May 2015 oaa newsletter

Ohio Angus Newsletter May 2015

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2015 Ohio Angus Preview Show June 12-14, Preble Co. Fairgrounds, Eaton, OH

PREVIEW SCHEDULE FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015

8:00 a.m. ...........................Fairgrounds Open for stalling

Jr. Show Judge:

4:00 p.m. ...........................Ohio Junior Angus Meeting 6:00 p.m. ...........................Jr. Cattle Check in deadline

Brian Cates, Modoc, IN

Open Show Judge:

SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015

10:00 a.m...........................Jr. Showmanship

Dale Rains, Mercer, PA

Following Showmanship...Ohio Junior Angus Show

Bred-and-Owned Bulls * Bred-and-Owned Heifers

Cow-Calf Pairs * Owned Heifers * Registered Angus

Steers * Jackpot Steers

12:00 p.m...........................Open Show Cattle arrival &

check-in deadline

3:00 p.m.............................Ohio Angus Board Meeting

Ohio Junior - Jr. Nationals Contest Work Session

6:00 p.m.............................Dinner sponsored by Miami Valley

Angus Association, Brubaker Grain, Kalmbach

Feeds & Southern States Supply

SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 9:00 a.m.........Ohio Angus Preview Show

Show Sponsor Opportunities For $50, sponsorship will include: * Business card ad in the Preview Show program * Listing in the Ohio Angus Newsletter * Listing in the Ohio Angus Directory * Show day announcements about your farm / business * Award banner sponsors also available Deadline to submit business card or other information for sponsorships is June 1st!

To discuss details or submit contact Dan Wells at danwells@ohioangus.org or 740-505-3843.

Angus Heifers * Angus Cow-Calf Pairs * Ladies Showmanship * Angus Bulls * Group Classes

Jr. Show Sponsorships are $20 and due to OJAA officers by June 7th!

Headquarters:

Holiday Inn Express 95 N Parkview Dr. • Brookville, Ohio 45309 937-833-9998 (No double rooms)

King Room - $99.99 Executive King (w/pullout sofa) - $109.99 Room block under Ohio Angus - Rates good till 5/12/15

Other Area Hotels:

Fairfield Inn - New Paris, OH - (937) 437-8000 Comfort Inn - Richmond, IN - (765) 935-4766 Holiday Inn - Richmond, IN - (765) 488-1975 Comfort Inn & Suites - Dayton, OH - (937) 836-9400

Fairgrounds Camping:

$25/night - Preble Co. Fair Office - 937-456-3748

Secretary’s Corner

In This Issue...

Ohio Angus Breeders,

Although spring was a little cooler and plenty wet to start, boy how things can change! I’d said the recent dry snap has had everyone hustling to get cattle turned out and crops in the ground. I hope you all are having a safe spring in the fields and are getting ready for hay season just around the bend.

The strength on the cattle market held strong through the spring. With most all of the spring Angus sales in Ohio and surrounding states seeing higher averages and grosses compared to recent years. I anticipate the demand for Angus based cows to hold through the fall. If you are interested in marketing females privately or through a fall consignment sale, give me a call to see how Ohio Angus can help you.

Just around the corner will be the Ohio Angus Preview Show. The show will be held on June 1214th at the Preble Co. Fairgrounds. More details are included on the front page as well on the website at www.ohioangus.org. If you are interested in supporting the Preview Shows by purchasing a sponsorship, contact me to discuss options that are available. The Preview Show entry deadline is May 15th. The Saturday evening dinner will be held at the fairgrounds and will be sponsored by Miami Valley Angus Association, Brubaker Grain, Kalmbach Feeds & Southern States Supply

Looking ahead, the Ohio State Fair Angus shows will be held on July 31 - Aug. 3. To enter cattle into the shows, go to the Ohio State Fair website at www.ohiostatefair.com.

Ohio Preview Show Info Secretary’s Corner Eastern Ohio Angus Sale Report Champion Hill Angus Sale Report COBA/Select Sires Ad Industry News & Notes Industry News & Notes Calendar of Events Ohio State Fair Angus Shows Eastern Ohio District Jr. Show

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2015 Ohio Angus Association Officers President: Tim Harsh (740) 595-3543 hfsangus@hotmail.com Vice President: Joe Sanders (419) 648-3233 sanders_skylight_farm@hotmail.com Chairman: Kelvin Egner (419) 295-6089 kjegner@hotmail.com Treasurer: Allen Gahler (419) 360-2091 gahler2@yahoo.com Secretary/Fieldman: Dan Wells (740) 505- 3843 danwells@ohioangus.org

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Cows & Heifers FOR SALE

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Sale Reports Eastern Ohio Angus Spring Sale

