(Scroll down for a slide show of some of the winners from the 2016 Ashtabula County Fair market livestock sale. You can also click on the youth’s name in the results listing to see a larger photo.)
Aug. 13, 2016
Sale Total: $290,593.78
Total Lots: 271
STEERS
Number of Market Lots: 25
Average: $2.83/pound with champions; $2.38/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 6
Average: $4.18/pound with champions; $3.65/pound without
Grand champion exhibitor*: Kate Cole
Bid: $3.20/pound Weight: 1,160 pounds
Buyer: Petrowell Services/Petrowater Inc.
Reserve ch. exhibitor/reserve best of show: Zane Neczeporenko
Bid: $3.65/pound Weight: 1,280 pounds
Buyer: Mike Ellsworth Construction
Best of show: Ashley Ray
Bid: $11.50/pound (Record) Weight: 1,405 pounds
Buyer: Colebrook Elevator, Ray Bros Inc.
Best of show carcass: Shardonay Miller
Bid: $5/pound Weight: 344 pounds
Buyer: Buckeye Brute Racing Team
Reserve best of show carcass: Lucas Steen
Bid: $3.35 Weight: 323.5 pounds
Buyer: Safeway Construction Services
DAIRY STEERS
Number of Lots: 11
Average: $1.44/pound with champions; $1.41/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 5
Average: $2.31/pound with champions; $2.42/pound without
Grand champion exhibitor: Nicole Mann
Bid: $1.95/pound Weight: 1,305 pounds
Buyer: Marous Farms Enterprises Inc.
Reserve champion exhibitor/best of show: Emily Millard
Bid: $1.60/pound Weight: 1,345 pounds
Buyer: Harvey Homes and RV
Reserve best of show: Sydney Millard
Bid: $1/pound Weight: 1,395 pounds
Buyer: Grimmett Construction
Best of show carcass: Logan Fetters
Bid: $2.20/pound Weight: 333.5 pounds
Buyer: Brad and Jodi Fetters
Reserve best of show carcass: Emily Millard
Bid: $2.10/pound Weight: 391.5 pounds
Buyer: Walter and Michal Barnes
HOGS
Number of Market Lots: 115
Average: $3.38/pound with champions; $3.32/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 10
Average: $3.50/pound with champions; $3.34/pound without
Best of show: Montana Szuhay
Bid: $6.75/pound Weight: 259 pounds
Buyer: Bortnick Farms
Reserve best of show: Brandon Oeffner
Bid: $7/pound Weight: 261 pounds
Buyer: Mike Ellsworth Construction
Best of show carcass: Nick Edelman
Bid: $3.75/pound Weight: 145 pounds
Buyer: Walter and Michal Barnes
Reserve best of show carcass: Trenton Ellsworth
Bid: $4.50/pound Weight: 178 pounds
Buyer: Kassay Greenhouse
LAMBS
Number of Market Lots: 8
Average: $6.41/pound with champions; $4.95/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 5
Average: $11.80/pound with champions; $11.83/pound without
Grand champion exhibitor/best of show: Rebecca Jackam
Bid: $12.50/pound Weight: 138.5 pounds
Buyer: Mike Ellsworth Construction
Reserve champion exhibitor: Jessica Housel
Bid: $6.50/pound Weight: 126 pounds
Buyer: Cope Farm Equipment
Reserve best of show: John Jackam
Bid: $7.50/pound Weight: 135.5 pounds
Buyer: Smokin’ T’s Smokehouse
Best of show carcass: Laura Jackam
Bid: $11/pound Weight: 62 pounds
Buyer: Paul and Jan Jackam
Reserve best of show carcass: Mikenzie Brown
