COLUMBUS – The 164th Ohio State Fair Sale concluded its 12-day run on Sunday with the annual Sale of Champions livestock auction.
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On the sale bill were grand champion and reserve champion lambs, beef, chickens, turkeys and other livestock raised by Junior Fair exhibitors.
There was also a block of Swiss cheese, exhibited by Pearl Valley Cheese Co., represent the seven dairy champions.
The grand champion market beef, raised by Addison Jones, of Allen County, was sold for $50,000.
In full, the livestock was auctioned for a total of $284,000.
Additional Sale of Champions results
Grand Champion Market Barrow (Matthew Butterfield, Butler County – $41,000
Purchased by: Meijer
Grand Champion Market Lamb (Bailee Amstutz, Union County) – $29,000
Purchased by: The Kroger Company
Grand Champion Market Chickens (LeAnn Regula, Logan County) -$15,000
Purchased by: The Kroger Company, Gerber Poultry
Grand Champion Market Goat (Paige Pence, Clark County) – $15,000
Purchased by: AG Boogher and Sons and S & S Volvo and GMC Trucks
Grand Champion Market Turkey (Milan Pozderac, Knox County) – $15,000
Purchased by: Ohio Harness Horseman’s Association, Kale Marketing, Cooper Farms
-Source: Ohio State Fair
This year’s sale broke one record, for reserve grand champion market barrow, sold for $32,000.
Since 1995, the amount the exhibitors can earn from their exhibits’ sales has been capped at $20,000. Money earned beyond that is distributed to the Youth Reserve Program, which distributes funds for scholarships, Future Farmers of America, 4-H and a variety of other youth programs.
The Youth Reserve Program has awarded $3.2 million to approximately 33,600 youth exhibitors since its inception. This year’s auction raised $196,000 for the program.