Black owner.
al Home Inc, Wiand Farms,
Glass Pre-Planned Building, Bill
Wolfe & Son Auctioneering, Pik-
Rite Inc., Animal Medic, Erdley’s
Farm Equipment, DeKalb - John
Walter, and Walter’s Custom
Round Bale Wrapping.
School and SUN Technical Cen
ter this fall. He is the son of
Cindy Mertz.
The average sale’s price for the
non-champion lambs was $2.55.
Additional lamb buyers included
the West Milton State Bank, Mif
flinburg Farmers Exchange, Car
riage Corner Restaurant/Iddings
Quarry, Wash on Wheels,
Snook’s Farm Equipment, Pik-
Rite Inc., Lucas Acres, Animal
Medic, Valley Ag & Turf, Victo
rian Lady, Gutelius’s Excavating
& Paving, Mifflinburg Bank &
Trust Co., Erdley’s Farm Equip
ment, Agway Feed & Nutrition,
Lewis Meiser, Hook’s Poultry &
Sheep Farm, Hackenberg Apia
ries, Tristan Roupp, Byerly Bros.
Meats, SCL Remodeling & Re
pairs, D Bar J Farms, Roupp Fu
neral Home Inc, Snook’s Farm
Equipment, Grose’s Camp
ground, Martin’s Family Pro
duce, Agway Feed & Nutrition,
Chatterbox Chateau, and Stoltz
fus Grain.
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