Bid: $12.50/pound Weight: 57 pounds
Buyer: Allega Companies
GOATS
Number of Market Lots: 6
Average: $3.92/pound with champions; $3/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 2
Average: $16.50/pound
Grand champion exhibitor/best of show: Faith Blankenship
Bid: $7/pound Weight: 76.6 pounds
Buyer: REO Trucking
Reserve champion exhibitor/reserve best of show: Paige Mottley
Bid: $4.50/pound Weight: 53.40 pounds
Buyer: Austinburg Veterinary Clinic
Grand champion carcass: Nicklas Trkula
Bid: $16/pound Weight: 22 pounds
Buyer: Elmer and Iris Geil
Reserve champion carcass: Darron Jones
Bid: $17/pound Weight: 22 pounds
Buyer: Newhart Plumbing
DAIRY GOAT CHEESE BASKET
Number of Lots: 1
Grand champion exhibitor: Colleen Darby
Bid: $210/basket
Buyer: Walter and Michal Barnes
DAIRY BEEF FEEDERS
Number of Lots: 35
Average: $1.41/pound with champions; $1.39/pound without
Grand champion exhibitor*: Katie Eldred
Bid: $2/pound Weight: 548 pounds
Buyer: Smokin’ T’s Smokehouse
Reserve champion exhibitor: Katie Jo Hass
Bid: $1.50/pound Weight: 690 pounds
Buyer: Buckeye Builders
Best of show: Tory Durkovic
Bid: $1.50/pound Weight: 720 pounds
Buyer: Erie Bank
Reserve best of show: Mason Summers
Bid: $1.50/pound Weight: 636 pounds
Buyer: Springer Dairy Farm
BEEF FEEDERS
Number of Lots: 6
Average: $2.23/pound with champions; $2.05/pound without
Grand champion exhibitor*/best of show: Mackenzie Kotnik
Bid: $2.85/pound Weight: 438 pounds
Buyer: Stringfellow Farm
Reserve champion exhibitor/reserve best of show: Austin Schilling Ball
Bid: $2.30/pound Weight: 554 pounds
Buyer: Stringfellow Farm
DAIRY COW CHEESE BASKET
Number of Lots: 1
Best of show: Teresa Polchin
Bid: $700/basket
Buyer: Shady Springs Farms
RABBITS
Number of Pens of Three: 4
Average: $21.13/lb. with champions; $22.50/lb. without
Grand champion exhibitor: Mikayla Searles
Bid: $27/pound Weight: 12.96 pounds
Buyer: Common Pleas Court Judge Marianne Sezon and Richard Dana
Reserve champion exhibitor: Rella Duck
Bid: $12.50/pound Weight: 14.24 pounds
Buyer: Austinburg Veterinary Clinic
CHICKENS
Number of lots: 9
Average: $11.78/pound with champions; $9.57/pound without.
Grand champion exhibitor*/best of show: Edison Cigany
Bid: $21/pound Weight: 27.68 pounds
Buyer: Patterson Veterinary Clinic
Reserve champion exhibitor/reserve best of show: Michael Perkins
Bid: $18/pound Weight: 24.38 pounds
Buyer: BP Enterprises/Bonnie and Jim Plizga
TURKEYS
Number of Lots: 16
Average: $10.31/pound with champions; $6.88/pound without.
Grand champion exhibitor: Stacie Ritchie
Bid: $41/pound Weight: 44.60 pounds
Buyer: Elmer and Iris Geil
Reserve champion exhibitor: Christi Crites
Bid: $20/pound Weight: 34.80 pounds
Buyer: Ashtabula County Recorder Barbara Schaab
Best of show: Emily Buck
Bid: $14/pound Weight: 40.20 pounds
Buyer: Meaney Farms
Reserve best of show: Tyler Beals
Bid: $7.50/pound Weight: 41.80 pounds
Buyer: REO Trucking
DUCKS
Number of Lots: 6
Average: $36.17/pound with champions; $13.33/pound without.
