Number of Market Lots: 107
Average: $4.49/pound with champions; $3.34/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 10
Average: $5.50/pound with champions; $4.02/pound without
Best of show: Matthew Mazzaro
Bid: $4.25 Weight: 257
Buyer: Mike Ellsworth Construction – Mike and Cari Ellsworth
Reserve Best of show: Madisyn Gabriel
Bid: $4.60/pound Weight: 241 pounds
Buyer: Ashtabula County Farm Bureau/Ashtabula County Soil and Water Conservation District
Number of Market Lots: 10
Average: $12.67/pound with champions; $5.51/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 3
Average: $6.13/pound with champions; $6.25/pound without
Best of show carcass: Cora Riggleman
Bid: $6.25/pound Weight: 72 pounds
Buyer: Ashtabula County Farm Bureau/Ashtabula Soil and Water Conservation District
Number of Lots: 35
Average: $2.82/pound with champions; $1.86/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 3
Average: $4.45/pound with champions; $4.30/pound without
Reserve best of show carcass: Deanna Comp
Bid: $4.50/pound Weight: 287 pounds
Buyer: Snyder’s Collision Center – John Wilson
BEEF FEEDERS
Number of Lots: 11
Average: $5.17/pound with champions; $2.51/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 6
Average: $5.40/pound with champions; $4.63/pound without
Auctioneers and Ringmen: Allen Burhenne, John Erdel, Bob Fink, Tim Hunt, Scott Mihalic
* The grand and reserve champion exhibitor award is based on the exhibitor’s skillathon (40 points), showmanship (40 points) and live animal conformation (20 points). The best of show and reserve best of show titles go to the top two animals in a species.
Lucas Steen’s 373-pound best of show beef carcass garnered a $5.50 a pound bid from Kim (left) and Nancy Molnar.
Walter (left) and Michal Barnes bid $4.40 a pound for Jake Holden’s 348-pound best of show dairy beef carcass.
Katie Stokes received a $2.30 a pound bid from Gary Thompson of Buckeye Builders for her 592-pound best of show dairy feeder. Also pictured is Junior Fair Queen Jessica Krulic.
Tyler Ellsworth’s 173-pound best of show hog carcass sold to Dennis Sines of JD’s Pit Stop for $6.75 a pound.
Representatives from the Ashtabula County Farm Bureau and Ashtabula Soil & Water Conservation District (from left) Nathan Paskey, Nate Lamoreaux, and Lad Marous, bid $6.25 a pound for Cora Riggleman’s 72-pound best of show lamb carcass.
Teresa Polchin’s best of show dairy cow cheese basket garnered an $800 bid from Cline Clute of Shady Springs Farms.
James H. Brown (right) bid $220 for Michaela Darby’s best of show goat cheese basket.
Alexa Lambert’s (right) grand champion pen of ducks, weighing 15.62 pounds, sold for $7 a pound to Carl Gruey, pictured with his daughter, Ginger.
Logan Platt’s 26.58-pound pen of grand champion and best of show chickens drew a record bid of $70 a pound from Greg Lachey, of Lachey Snowplowing and Trucking.
Avery March sold the 1,400-pound best of show market steer for $2.85 a pound to Lisko Amusements, represented by Tim Lisko.
Jim Ramsey, of Madison Electric, bid $14.50 a pound for John Jackam’s 113-pound grand champion and best of show market lamb.
Mackenzie Kotnik’s 459-pound grand champion beef feeder was sold to Larry and Leora Kotnik, of Kotnik Farms, for a bid of $7 a pound.
Colebrook Elevator, represented by Danny Aulizia, bid $3.15 a pound for Alison Graves’ 678-pound grand champion dairy beef feeder.
Taylor Edelman’s 272-pound grand champion hog drew a bid of $5.60 a pound from Mike Oviatt of Thorne’s Bilo Supermarket.
Lindsay Varquette’s 44.96-pound grand champion turkey fetched a $15.50 a pound bid from Ashtabula County Recorder Barbara Schaab.
Mike and Bobbie Tramte bid $3 a pound for Jael Michelson’s grand champion and best of show market goat.
Lynn Gruber bid $22 a pound for Rebecca Dillon’s 13.32-pound pen of grand champion and reserve best of show rabbits.
Analese Marrison’s 17.52-pound pen of reserve champion and best of show ducks was purchased by Richard Marrison, of Marrison Old Tractors, for $115 a pound.
Jimmy Kunka sold his reserve best of show beef carcass, with a hanging weight of 399 pounds, to Valley Feed Mill, Inc., represented by Jim Kule, for $5.30 a pound.
Larry and Leora Kotnik, of Kotnik Farms, paid $5.50 a pound for Brandon Teter’s 526-pound reserve champion and best of show beef feeder.
Deanna Comp’s 978-pound reserve best of show dairy steer received a $2 a pound bid from the law office of Katherine Riedel, who was not in attendance at the fair.
Garhett Smith’s 64-pound reserve best of show market goat received a bid of $5 a pound from George Smith.
Representatives from the Ashtabula County Farm Bureau and the Ashtabula County Soil & Water District bid $4.60 a pound for Madisyn Gabriel’s 241-pound reserve best of show market hog. Pictured from left are farm bureau member Nate Lamoreaux, soil and water district representative Nathan Paskey, and Tom Spencer Jr. from the farm bureau.
Cassady Kingdom’s 187-pound hog reserve best of show hog carcass sold to Art Gruskiewicz for $4.25 a pound.
Nancy Younessi, of Cope Farm Equipment, bid $6 a pound for Stacey Lute’s 61-pound reserve best of show lamb carcass.
Alaina (left) and Zane Neczeborenko represented their aunt, Tricia Woods of Oink Moo Cluck Farms, who bought Daniel Jackam’s 129-pound reserve best of show lamb for $7.00 a pound.
Logan Giddings sold his reserve best of show turkey, weighing 46.16 pounds to Bill and Donna Stone for $7 a pound.
Nicole Mann’s 1,390-pound reserve champion and best of show dairy steer garnered a $1.85 a pound bid from Beverly and Pat Holden.
Michael Miller’s pen of 26.34-pound reserve champion and reserve best of show chickens garnered a $28.00 a pound bid from Bonnie Plizga, of B.P. Enterprise. Also pictured is 2014 Ashtabula Junior Fair Prince Zachary Conoby (right).
2014 Junior Fair Queen Jessica Kulic’s 626-pound reserve champion and reserve best of show dairy beef feeder was purchased by Bortnick Tractor Sales for $3 a pound. Pictured (from left) are Tony Krulic, of Bortnick Tractor Sales; Jackson Bogardus; Jessica Kulic; and Junior Fair Prince Zachary Conoby.
Cody Kanicki’s 1,465-pound reserve champion and reserve best of show market steer was purchased for $2.75 a pound by Mike and Cari Ellsworth of Mike Ellsworth Construction.
Elisha Michelson’s 55-pound reserve champion market goat fetched a $3.50 a pound bid from Scott and Sara Johnson of Johnson Farms.
Jeff and Marsha Horne bid $3.50 a pound for Chris Futty’s (upper left) 273-pound reserve champion market hog.
Mason Taylor’s 129-pound reserve champion lamb was purchased by Allegra Companies for $16.50 a pound. Allegra Companies was represented by owner James Allegra’s daughter, Samantha.
Richard L. Dana and Marianne Sezon bought Stuart Struna’s 45.98-pound reserve champion turkey for $9.50 a pound.
Aubrey Baker’s 13.40-pound pen of reserve champion rabbits fetched $17.00 a pound from REO Trucking, represented by Owen Stone.
