When auctioneer Johnny Regula sold the final animal in the 45th Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions on Sunday, 7 new records were set and the sale totaled $329,550. But even more important, of the sale total, the Youth Reserve Program added $249,550, bringing its total since it was started in 1995 to more than $2 million. Something State Fair General Manager Virgil Strickler is very proud of.
“We started this program to make sure more youth got money they could take back home and maybe buy more livestock or they could further their education,” said Strickler.
Audio: Virgil Strickler, General Manager, Ohio State Fair (3:40 mp3)
There were a number of familiar buyers at the Sale of Champions, Kroger, Meijer, Bob Evans, the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Steve Rauch, J.D. Equipment, Cooper Farms, S & S Volvo, Kale Marketing, but the list of buyers included also included a new buyer in 2012, A.G.Boogher and Son of Santa Fe, Ohio.
“Going through bidding is just like going through bidding at the county fair, you never know if you’re going to end up with the highest bid or not,” said Boogher. “When we got the highest bid it felt good about the kids getting additional money for scholarships and everything, which is a good thing, I do a lot of projects to support the kids.”
Audio: Alan Boogher, A.G. Boogher & Son, Inc. (2:45 mp3)
A return buyer to the Sale of Champions was Todd Schaub with S & S Volvo at Lima.
“We support a lot of different county fair sales, historically we hadn’t come to the Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions, but Danielle Heintz is the granddaughter and daughter of very good customers and friends of mine, so we came down three years ago for the first time and found out what a fantastic experience it was, I mean it was just really exciting,” said Schaub. “We’ve been back ever since.”
Audio: Todd Schaub, S & S_Volvo (1:30 mp3)
Audio: Johnny Regula, Auctioneer, Sale of Champions (1:40 mp3)
The results of the 2012 Sale of Champions are as follows:
Grand Champion Market Beef
Exhibited by: Danielle Heintz, Auglaize County
Purchased by: JD Equipment, S&S Volvo, Kale Marketing
Price: $70,000
Cap: $21,000
Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef
Exhibited by: Mackenzie Fruchey, Fulton County
Purchased by: Steve R. Rauch Excavating and Demolition
Price: $38,000
Cap: $10,000
Grand Champion Market Barrow
Exhibited by: Lea Kimley, Clark County
Purchased by: Bob Evans Farms, JD Equipment, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Price: $35,000
Cap: $9,000
Reserve Grand Champion Market Barrow
Exhibited by: Mason Creager, Fulton County
Purchased by: The Kroger Company
Price: $25,000
Cap: $6,000
Grand Champion Market Lamb
Exhibited by: Emily Overs, Logan County
Purchased by: Meijer
Price: $46,000*
Cap: $9,000
Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb
Exhibited by: Madison Banbury, Knox County
Purchased by: The Kroger Company
Price: $25,000*
Cap: $6,000
Grand Champion Meat Chickens
Exhibited by: Reggie Regula, Logan County
Purchased by: Kale Marketing, AG Boogher & Sons, Burkhart Farm Center
Price: $30,000*
Cap: $5,000
Reserve Grand Champion Meat Chickens
Exhibited by: Chrysta Beck, Fulton County
Purchased by: Kroger Company, Gerber Poultry
Price: $18,000*
Cap: $3,000
Grand Champion Market Goat
Exhibited by: Jordan Fledderjohann, Shelby County
Purchased by: Ohio Harness Racing Association and Scioto Downs
Price: $12,750*
Cap: $ 5,000
Grand Champion Market Turkey
Exhibited by: Paydon Gingerich, Holmes County
Purchased by: Cooper Farms
Price: $11,500*
Cap: $3,000
Grand Champion Swiss Cheese, produced by Guggisberg Cheese Co., representing the six dairy champions and supreme dairy showmen:
Exhibited by: Grand Champion Aryshire, Lane Greiwe, Logan County
Grand Champion Brown Swiss, Braxton Perry, Champaign County
Grand Champion Guernsey, Becky Cooley, Fairfield County
Grand Champion Holstein, Anna Miley, Wayne County
Grand Champion Jersey, Jacob Morgan, Champaign County
Grand Champion Milking Shorthorn, Jacob Baker, Columbiana County
Supreme Showman, Tanner Topp, Wayne County
Supreme Showman, Amber Dietz, Trumbull County
Purchased by: The Kroger Company, American Dairy Association Mideast, Westfield Insurance AgriBusiness Division, COBA/Select Sires Inc., DHI Cooperative Inc., ABS Global, Dairymen’s, Brewster Dairy Inc., Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative, John and Suzann Spreng of LongAcre Farms, Biery Cheese Co., and Dairy Farmers of America
Price: $18,300*
Cap: $3,000
2012 total sale: $329,550*
2012 amount earned for Youth Reserve Program: $249,550*
*Denotes new record
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