{"id":122177,"date":"2019-09-04T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=122177"},"modified":"2019-09-05T07:32:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T12:32:53","slug":"2019-jr-fair-livestock-auction-prices-down-significantly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/09\/04\/2019-jr-fair-livestock-auction-prices-down-significantly\/","title":{"rendered":"Livestock auction prices down in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sales figures were substantially down for this year\u2019s Junior Fair Livestock Auction held Tuesday — especially when compared to 2018\u2019s record-setting totals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Junior Fair dairy exhibitors are shown with a dairy cow as the traditional gallon of milk is auctioned off Tuesday at the Junior Fair Livestock Auction in the Farm Focus Arena.<\/strong> photos by Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Buyers this year spent a total of $103,170.02, more than $50,000 less than 2018\u2019s record total of $157,343. With a meat value of $53,784.78, Junior Fair livestock exhibitors went home with a total of $156,954.80. That compares to more than $200,000 last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual, the largest number of animals sold were swine, with a total of 74 hogs sold for a total bid of $22,900 less than half the $46,245 paid out for 87 animals in 2018. The swine meat was worth substantially more ($7,130.15) than last year\u2019s $5,059.81, for a total value of $30,030.15, or an average of $405.81 per exhibitor, more than $184 less per hog than last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second largest livestock category was poultry, where 44 birds were sold for a total bid of $9,175. That compares with $11,795 paid out in 2018 for 37 birds. With a total meat value of $291.81, each poultry exhibitor took home an average of $215.18, more than $100 less per bird than in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other livestock categories are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dairy feeder calves — A total bid of $15,100 was recorded on a total of 33 calves, for a per-exhibitor average of $457.58, significantly less than last year\u2019s average of $767.89. The value of the meat this year was $11,407.57, compared to $13,361.81 in 2018, for a total sale price of $26,507.57 for an average total sale price of $803.26, down from last year\u2019s average total price of $1,185.45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Steers — A total bid of $14,350 was made on 19 steers, compared to $20,685 paid in 2018 for 20 steers. The total value of the meat this year was $24,845.08, versus $26,365.97 in 2018, for a total sale price of $39,195.08, or an average of $2,062.90 per exhibitor. That compares to 2018\u2019s total of $47,050.97, or an average of $2,352.55 per exhibitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheep — The 27 market and performance lambs sold for a total of $15,200 this year, a per-animal average of $562.96. That compares with $11,795 for 18 sheep in 2018, a per-animal average of $655.28. The total meat value this year was $4,852.14, compared to $3,186.70 in 2018. That equates to a total sale value of $20,052.14, or an average per-animal sale value of $742.67, versus a total of $14,981.70, and a per-animal sale value of $832.32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Market goats — A total of 27 animals were sold for a total bid of $10,500.02, a per-animal average of $372.30. That compares to a total of $11,235 for a total of 20 goats in 2018, a per-animal average of $561.75. With the total meat value $4,551, the total sale price this year was $15,051.02, or a per-animal average of $557.45, versus a total of $14,160.60 and a per-animal total sale average of $708.03 in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkeys — A total of 24 birds were sold this year for a bid of $6,300, or a per-bird average of $262.50. That compares to 28 birds sold in 2018 for a total bid price of $10,865, or a per-bird average of $388.04. The total meat value this year was $355.32 for a total sale price of $6,655.32, a per-exhibitor average of $277.31, versus a total sale price of $11,156.60, or $398.45 per bird in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rabbits — A total of 34 rabbits were sold for a total bid price of $8,675, a per-animal average of $255.14. That compares to 52 rabbits sold in 2018 for a total bid price of $17,630, a per-animal average of $339.04. The total meat value this year was $350.71 for a total sale price of $9,025.71, a per-exhibitor average of $265.46, versus a total sale price of $18,108.86, a per-exhibitor average of $348.25, in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The auction of the traditional gallon of milk brought in $970, versus the record of $2,825 set in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shown is a collage of photos from Tuesday’s Junior Fair Livestock Auction.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor Sales figures were substantially down for this year\u2019s Junior Fair Livestock Auction held Tuesday — especially when compared to 2018\u2019s record-setting totals.  Buyers this year spent a total of $103,170.02, more than $50,000 less than 2018\u2019s record total of $157,343. With a meat value of $53,784.78, Junior Fair livestock exhibitors went home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 01:46:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}