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Six new records at Sale of Champions

One of the last big events to take place on Sunday, August 4, the final day of the 2013 Ohio State Fair was the 46th annual Sale of Champions and when it was over, 6 new sale records were set.

Record prices were paid for the Grand Champion Swiss Cheese, Grand Champion Turkey, Grand Champion Meat Goat, Reserve Grand Champion Meat Chickens and the Reserve Grand Champion Barrow.

The sale generated a total of $344,700, with $264,700 of the sale total going to the Ohio State Fair’s Youth Reserve Program which funds other State Fair youth programs and scholarships.

“It covers the gamut of all 4-H projects, not just livestock,” said Auctioneer Johnny Regula of Ostrander. “I mean it gets into sewing and cooking, woodworking, photography, you name it, if there’s a category they are eligible for these scholarships and that’s what’s wonderful about, in Ohio that we take care of them out of the Sale of Champions.”

Audio: Johnny Regula, Auctioneer (4:35 mp3)

Going into this year’s State Fair, the Sale of Champions has generated for the Youth Reserve Program $2, 291,925 which has benefited 31,500 youth exhibitors.

The results of the 2013 Sale of Champions are as follows:

Grand Champion Market Beef

Exhibited by: Brooke Egbert, Auglaize County

Purchased by: Rauch Excavation

Price: $70,000

Cap: $21,000

 

Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef

Exhibited by: Madison Clark, Miami County

Purchased by: Mark & Megan Kvamme, Sunbury

Price: $35,000

Cap: $10,000

Grand Champion Market Barrow

Exhibited by: Sidni Harris, Hocking County

Purchased by: Mark & Megan Kvamme, Sunbury

Price: $42,500

Cap: $9,000

 

Reserve Grand Champion Market Barrow

Exhibited by: Adam McCoy, Fayette County

Purchased by: Kroger

Price: $31,000*

Cap: $6,000

Grand Champion Market Lamb

Exhibited by: Colin Gump, Miami County

Purchased by: Meijer

Price: $42,000

Cap: $9,000

Audio: Colin Gump, Grand Champion Market Lamb, Miami Co. (1:05 mp3)

Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb

Exhibited by: Delanie Wiseman, Madison County

Purchased by: Kroger

Price: $25,500*

Cap: $6,000

Grand Champion Meat Chickens

Exhibited by: Hayden Johnson, Jefferson County

Purchased by: Gerber Poultry, Kroger

Price: $25,000*

Cap: $5,000

 

Reserve Grand Champion Meat Chickens

Exhibited by: Cole Krawczyk, Union County

Purchased by: Kale Marketing, Burkhart Farm Center, Parrott Implement, Fisher Excavating, Harsh Farm Services

Price: $21,000*

Cap: $3,000

Grand Champion Market Goat

Exhibited by: Michaela Ambos, Shelby County

Audio: Michaela Ambos, Grand Champion Meat Goat, Shelby Co. (1:20 mp3)

Purchased by: Mark and Megan Kvamme, Sunbury, OH

Price: $20,000*

Cap: $ 5,000

 

 

Grand Champion Market Turkey

Exhibited by: Kaci Carter, Harrison County

Audio: Kaci Carter, Grand Champion Turkey, Harrison Co. (1:30 mp3)

Purchased by: CBC Pipleline, D&J Sales and Service, Inc., Seleski Broiler Farm, Cadiz Animal Clinic, D&E Electric, Eberhart Service Center, Joe Myers, Harrison County Service, Willoughby & Company, CPA, Clay’s Drive In, Toland Trucking, Harrison County Commissioners, Energy Partners, LP

Price: $13,000*

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, Shelby County

Grand Champion Brown Swiss, Kinley Topp, Shelby County

Grand Champion Guernsey, Marshall Overholt, Holmes County

Grand Champion Holstein, Keaton Topp, Shelby County

Grand Champion Jersey, Trevor Greiwe, Logan County

Grand Champion Milking Shorthorn, Jacob Baker, Columbiana County

Supreme Showman, Tanner Topp, Wayne County

Supreme Showman, Megan Cornish, Huron County

Purchased by: Kroger Deli & Bakery Department, American Dairy Association – Mideast, Brewster Dairy, Inc., LongAcre Farm, Biery Cheese, COBA Select Sires, Dairymans, Great Lakes cheese, Maryland Virginia Milk Producers, Burkhart Farm Center

Price: $19,700*

Cap: $3,000

 

2013 total sale: $344,700*

2013 amount earned for Youth Reserve Program: $267,400*

*Denotes new record