Grand champion exhibitor/best of show: Mason Jacobs
Bid: $130/pound Weight: 13.12 pounds
Buyer: Great Lakes Crushing
Reserve champion exhibitor: Jacob Stitt
Bid: $17/pound Weight: 13.60 pounds
Buyer: Winding Brook Farm
Reserve best of show: Abrianna Jones
Bid: $30/pound Weight: 13.66 pounds
Buyer: Newhart Plumbing
Auctioneers and Ringmen:
Alan Bruhenne, John Erdel, Jerry Hall, Chad Loucks and Scott Mihalic
Junior Fair Royalty:
King: Samuel Semai Queen: Amy Varckette
Prince: Garhett Smith Princess: Sharon Millard
* The grand and reserve champion exhibitor award is based on the exhibitor’s skillathon (40 points), showmanship (40 points) and live animal conformation (20 points). The best of show and reserve best of show titles go to the top two animals in a species.
Ashtabula bos lamb carcass
Laura Jackam’s best of show lamb carcass, with a hanging weight of 62 pounds, sold for $11 a pound to Paul and Jan Jackam.
View
Ashtabula bos lamb carcass
Laura Jackam’s best of show lamb carcass, with a hanging weight of 62 pounds, sold for $11 a pound to Paul and Jan Jackam.
View
Ashtabula reserve lamb
Jessica Housel, reserve champion lamb exhibitor, sold her 126-pound lamb to Cope Farm Equipment, represented by Nancy Younessi, for $6.50 a pound.
View
Ashtabula grand lamb
Rebecca Jackam, the grand champion lamb exhibitor, sold her 138.5-pound best of show lamb for $12.50 a pound to Cari and Mike Ellsworth, of Ellsworth Construction.
View
Ashtabula reserve goat carcass
Darrin Jones’ reserve champion goat carcass, weighing 22 pounds, sold for $17 a pound to Newhart Plumbing, represented by Jamie Newhart.
View
Ashtabula grand goat carcass
Iris and Walter Geil paid $15 a pound for the grand champion goat carcass raised by Nicklas Trkula and weighing 22 pounds.
View
Ashtabula reserve goat
Paige Mottley won reserve champion goat exhibitor and reserve best of show honors. Her goat weighing 53.40 pounds sold for $4.50 a pound to Austinburg Veterinary Clinic, represented by Dr. Becky Salinger and Ed Cigany.
View
Ashtabula grand goat
Grand champion goat exhibitor Faith Blankenship also raised the best of show goat weighing 76.60 pounds. Owen Stone of REO Trucking paid $7 a pound for the champion.
View
Ashtabula reserve rabbit
The Austinburg Veterinary Clinic, represented by Becky Salinger and Ed Cigany, paid $12.50 a pound for Rella Duck’s reserve champion pen of rabbits.
View
Ashtabula grand rabbit
The grand champion meat rabbit pen, raised by Mikayla Searles, weighed 12.96 pounds and sold for $27 a pound to Common Pleas Judge Marianne Sezon and Richard Dana.
View
Ashtabula reserve bos duck
Newhart Plumbing, represented by Jamie Newhart, paid $30 a pound for Abrianna Jones’ reserve best of show pen weighing 13.66 pounds.
View
Ashtabula reserve duck
Jacob Stitt was the reserve champion duck exhibitor. His pen weighing 13.60 pounds sold for $17 a pound to Winding Brook Farm, represented by Eric and Barb Fuller.
View
Ashtabula grand duck
The grand champion duck sold for $130 a pound to Mark Belich of Great Lakes Crushing. Mason Jacobs was the grand champion exhibitor and raised the best of show pen weighing 13.12 pounds.
View
Ashtabula reserve chicken
Michael Perkins’ reserve best of show chicken pen weighing 24.38 pounds sold for $18 a pound to BP Enterprises, represented by Bonnie Plizga.
View
Ashtabula grand champion dairy exhibitor
Teresa Polchin was the grand champion dairy exhibitor. She sold her cheese basket to Brandi and Cline Clute, of Shady Springs Farms, for $700.
View
Ashtabula bos steer
Ashley Ray’s 1,405-pound best of show steer sold for a record $11.50 a pound to Colebrook Elevator, represented by Tom Yuhasz (left), and Ray Bros. Inc., represented by Joe, Nineth and Rachel Ray.
