Somerset County Fair Sale Raises More Than $260,000
SANDRA LEPLEY
Somerset Co. Correspondent
SOMERSET (Somerset Co.)
The junior livestock sale at the
Somerset County Fair Aug. 23
brought in the largest recorded
dollar amount ever at
$267,172.75.
The sale of 340 4-H and FFA
animals ends a week’s worth of
agricultural and entertainment
activities at the Somerset County
Fair in Meyersdale during the
week of Aug. 16-23.
According to Mary Ann Sorb
er, fair board member and 4-H
leader who has helped to coordi
nate the event for several years,
this sale is one of the biggest live
stock sales in the state of Penn
sylvania and is a nice way to end
the fair on a positive note. She
also added that without the con
tinued support of the buyers over
the years, the sale wouldn’t be as
successful.
Somerset County auctioneers
Kermit Stahl, Mike Knepper,
William Arnold, Scott MostoUer,
and Reed Luce started the sale
off at 10 a.m. and ended at about
4 p.m.
In total, 41 steers were auction
ed off for a total of $112,311, av
eraging $l.Bl a piece per pound;
54 lambs for $18,302.25, averag
ing $2.94 a pound; and
245 swine for
$136,559.50, averaging
$2.25 a pound.
The first item sold
during the sale was a
“Dairy Basket,” full of
dairy goods, gift certif
icates, and other good
ies. The basket was
bought by Van fire
mans of Somerset for
$1,200, money donat
ed to the 4-H Dairy
Scholarship Fund.
The grand champi
on steer, owned by
Shawn Troutman of
Hyndman, went to
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set at $5.75 a pound, totaling
$7,245. Troutman’s beef also won
county bred champion.
Reserve champion steer,
owned by Lacey Murray of Gar
rett, went to Wheeler Brothers
Inc. of Somerset, at $4 a pound,
totaling $5,000. It was donated to
Bethany United Methodist
Church.
Beth Miller of Meyersdale sold
her reserve county bred steer to
Hoss’s Steak and Sea House in
Somerset for $2.50 a pound, to
taling $3,387.50.
The sheep were the next group
of animals to be sold at the sale.
Molly Enos of Rockwood sold
her grand champion sheep to
Swank Steel City Amusements of
Pittsburgh, for $17.50 a pound,
totaling $2,345.
Nicole Shultz of Rockwood
sold her reserve champion sheep
to the Animal Medical Center in
Somerset for $5 a pound, totaling
$620.
Elle Enos of Rockwood sold
her home grown champion to
Sredy Enterprises of Somerset for
$4.50 a pound, totaling $553.50.
Valerie Svonavec of Rockwood
sold her reserve home grown
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Shawn Troutman of Hyndman (southern Somerset County) sold his grand champion
steer to John and Toni Polosky, representing Save a Lot in Somerset, for a grand total
of $7,245 during the junior livestock sale on Aug. 23 at the Somerset County Fair. The
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