Ohio Angus Newsletter May 2014
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2014 Ohio Angus Preview Show • June 21-22, 2014 Ross Co. Fairgrounds • Chillicothe, OH ENTRY E: DEADLIN 014 2 , h t 0 3 y Ma
PREVIEW SCHEDULE FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014 8:00 a.m. ...........................Fairgrounds Open for stalling
4:00 p.m. ...........................Ohio Junior Angus Meeting 6:00 p.m. ...........................Jr. Cattle Check in deadline
Entry Forms Online at: www.ohioangus.org
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2014 10:00 a.m...........................Jr. Showmanship
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 Jake Osborne & Boehringer Ingelheim @ The Fairgrounds
SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 9:00 a.m...................................... Ohio Angus Preview Show
Angus Heifers * Angus Cow-Calf Pairs * Ladies Showmanship * Angus Bulls * Group Classes
Jr. Show Sponsorships are $20 and due to OJAA officers by June 13th! SHOW HEADQUARTERS: Christopher Inn and Suites 30 North Plaza Boulevard Chillicothe, Ohio 45601 Phone: 740-774-6835
• Ask for the Ohio Angus room block. • Rate is $85.99/night plus tax • Room block and rate good until 6/1/14
Jr. Show Judge:
Tyler Winegardner, Harrod, Ohio
Open Show Judge:
Ernie Wallace, Stotts City, Missouri
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.
FAIRGROUNDS CAMPSITES:
• $25/Night, Must complete campsite registration at Fairgrounds office • More details call Scott Chenault 740-703-9418
OTHER AREA HOTELS:
Hampton Inn & Suites - 740-773-1616 Chillicothe Quality Inn - 740-775-3500
Secretary’s Corner
In This Issue...
Ohio Angus Breeders, Although the cool spring has slowed grass growth, I hope everyone has gotten cows out to grass and are working to complete spring A.I. breedings. This spring is quickly beginning to resemble the cool and extremely wet spring of 2011. We can only hope that is an indicator that we’ll get plenty of extra rain this year. 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 21 & 22nd at the Ross 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 30th. The Saturday evening dinner will be held at the fairgrounds and will be sponsored by Jake Osborne and Boehringer Ingelheim. Looking ahead, the Ohio State Fair Angus shows will be held on July 26-29. To enter cattle into the shows, go to the Ohio State Fair website at www.ohiostatefair.com.
Ohio Angus Preview Show Info Secretary’s Corner Eastern Ohio Angus Spring Sale Report Champion Hill Angus Sale Report Industry News & Notes Ohio Junior Angus Update Calendar of Events Ohio State Fair Angus Shows Eastern Ohio District Jr. Show
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2014 Ohio Angus Association Officers President: Kelvin Egner (419) 295-6089 kjegner@hotmail.com Vice President: Tim Harsh (740) 595-3543 hfsangus@hotmail.com Chairman: Dave Felumlee (740) 763-4616 dfelumlee@windstream.net Treasurer: Allen Gahler (419) 360-2091 gahler2@yahoo.com Secretary/Fieldman: Dan Wells (740) 505- 3843 danwells@ohioangus.org
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Sale Reports Eastern Ohio Angus Spring Sale
Sale Date: April 5, 2014 Sale Location: Muskingum Livestock, Zanesville, OH Auctioneer: Andy Korb Sale Manager: Ohio Angus Association High Selling Bulls Lot: Price: DOB: Consignor: Buyer: 28 $3,750 4/1/12 Paradise Cattle Co., Ashville, OH James Hoover, Frazeysburg, OH 23 $3,375 1/20/13 Paradise Cattle Co., Ashville, OH Claude James, Chesterhill, OH 16 $3,100 2/10/13 Indian Springs Angus, Cambridge, OH James Priest Jr., Frazeysburg, OH 31 $2,900 3/17/11 Howard Cattle Co., Mayslick, KY Jeff Schuhart, Nashport, OH High Selling Open Heifer 43 $2,100 1/28/13 Boulder Farm, Hebron, OH David Beachy, New