Sale Date: April 11, 2015 Sale Location: Muskingum Livestock, Zanesville, OH Auctioneer: Dave Mullins Sale Manager: Ohio Angus Association High Selling Bulls Lot: Price: DOB: Seller: Buyer 16 $4,200 3/1/14 Paradise Cattle Com., Ashville, OH Jimmie Ramsay Jr., Jacobsburg, OH 11 $4,100 1/25/14 Nobleland Farms, Caldwell, OH Ronald Shook, Blue Rock, OH 5 $4,050 3/28/13 Paradise Cattle Com., Ashville, OH Russ Wiseman, Malta, OH 4 $4,000 3/15/13 Heartland Farms, Leetonia, OH Scott & Tammy Hill, Senecaville, OH High Selling Open Heifer 28 $2,550 1/27/14 Windswept Acres, Cardington, OH Jimmie Ramsay Jr., Jacobsburg, OH 29 $2,200 11/4/13 Scott Caldwell, Cambridge, OH Glenn Tidrick, Quaker City, OH 26 $2,000 3/13/14 Circle A Farms, Cutler, OH Lisa Zuress, Byesville, OH High Selling Bred Cows or Cow/Calf Pairs 37 $3,500 3/4/09 Paradise Cattle Com., Ashville, OH Daniel Jones, Waterford, OH 41 $3,500 1/5/09 Earich Cattle Co., Williamsport, OH Alexander Noll, Caldwell, OH 39 $3,400 1/22/09 Boulder Farm, Hebron, OH Mike McCauley, Cambridge, OH 36 $3,100 3/5/09 Elkview Farm, Moundsville, WV Jim Dennis, Caldwell, OH Lots: Gross: 19 Angus Bulls 6 Open Angus Heifers 3 Bred Angus Heifers 10 Angus Cows or C/C Pairs 5 Commercial Cows/Heifers 43 Total Lots

$54,600 $11,600 $7,300 $29,350 $15,650 $118,500

Average: $2,873 $1,933 $2,433 $2,935 $3,130 $2,755

Champion Hill Production Sale

Sale Date: April 12, 2015 Auctioneer: Mike Jones High Selling Open Heifers Lot: Price: DOB: Sire: 8 $20,000 9/4/14 SAV Perfection 1891 10 $20,000 11/2/14 SAV Perfection 1891 40 $17,750 11/9/14 SAV Perfection 1891 32 $14,000 7/6/14 SAV Perfection 1891 34 $13,000 7/6/14 SAV Perfection 1891 14 $13,000 7/5/14 SAV Perfection 1891 Lots: 66 Open Heifer 66 Total Lots

Gross:

$406,800 $406,800

Sale Location: At the Farm, Bidwell, OH Sale Manager: Angus Hall of Fame Buyer: Micheal Harr, Blountville, TN Quentin Smith, Lebanon, TN Quentin Smith, Lebanon, TN Paige Birk, Gordonville, MO Donald Day III, Nicholasville, KY John Hill, Marianna, FL

Average:

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$6,163 $6,163

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Way-View Cattle Co. LLC Performance Tested Angus Bulls For SAle

Registered Angus Cattle Hay & Straw - Large and small squares Freezer beef

Allen Gahler 641 N. Elliston Trowbridge Rd. Graytown, OH 43432 (419) 350-2091 gahler2@yahoo.com

Fred M. Penick

3264 Refugee Rd. Hebron, OH 43025

Home (740) 404-1832 Fax (740) 928-3912

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Registered

Pine hill far M Managing Partner Three Oaks Farm, 33009 Yellow Creek Road Summitville, OH 43962 330.223.1872 fax: 330.223.2215 e-mail: donahankb@hotmail.com donahankb@yahoo.com

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Industry News & Notes Donate Items for the Angus Foundation Silent Auction Herman & Kathleen Howell 4200 Twp. Hwy 289, Hammondsville, OH 43930 Phone / Fax: (740) 544-5861 ridgeviewangus@yahoo.com

Miami Valley Angus Association Dave Long, Pres. 513-383-4077 Dan Brosey, V.P. 513-315-6894 Christy Campbell, Sec./Tres. 937-533-7051 John Hall, State Director 740-815-4337 Ad Sponsored by:

UBS Financial Services Inc.

Robert E. Messinger, CFS, CLU, ChFC Cincinnati, OH 513-792-2117

Fundraiser takes place during the 2015 NJAS to support Angus education, youth and research.

The Angus Foundation’s annual silent auction is a popular attraction during the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS) each year. Donors are encouraged to act now and reserve their items a place in the fundraising event, hosted July 12-18 in Tulsa, Okla. Final bids benefit education, youth and research initiatives to support the Angus breed.

