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!
The Ohio Spring Classic Sale catalog has been posted online for you to view, download, print.
A nice group of animals have been collected, featuring type and production, show winnings and genomics. The sale will be at the Shelby County Fairgrounds, Sidney, Ohio, on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015. It will start at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and live bidding through Jersey Auction Live will be available.
GENETICS FROM THESE COWS / COW FAMILIES (AND MORE) ARE AVAILABLE THRU THE CONSIGNMENTS AT THE OHIO SPRING CLASSIC SALE!
Pre-bidding on embryos, semen, and a small group of heifers will begin on Monday, May 18, 2015 on the Jersey Bid sale program. All lots carrying at least one bid at 10:00 a.m. (EDT) on sale day will move to the live sale line-up, beginning at 11:00 a.m. If a lot does not have at least one bid online, you will not have the opportunity to bid on it, as it then becomes a no-sale.
A feature in the online sale is an APOLLO XR 16A semen tank and inventory.
The Ohio Spring Classic Sale boasted of a beautiful day in the weather department, giving a hint of the summer to arrive after such a bitter winter. A grand total of 93 lots of live cattle and 1 lot of a semen tank and inventory brought the average of the sale to $2,231.65 and a total gross of $209,775.
The consignors and buyers utilized the internet as part of this annual event. Some individuals, live choices, pen lots of heifers and a semen tank with inventory started the sale a week ago on JerseyBid.com. Bidding was then moved to the live sale today, starting where the online bidding left off.
Bringing both the online auction and the live cattle together for bidding today was the live internet broadcast and bidding with the help of JerseyAuctionLive.com. 23 head sold to 8 internet buyers today, with the remainder being sold in the live audience or over the phone!
High Seller – Lot 31 – AF Talladega Miffin
Second High Seller – Lot 8 – Electras Evolution-ET
Third High Sellers (Tie) Lot 18 – M-Signature Tina Maries Merlot-ET AND Lot 105J – Kevetta Eclipes Pumpkin-P
Cattle sold to 14 different states (AL, FL, IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, WI).
Thank you to all the bidders, buyers and consignors for helping to make this year’s Ohio Spring Classic Sale a success!
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