Matamoras, OH 37 $1,950 4/11/13 Boulder Farm, Hebron, OH David Beachy, New Matamoras, OH 34 $1,900 7/1/13 Black Destiny Angus, Cambridge, OH Larry Orndorff, Zanesville, OH 36 $1,850 4/19/13 Terr Aqua Farm, Massillon, OH David Beachy, New Matamoras, OH High Selling Bred Cows or Cow/Calf Pairs 46+A $4,200 3/7/11 Davis Show Cattle, Zanesville, OH Gearhead Cattle LLC, Marietta, OH 44+A $3,600 9/11/11 Kaitlyn Hinds, Newcomerstown, OH Jordan Frye, Cameron, WV 57+A $3,000 2/3/08 Boulder Farm, Hebron, OH Wilford Hill, Sarahsville, OH Lots: Gross: 31 Angus Bulls 9 Open Angus Heifers 12 Angus Cows or C/C Pairs 2 Commercial Cows/Heifers 54 Total Lots
$65,225 $15,700 $32,000 $6,500 $119,425
Average: $2,104 $1,744 $2,667 $3,250 $2,211
Champion Hill Production Sale
Sale Date: April 13, 2014 Auctioneer: Mike Jones High Selling Open Heifers Lot: Price: DOB: Sire: 1 $40,000 9/7/13 S A V Perfection 1891 60 $37,000 7/6/13 Leachman Saugahatchee 3000C 13 $28,000 9/10/13 S A V Perfection 1891 59 $27,000 7/8/13 Leachman Saugahatchee 3000C 19 $20,000 7/4/13 S A V Angus Valley 1867 67 $19,000 11/6/13 S A V Perfection 1891 Lots: 71 Open Heifer 71 Total Lots
Gross:
$522,100 $522,100
Average:
Sale Location: At the Farm, Bidwell, OH Sale Manager: Angus Hall of Fame Buyer: Belle Point Ranch, Lavaca, AR Voyager Angus, Buffalo, KY Joseph Hoak, Hamilton, MO QVS Angus, Lebanon, TN Kollwood Farm, Beecher City, IL Jake Tweedy, Imboden, AR
$7,353 $7,353
Sires in use: 16286088, 16233833, 15552303 PAUL H. HILL
11503 State Rd. 554 Bidwell, OH 45614 740-367-7021
Don & Mida Peterson Phone (304) 269-3877 E-mail: rockingp@shentel.net
Jon Davis * 740-446-2127
FAX: 740-367-7937 * www.championhillangus.com Email: champion@championhillangus.com
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Industry News & Notes Seven Steps to Profit
What you do on the ranch sets the stage for value at the feedlot and all the way to the consumer. Tom Williams, owner-manager at Chappell Feedlot, has a history of working with ranchers to create profit for both retained ownership and purchased cattle since the early 1990s. Drawing on those years of experience at his western Nebraska feedlot, Williams highlights seven ranch management practices with proven impact on the end result. 1- Profit preparation starts early. “Management of the pregnant cow has lasting impacts on her calf through the feedlot and ultimately on endproduct merit,” says Williams, who recommends supplementing cows with protein late in gestation. Many animal scientists have looked into fetal programming to see what effect cowherd nutrition has on the subsequent calves. Rick Funston, of the University of Nebraska, recently authored a review of the data and found steer progeny from supplemented cows had up to 38 pounds (lb.) heavier weaning weights, 14 lb. to 40 lb. heavier carcass weights and increased marbling. The progeny in the supplemented treatment had up to 14 percentage points higher Choice grading than their contemporaries in the control herd. Adequate cowherd protein consumption improves replacement heifers, too. Those born to supplemented cows reach puberty earlier, have higher pregnancy rates and then go on to have a greater percentage of their own calves born early in the season. 2- The importance of calf health cannot be overstated. It begins with “best practices” at calving. “Quality and quantity of colostrum intake during the first few hours after birth have a tremendous influence on long term calf health,” says Williams. Ensuring calves have a chance to suck shortly after they are born is key, along with scours prevention. “This is important beyond the obvious impact of keeping the calves healthy at the ranch but has further impact on feedlot performance and carcass traits,” Williams says.