Items donated to the Angus Foundation for the silent auction may come from individual Angus friends, farms and corporations, or state junior and adult Angus associations. Examples include prints, paintings, gift baskets, books, cattle supplies, jewelry, clothing and Angus collectibles. The junior state Angus association that donates the highest selling silent auction item will receive $100.

“Each bid placed by our supporters helps us achieve our goal of raising funds to benefit the Angus breed through education, youth and research,” says Milford Jenkins, Angus Foundation president. “The silent auction is a success each year due to the generous donations and supporters from our Angus family.”

At the 2014 NJAS in Indianapolis, Ind., the silent auction raised $10,025 in unrestricted gross proceeds. These funds play a crucial role in supporting scholarships and events, such as the Leaders Engaged in Angus Development (LEAD) Conference, Cattlemen’s Boot Camps, Beef Leaders Institute (BLI) and research projects for the benefit of the Angus breed.

To donate an item, please contact the Angus Foundation at 816-383-5100. Donations must be received or delivered to the silent auction area by July 12.

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Industry News & Notes

Cow Prices Remain Strong

- Tim Petry, Livestock Economist, North Dakota State University Extension Service

All market classes of beef cattle are at record high levels for this time of the year, but are lower than the all-time record highs established in the last half of 2014. Slaughter cow prices basis the Southern Plains, 85-90% lean peaked in August 2014 at an all-time record high of over $131/cwt. Cow prices then declined seasonally to average about $115 in the fourth quarter 2014.

First quarter 2015 cow prices have generally ranged above last year from $103-115.

Support for cow prices has come from lower slaughter. Total cow slaughter in the first quarter was down about 5% from last year. Beef cow slaughter was down about 15% as herd rebuilding that began in 2014 continued. Dairy cow slaughter was over 4% higher as milk prices have waned from last year’s record highs.

Even though slaughter numbers were lower, a number of fundamental factors combined are keeping cow prices in check. Increased production of competing meats, more lean beef imports, and lower byproduct values are all impacting cow prices. While total beef production was down about 3.5% in the first quarter 2015, pork production was up over 6%, broiler production was up 5%, and total red meat and poultry production was up over 3%. For the entire year, USDA is projecting an increase in pork production of 6.1%, broiler production up 3.8%, and a 3.4% increase in total meat production.

High U.S. beef prices, the strong $US value, and a drought in Australia with forced cow

liquidation are all contributing to a sharp increase in beef imports this year. Data are only available through February, but for the first two months of 2015 beef imports were up 56% over last year.

Imports from Australia, our number one supplier, were up 120% over last year.

Current cow byproduct values are over $2/cwt. lower than last year’s record high values. Export demand, especially to Southeast Asia, is very important to byproduct values. So the high $US value and the West Coast port congestion problems the last several months have contributed to the lower byproduct values.

USDA-AMS publishes a weekly “USDA ByProduct Drop Value (cow)” report. It is available at www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/nw_ls444.txt.

The report lists the quantity, price, and value for important byproducts from a typical 1100 pound cow. The April 10, 2015, report estimated the cow byproduct value at $14.42/cwt. or $158.62/ cow. For the same week last year the value was $16.65 or $183.15 per cow.

Cow prices in the second half of 2015 will likely come under seasonal pressure and could average below last year’s record levels.

Cow slaughter the second half will be closer to last year and, of course, depends on weather related pasture and range conditions. Extreme drought is still prevalent in the Southwest, parts of the Southern Plains also remain dry, and dry conditions have developed in parts of the Northern Plains.

And the previously mentioned increases in competing meat production and beef imports will be factors to watch as well.

Ohio Angus Calender of Events

June 6 Eastern Ohio Angus District Show, Zanesville, OH June 12-14 Ohio Angus Preview Show, Eaton, OH June 19-21 Eastern Regional Jr Angus Show, Lewisburg, WV July 13-19 National Junior Angus Show, Tulsa, OK July 31 - Aug 3Ohio State Fair Angus Shows, Columbus, OH September 6 Ohio Angus Field Day, Carrollton, OH

Ohio Angus Association Dan Wells, Secretary/Fieldman 625 Cattail Rd. Chillicothe, OH 45601

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Eastern Ohio Angus Jr. & Open District Angus Show Saturday • June 6th Muskingum County Fairgrounds Zanesville, OH 10:00 a.m.

ANGUS SHOWS: July 31 - Aug 3 (2nd Rotation)

Contact Gail Deitrick for entry forms: 740-674-4610 ghdeitrick@yahoo.com

Entry Form Online: www.ohiostatefair.com