{"id":92677,"date":"2017-09-06T08:13:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=92677"},"modified":"2017-09-07T08:06:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T13:06:30","slug":"junior-fair-livestock-auction-provides-record-sale-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/09\/06\/junior-fair-livestock-auction-provides-record-sale-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Fair Livestock Auction sets record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

While the livestock competitions are over and the ribbons and trophies handed out, Junior Fair exhibitors received a financial reward Tuesday for the work of raising livestock for the 161st Van Wert County Fair.<\/p>\n

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Prospective buyers bid on Emily Greulach’s Grand Champion Performance Lamb during Tuesday’s Junior Fair Livestock Auction.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Junior Fair Livestock Auction also gives a large number of area businesses and organizations the chance to show their support and appreciation for the youngsters\u2019 efforts.<\/p>\n

Premium sale prices this year — the amount paid by buyers — were higher than last year, with a total of $129,965 paid for 264 sale units. While the sale total is not a record — a total of $146,210 was paid out in 2012 (for 359 animals) — buyers did pay a record per-animal average price of $492.29 this year.<\/p>\n

With the meat value of the 264 animals sold this year set at $73,570.71, exhibitors received a total of $203,536.04, or an average of $770.97 per animal sold.<\/p>\n

The largest premium sale total was the $36,159 paid for the 69 swine sold at the auction this year, although the per-animal price was fourth largest at $524.04. With the actual value of the meat set at $7,455.18, those who showed hogs received a total of $43,614.18, for a total per-animal average of $632.09.<\/p>\n

Dairy feeder calves brought in a total of $18,546 for the 28 animals sold, a per-animal price of $662.36 — the second highest per-animal total of the sale. The actual value of the animals\u2019 meat was $12,000.15 for a total sale price of $30,546.15, and a total per-animal average of $1,090.93.<\/p>\n

Steers were again the most expensive animals in the sale, bringing in a total of $18,221 for the 19 animals sold. Adding in the total meat value of $24,865.19, steer exhibitors received a total of $43,096.19 — an average total price of $2,267.69 per animal.<\/p>\n

The 62 rabbits sold at this year\u2019s fair brought in a total of $17,960, or an average of $289.68 per animal. The total value of the meat was $337.84 for a total sale price of $18,297.84, giving rabbit exhibitors an average of $295.13 per animal.<\/p>\n

The 15 goats sold at this year\u2019s auction netted a total premium of $9,426.33 from buyers, giving exhibitors an average of $628.42 per animal. However, goat meat\u2019s value is higher even than steers, bringing in the same amount — $24,865.19 — for 15 animals as was paid for the 19 steers, for an even higher $1,657.68 per-animal meat value. That brings the average total sale price of the 15 goats to a whopping $2,286.10 per animal — the highest average price in the sale.<\/p>\n

The 18 sheep sold at this year\u2019s auction brought in a total premium price of $9,424, an average price of $523.56 per animal. The value of the meat was a total of $3,696.48, an average of $205.36 per animal, giving sheep exhibitors a total sale price of $13,120.48, or an average of $728.92 per animal.<\/p>\n

Turkeys and poultry were back at the fair for the second year after an avian flu scare in 2015 that banned the birds from exhibiting and the auction. Buyers paid a total of $7,904 for the 20 turkeys in the auction, for an average of $395.20 per bird. The meat was valued at $166 for a total sale price of $8,070, an average of $403.50 per bird.<\/p>\n

Poultry netted a total of $10,025 from buyers for a total of 32 birds, an average of $313.28 per bird. The value of the meat was set at $184.68 for a total sale price of $10,209.68, for a total sale average of $319.05 per bird.<\/p>\n

Buyers also paid a total of $2,300 for the symbolic gallon of milk. The money provides a financial reward to Junior Fair dairy exhibitors, whose animals are not sold at the fair. The money, the second highest total after 2015\u2019s price of $2,400, provided $287.50 per dairy exhibitor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor While the livestock competitions are over and the ribbons and trophies handed out, Junior Fair exhibitors received a financial reward Tuesday for the work of raising livestock for the 161st Van Wert County Fair. The Junior Fair Livestock Auction also gives a large number of area businesses and organizations the chance to […]<\/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-92677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 02:05:10","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\/92677","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=92677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}