Auction time: Putnam Co. Junior Fair

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OTTAWA — After months of hard work and preparation, payday arrived for the Putnam County Junior Fair livestock exhibitors Friday with the 60th annual Putnam County Large Animal Livestock Sale at the fairgrounds.

The sale gives area businesses as well as members of the public the chance to buy the animals being presented as a way of supporting the young people who gave hours upon hours of time and energy to raising the perfect steer, hog or feeder calf. Making a lot of money from the sale, however, is not a given.

“With the economy being down the way it is, it just depends on the project,” according to Jason Thornell, commercial and ag lender for the Union Bank in Ottawa. “You can spend a lot of money for a show calf, and by the time you raise the animal and buy all the feed, you’re not breaking even sometime. It just depends, because the sky’s the limit on how much money is bid. It’s all about luck of the draw.”

Along with the Union Bank, other businesses, including Lima Memorial Health System, were on hand to participate in the bidding. For the Leipsic Kountry Kids 4-H Club, much of the bid money had to come from other sources.

“We don’t go around to the businesses,” club bidder Ben Smith said. “We used to, and it didn’t go very well. So what we do is do fundraisers and get our own money to put back on the bids. That’s a lot of flower basket sales and spaghetti dinners.”

Many of the exhibitors use their auction earnings to help fund next year’s fair project, but for 18-year-old Ottawa-Glandorf graduate Brenna Karhoff, this auction is the last time she will sell her two dairy feeder calves, as she is preparing to move on to Rhodes State College to study physical therapy assisting. For her, the auction money will go into her future education.

“I’ve been doing this for nine years,” she said. “Usually it’s pretty easy going in for these auctions for me because I’ve been doing this for a while. But you still go in just hoping someone will buy. Everyone tries to make sure that everyone will get enough for premiums.”

The last full day of activities at the Putnam County Fair is today.

Putnam County Junior Fair Queen Nicole Mangis, 18, of Leipsic, thanks a bidder after her two dairy feeder calves were sold during the 60th annual Putnam County Large Animal Livestock Sale Friday at the Putnam County Fairgrounds.
http://www.limaohio.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/54/2016/06/web1_PutnamLivestockSale.jpgPutnam County Junior Fair Queen Nicole Mangis, 18, of Leipsic, thanks a bidder after her two dairy feeder calves were sold during the 60th annual Putnam County Large Animal Livestock Sale Friday at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. Craig Kelly | The Lima News
Payday for Putnam Junior Fair exhibitors Friday

By Craig Kelly

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Champion and Reserve Champion sale prices

Cattle

Champion Dairy Feeder — $2,400 — Megan Schulte, Kalida Go Getters 4-H

Reserve Champion Dairy Feeder — $2,250 — Emily Niese, Miller City New Cleveland Green Promise 4-H

Champion Beef Feeder — $2,650 — Riley Schumacher, Columbus Grove Livestock 4-H

Reserve Champion Beef Feeder — $2,000 — Abby von Sossan, Fort Jennings Showmen 4-H

Grand Champion Beef Steer — $4,600 — Taylor Gerdeman, OG High Risers 4-H

Reserve Champion Beef Steer — $3,050 — Dakota Warimont, Miller City New Cleveland Green Promise 4-H

Champion Dairy Steer — $1,500 — Ryan Schroeder, Miller City New Cleveland Green Promise 4-H

Reserve Champion Dairy Steer — $1,400 — Veronica Knott, OG Prize Winners 4-H

Champion Bred & Fed Beef — $2,400 — Sydney Kleman, OG High Risers 4-H

Reserve Champion Bred & Fed Beef — $1,200 — Jacob Wiechart, Fort Jennings Showmen 4-H

Hogs

Champion Gilt — $800 — Jared Baldridge, Columbus Grove Livestock 4-H

Reserve Champion Gilt — $1,750 — Makenna Ricker, Fort Jennings Showmen 4-H

Champion Barrow — $2,275 — Easton Osting, Columbus Grove Livestock 4-H

Reserve Champion Barrow — $300 — Jared Baldridge, Columbus Grove Livestock 4-H

Sheep

Champion Market Ewe — $2,050 — Robyn Schumacher, Columbus Grove Livestock 4-H

Reserve Champion Market Ewe — $1,850 — Lauren Schroeder, Columbus Grove Livestock 4-H

Champion Market Wether Lamb — $2,200 — Vanessa Wallenhorst, Fort Jennings Showmen 4-H

Reserve Champion Market Wether Lamb — $2,100 — Cheyanne Mershman, Columbus Grove Livestock 4-H

Goats

Grand Champion Market Goat — $1,000 — Alayna Wrasman, Fort Jennings Showmen 4-H

Reserve Champion Market Goat — $1,150 — Marcus Landin, OFK Showstoppers 4-H

Champion Bred & Fed Goat — $500 — Marcus Landin, OFK Showstoppers 4-H

Reserve Champion Bred & Fed Goat — $500 — Lauryn Wischmeyer, Columbus Grove Livestock 4-H

Small Animals

Grand Champion Pen of Rabbits — $1,650 — Kelly Scheckelhoff, Liberty Boys & Girls 4-H

Reserve Champion Pen of Rabbits — $1,250 — Maranda Berger, Pounding Hooves 4-H

Grand Champion Pen of Meat Chickens — $1,150 — Logan Kreinbrink, Liberty Boys & Girls 4-H

Reserve Champion Pen of Meat Chickens — $700 — Taylor Roth, Miller City New Cleveland Green Promise 4-H

Champion Duck — $350 — Rylan Niese, Miller City New Cleveland Green Promise 4-H

Champion Turkey — $300 — Dyllan Bendele, Kalida Go Getters 4-H

 

Reach Craig Kelly at 567-242-0390 or on Twitter @Lima_CKelly.

 

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