The Ohio Spring Classic Sale was held today at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Sidney, Ohio. JMS hosted the sale in conjunction with the Ohio Jersey Breeders Association. The sale average, on 70 lots of embryos, semen and cattle, was $2,521.80.
Thank you to the sale staff that helped put this sale together, the Ohio Jersey Breeders for their help at the fairgrounds, and the consignors, bidders and buyers of the Ohio Spring Classic Sale.
It’s sale day at the Ohio Spring Classic Sale, held at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Sidney, Ohio. Sale time is 11:00 a.m. (EDT) A great group of type, production, genomics, and cow families are all represented.
Pictures of many of the consignments were featured in a blog post yesterday. Added pictures, with a focus on the milk cows and March calves are below: Check back for updated photo gallery!
The sale consignments are relaxing in this nice weather, awaiting their preview TONIGHT during a picnic hosted by the Ohio Jersey Breeders Association. Come to the Shelby County Fairgrounds, Sidney, OH tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m. for fun, food, fellowship and to view the Ohio Spring Classic Sale cattle.
There are currently two auctions running on the JMS online sale host program, Jersey Bid this week – The Ohio Spring Classic Sale – Online Lots (closing Monday 5/25 at 10:00 a.m. & moving to the live sale) and the May Jersey Bid Auction (closing begins at 1:30 p.m. 5/26).
OHIO SPRING CLASSIC SALE – ONLINE LOTS
The Ohio Spring Classic Sale will be on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015. Join JMS and the Ohio Jersey Breeders Association the night before (6:30 p.m.) for fun, food, fellowship and cattle viewing at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Sidney, Ohio. Then come back the next morning (11:00 a.m.) for an action packed event! The sale will be streamed and available for LIVE bidding on Jersey Auction Live.
Pre-bidding on some lots is happening right now on JerseyBid.com, a JMS online sale host program. Bidding online closes at 10:00 a.m., with final bidding concluding during the live sale. Check out the embryos, semen, bred heifers and NEWLY ADDED – Hand Painted Flower Pots! Ladies – Get in early!
The flower pots will be decorating the ring on Monday, as in the past. Hand painted by Randi Dibert, an active former Junior member herself, all proceeds go to the Ohio Junior Jersey Breeders Association. Bid online now, and LIVE bidding will start (after the cow sale) where the last bid online left off at 10:00 a.m. that morning. Fear not – You don’t have to be in attendance at the fairgrounds to bid! Stay logged on to Jersey Auction Live, the JMS online bidding program, and place your final bids on your favorite flower pot decoration, LIVE! We’ll make sure to get it to you!
This week was busy with Jersey Marketing Service. We had two mid-west sales this week, in Iowa and Wisconsin!
Tuesday, May 12 marked the closing of the Wisconsin State Jersey Sale, hosted on Jersey Bid. The sale, featuring production, genomics, individuals and groups, cows and heifers. Bidding opened with the online sale host site, JerseyBid.com on May 4 with final bidding on Tuesday.
A total of 24 live head were purchased online, including four Badger Treasure calves for junior members. The average was $2,604, with buyers from Kansas, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The top selling lot was Lot 1 – Jessie James Nikon Trudy 8705-P, consigned by Jim & Jessica Engel of Kewaunee, Wis. The October polled, genomic tested heifer had Heartland Nathan Texas-ET as her 3rd dam. Heartland Jerseys out bid the competition to own the heifer at $2,700.
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