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2009 OHIO STATE FAIR SALE OF CHAMPIONS RAISES MONEY FOR YOUTH
Sale of Champions Results
COLUMBUS, August 09, 2009
COLUMBUS – The 2009 Ohio State Fair 42nd annual Sale of Champions Livestock Auction took place this afternoon in the Celeste Center. Grand champion meat chickens, market lambs, market barrows and market beef all took the stage for the auction.
“It’s a rewarding day for these hard working exhibitors, and I congratulate these fine youth and their families for producing such quality animals,” said Virgil Strickler, general manager of the Ohio Expo Center & State Fair. “We are greatly appreciative to the buyers who support these champion youth and the Youth Reserve Program.”
The Youth Reserve Program was established in 1995 to reward junior youth exhibitors who participate in the Ohio State Fair. The Youth Reserve Program is funded by dollars received over a cap placed on the amount exhibitors can earn from the Sale of Champions Livestock Auction. The Youth Reserve Program distributes the money among carcass contests, scholarships, the outstanding market exhibitor program, the outstanding breeding exhibitor program, showmanship, skillathons, dairy cattle, 4-H and FFA. Since its inception, the program has awarded more than 17,500 youth exhibitors more than $1.5 million.
The results of the 2009 Sale of Champions are as follows:
Grand Champion Meat Chickens
Exhibited by: Kara McCarthy, Wyandot County
Purchased by: The Kroger Company, Park Farms
Price: $11,000
Cap: $5,000
Reserve Grand Champion Meat Chickens
Exhibited by: Sarah Johnson, Clinton County
Purchased by: Amusements of America, Event Marketing Strategies, Concessions by Cox, JP’s BBQ
Price: $8,000
Cap: $3,000
Grand Champion Market Lamb
Exhibited by: Taylor Banbury, Knox County
Purchased by: The Kroger Company
Price: $20,000
Cap: $9,000
Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb
Exhibited by: Audrey Neal, Seneca County
Purchased by: Huffman’s Market, Kale Marketing, Direct Feeds, Burkhart Farm Center, Ohio
Racing Industry
Price: $13,500
Cap: $6,000
Grand Champion Market Barrow
Exhibited by: Raven Crawford, Adams County
Purchased by: Meijer, Inc.
Price: $31,000
Cap: $9,000
Reserve Grand Champion Market Barrow
Exhibited by: Alex Vaughan, Clinton County
Purchased by: Steve Rauch Excavation and Demolition
Price: $15,500
Cap: $6,000
Grand Champion Market Beef
Exhibited by: Branden DeFrank, Jefferson County
Purchased by: Steve Rauch Excavating and Demolition
Price: $65,000
Cap: $21,000
Reserve grand Champion Market Beef
Exhibited by: Grant Mcintosh, Brown County
Purchased by: The Kroger Company
Price: $27,000*
Cap: $10,000
2009 total sale: $191,000
2009 amount earned for Youth Reserve Program: $122,000
*Indicates new record
A new record was set this year with the Kroger Company’s $27,000 purchase of the Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef project. The previous record of $26,000 was set in 2008 by Steve Rauch Excavating and Demolition.
For more information, call 1-888-OHO-EXPO or 1-614-644-FAIR. On the Web, visit us at OhioStateFair.com.
The Ohio Expo Center is proud to host the Ohio State Fair. With a spectacular midway, big-name entertainment, hundreds of exhibits and one of the largest junior fair shows in the nation, the 2010 Ohio State Fair will run July 28 – August 8.
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For more information, media may contact Christina Leeds at 614-644-4011.
(Please do not publish this number.)
The Ohio Expo Center is an equal opportunity employer and service provider.
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