Quality Purebreds Sell At 2006 World Pork Expo
DES MOINES - The 2006 World Pork Expo, which took place June 7-10 in Des Moines, Iowa, was deemed a success with the Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace and Yorkshire sales totaling more than $400,000.Duroc
Brian Anderson, Coffeyville, Kan., judged the Duroc show. Auctioneer Howard Parrish, Edon, Ohio, sold 22 boars averaging $3,925 and 32 gilts averaging $697.
The Grand Champion Duroc Boar, shown by Joe Roberts, Fair Grove, Mo., sold to Shaffer's Gold Rush, Albany, Ind., for $2,900. He was sired by NBD4 Ox 67-4.
RW Genetics, Palmyra, Neb., exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion Duroc Boar, a son of NBD3 Moon Walker 50-7. He sold to Prairie State Semen Inc., Champaign, Ill., for $2,100.
Top-selling Duroc Boar honors went to a son of NBD3 Totally Wide Open 29-3, owned by Huinker Durocs Ltd., Decorah, Iowa. He sold to Shaffer's Gold Rush, Albany, Ind., for $25,000.
Chuck Olsen, Irene, S.D., exhibited the Grand Champion Duroc Gilt sired by NBD4 Deep Red 22-8. She sold to Chisum Livestock, Bucyrus, Kan., for $2,500.
Olsen also showed the Reserve Grand Champion and Top-selling Duroc Gilt sired by NBD4 Deep Red 22-8. She sold to Chisum Livestock for $3,100.
NBD4 Ox 67-4, owned by Shipley Swine Genetics, Newark, Ohio, earned the Duroc Premier Sire award.
Top Cut Showpig Sires, Hollansburg, Ohio, took home the Reserve Duroc Premier Sire award for RWG4 Total Package 229-3.
Hampshire
Clint Schwab, Ames, Iowa, evaluated the Hampshire show. Kevin Wendt, Dublin, Ohio, auctioneered 23 boars averaging $4,832 and 27 gilts averaging $1,082.
Tom Moyer and Family, Wauseon, Ohio, exhibited the Grand Champion Hampshire and Top-selling Boar. The GBJG4 Big Brother 36-2-sired boar sold to Top Cut Showpig Sires for $25,000.
Reserve Grand Champion Hampshire Boar honors went to A.J. Lewis, Brighton, Iowa, for his GL4 Black Belt 123-7-sired boar. He sold to Prairie State Semen Inc. for $11,000.
Dylan Cain, Chariton, Iowa, sold his Grand Champion Hampshire Gilt to Jerry Masters, Dover, Ark., for $2,200. She is a daughter of EC4 Mean Machine 147-3.
Penner Hampshires Inc., Plymouth, Neb., exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion and Top-selling Hampshire Gilt, a daughter of TWIN4 Cowboy Up 9-3. She sold for $3,700 to Wintex Farms, Lubbock, Texas, and Real McCoy Genetics, Bloomingburg, Ohio.
The Hampshire Premier Sire plaque went to Earl Cain and Family, Chariton, Iowa, for EC4 Mean Machine 147-3. GBJG4 Big Brother 36-2, owned by Real McCoy Genetics and John Graber, Stryker, Ohio, received the Reserve Hampshire Premier Sire award.
Landrace
Howard Parrish evaluated and auctioneered the Landrace show. Parrish sold two boars averaging $850 and eight gilts averaging $644.
The Grand Champion and Top-selling Landrace Boar, shown by Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, sold to John Corey, Canterbury, Conn., for $1,150. He was sired by ISU3 Iron Man 1-3.
Reserve Grand Champion Landrace Boar honors went to Andy Paszkiewcz, Kaukana, Wis. He was sired by CR9 PSSS Snake 152-1.
Entry 466-10, owned by Kane Weinberg, Trenton, Ill., was named Grand Champion and Top-selling Landrace Gilt. Sired by CR3 Samson 287-1, she sold to Wintex Farms for $2,500.
Lauren Hahn, Greenville, Ill., bought Iowa State University's Reserve Grand Champion Landrace Gilt, sired by ISU3 Iron Man 1-3, for $1,200.
The Landrace Premier Sire award went to ISU3 Iron Man 1-3, owned by Iowa State University. CR9 PSSS Snake 152-1, owned by Prairie State Semen Inc., claimed the Reserve Landrace Premier Sire award.
Yorkshire
Steve Cobb, Lake City, Ark., judged the Yorkshire show. Dan Baker, West Lafayette, Ind., auctioneered 32 boars averaging $3,173 and 54 gilts averaging $943.
Eddie Robinson, Wellsville, Mo., exhibited the Grand Champion Yorkshire Boar, sired by RNV4 Reno 13-4. The boar sold to Shipley Swine Genetics for $6,500.
Great Plains Genetics Inc., Mooreland, Okla., drove the Reserve Grand Champion Yorkshire Boar. The TRHF5 New Beginning 231-1-sired boar sold to Colby Rahm, Yuma, Colo., for $4,500.
Top-selling Yorkshire Boar honors went to Jerry and Bryce Masters, Dover, Ark. The NNN4 Power Train 121-1-sired boar sold to Top Cut Showpig Sires for $40,000.
Grand Champion and Top-selling Yorkshire Gilt honors went to Penner Hampshires Inc. The JZP3 Too Cool 5-4-sired gilt sold to Bennett and Dotson, Kiddar, Mo., for $6,000.
The Reserve Grand Champion Yorkshire Gilt, shown by Maynard Hahn and Family, Wakarusa, Ind., sold to Mark and Sandy Ottenwalter, Colusa, Calif., for $2,000. She was sired by HFYF4 Sure Thing 67-3.
JGR4 Full Pull 489-8, owned by Shipley Swine Genetics and Thompson Bros. Genetics, Lancaster, Ohio, earned the Yorkshire Premier Sire award.
RNV4 Reno 13-4, owned by Eddie Robinson claimed the Reserve Yorkshire Premier Sire plaque.