View
Ashtabula reserve steer
Zane Neczeporenko was the reserve champion steer exhibitor and raised the reserve best of show animal. His 1,280-pound steer sold for $3.65 a pound to Mike Ellsworth Construction, represented by Trenton, Mike, and Cari Ellsworth.
View
Ashtabula grand steer
Kate Cole was the grand champion steer exhibitor. Her 1,160-pound steer sold for $3.20 a pound to Petrowell Services/Petrowater Inc., represented by Brent and Donald Dietrich.
View
Ashtabula reserve bos dairy beef
Mason Summers raised the reserve best of show dairy beef feeder, which sold for $1.50 a pound to Larry Springer of Springer Dairy Farm. The calf weighed 636 pounds.
View
Ashtabula bos dairy beef
Tory Durkovic’s 720-pound best of show dairy beef feeder sold for $1.50 a pound to Erie Bank, represented by Dave Bogardus.
View
Ashtabula reserve dairy beef
Katie Jo Hass won reserve champion exhibitor honors and sold her 690-pound dairy beef feeder calf to Buckeye Builders, represented by Gary Thompson for $1.50 a pound.
View
Ashtabula grand dairy beef
The grand champion dairy beef feeder exhibitor, Katie Eldred, sold her 548-pound calf to Smokin’ T’s Smokehouse, represented by Todd and Zane Neczeporenko, for $2 a pound.
View
Ashtabula reserve hog carcass
The reserve best of show hog carcass, weighing 178 pounds, sold for $4.50 to Kassay Greenhouse, represented by Jessica and David Kassay. Trenton Ellsworth raised the champion.
View
Ashtabula grand hog carcass
Nick Edelman’s best of show hog carcass, with a hanging weight of 145 pounds, sold for $3.75 a pound to Walter and Michal Barnes.
View
Ashtabula reserve hog
Ellsworth Construction, represented by Mike, Cari, Taylor and Trenton Ellsworth, paid $7 a pound for Brandon Oeffner’s reserve best of show hog weighing 261 pounds.
View
Ashtabula grand hog
Montana Szuhay’s 259-pound best of show hog sold for $6.75 a pound to Bortnick Farms, represented by Don Bortnick and Georgia Hofka.
View
Ashtabula reserve lamb carcass
Mckenzie Brown sold her reserve best of show lamb carcass, weighing 57 pounds, sold for $12.50 to Jim Allega.
View
Ashtabula reserve BOS turkey
The reserve best of show turkey, weighing 41.80 pounds, sold for $7.50 a pound to REO Trucking, represented by Owen Stone and Addilynn Stone. Tyler Beals raised the champion.
View
Ashtabula BOS turkey
The 40.20-pound best of show turkey, raised by Emily Buck, sold for $14 a pound to Meaney Farms, represented by Brad and Alyssa Meaney.
View
Ashtabula reserve turkey exhibitor
The reserve champion turkey exhibitor, Christi Crites, sold her 34.80-pound turkey to Ashtabula County Recorder Barbara Schaab for $20 a pound.
View
Ashtabula grand turkey exhibitor
Stacie Ritchie, the grand champion turkey exhibitor, sold her turkey weighing 44.6 pounds for $41 a pound to Iris and Elmer Geil.
View
Ashtabula grand dairy goat
Colleen Darby, the grand champion dairy goat exhibitor, sold her champion cheese basket to Walter and Michal Barnes for $210.
View
Ashtabula grand cheese
Teresa Polchin was the grand champion dairy exhibitor. She sold her cheese basket to Brandi and Cline Clute, of Shady Springs Farms, for $700.
View
Ashtabula reserve bos lamb
John Jackam’s reserve best of show lamb, weighing 135.5 pounds, sold for $7.50 a pound to Smokin’ T’s Smokehouse, represented by Jana, Todd, Alaina and Zane Neczeporenko.
View
Ashtabula grand chicken
Edison Cigany, the grand champion chicken exhibitor, raised the best of show pen of four chickens weighing a total of 27.68 pounds. The pen sold for $21 a pound to Patterson Veterinary Clinic, represented by Chris Contenza.
View