Lung adhesions indicate sickness at some point in an animal’s lifetime. A 9-year analysis of more than 62,000 calves in Iowa’s Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (TCSCF) found the presence of lung adhesions was negatively correlated with carcass quality, performance and profit. Cattle that were never visibly sick and had no adhesions were heavier at harvest (1,185 lb. compared to1,138 lb. for those treated cattle with lung adhesions) and took fewer days to get there (165 vs. 179). The non-treated, healthy cattle reached 68.4% USDA Choice and above, compared to 53.8% for the cattle that had adhesions and received treatment. Even more dramatic was the drop in Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand acceptance from 17.8% to 7.6% 3- Maintain a solid vaccination program. At four to six weeks prior to weaning, booster modified live vaccinations and vaccinate against pasteurella. At weaning, give calves another modified-live booster and deworm them. “We’ve found that calves that have received two rounds of modified live vaccine within six weeks prior to arrival at the feedlot have nearly zero death loss,” Williams explains. “We’ll also pull and treat about one third the number of those calves compared to calves that received only one modified live vaccination prior to shipping.” 4- Consider calendar adjustments. Several ranchers who retain ownership at Chappell Feedlot chose to early wean to save forage and possibly improve quality grade. In the same herd, year-to-year comparisons showed a 27-percentage-point increase in Choice grading and an 18-point advantage in CAB brand qualifiers for calves weaned at 125 days of age versus 200. “For every three days the calf is weaned, there is one extra day’s worth of forage for the cow to graze,” says K.C. Olson, Kansas State University animal scientist. “For example, if the calf is weaned 30 days earlier than normal, carrying capacity of any given pasture ought to increase by 10 days per cow.” That’s to say nothing of the value of increasing cow Body Condition Score (BCS) by up to 2 points. continued on next page -4-
“How much brome hay, corn, soybean meal, and mineral are required to add 100 lb. of live weight to a mature cow?” Olson asks. Today, that’s between $180 and $210 per BCS, bringing that total value to around $400. There’s also a marketing benefit. The calves will go on feed earlier and that should help avoid the typical price drop from mid-April to mid-May, too.
7- Use all available tools. “The genetics are out there in the hands of our customers,” Williams says. “When we get the cattle here, we use ultrasound to maximize each animal’s potential.” At Chappell, they use ultrasound to help sort cattle and identify optimum end point, minimize discount carcasses, adjust days on feed to maximize profits, identify appropriate marketing programs and improve feed efficiency. Customers use the group and individual carcass data they get back for selection and herd improvement. Keeping an eye on historical performance of calves from any given ranch provides more knowledge when it comes to timing and strategy in marketing. Attention to these protocols will increase the odds of profitability, Williams says. “Many of our retained ownership customers and suppliers are making decisions to drive profit past weaning a calf. They’re seeing their cows improve at the ranch and the calves are more successful through our feedlot and in terms of carcass quality.”
5- Everything in moderation. Another way to increase calves’ marbling score and predictability on feed is to use implants judiciously. If optimizing quality grade is a goal, then producers retaining ownership should consider foregoing the calfhood implant at the ranch and moving forward with no more than two properly dosed implants at the feedlot. Implant programs can be tailored to fit specific cattle and marketing objectives. “In order to obtain advantages in efficiency and growth, cattle need to be on a nutritional plane that achieves at least 2 lb. of gain per day to get any benefits from an implant. This also protects the marbling that has begun to develop at an early age,” Williams says.
6- Genetics rule. “All of these management steps will add value, but it’s important to understand that genetics can greatly enable or limit success,” Williams says. Take the progeny he fed from a herd stacked with three generations of AI (artificially insemination) breeding, for example. Those calves gained half a pound better each day than the yard average. They converted at 5.4 vs. 5.8 lb. feed/gain on average, and that combination of growth and efficiency adds up to a $45/head advantage. The AI-bred group reached 97% Choice with 56% CAB compared to the 75% Choice and 24% CAB average for other calves at Chappell Feedlot. With an $8 Choice-Select spread and $5 CAB premium, that quality is worth $34.68/head more (see table). When the Choice-Select spread moves to $14, the increased Choice and premium Choice grading adds up to $50/ head. On a relatively high $20 Choice-Select spread, the total advantage for improved marbling genetics increases to $66.22/head. Similar comparisons can be made between average cattle and those bred to include more ribeye, muscling and dressing percent. -5-
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Ohio Junior Angus Update The Ohio Junior Angus Association met April 12 to further plans for the upcoming summer events. Lauren Grimes was nominated as Ohio’s candidate for the National Junior Angus Association’s Board of Directors. Voting delegates at Jr Nationals will be Will Harsh and Lydia Dance. Caroline Miller and Kerrie Miller will be alternates. The National Junior Angus Show is July 6-12 in Indianapolis and the juniors in attendance at the meeting discussed the contests that they want to participate in this year. Advisor Barb Dance has the list of contests and participants and will be working on assembling teams. If you are interested in participating on a team please contact her. Ohio’s display theme will be “Traveling from the Heart of It All.” We are looking for Ohio license plates to use in the display and with the stall cards. We will start collecting license plates at the Preview Show and they can be returned after Jr Nationals. The “Together We Can” shirts will be used during contests again this year so if you have one from last year please dig it out for this summer’s events. More shirts will be ordered as well and will be available for purchase. We will also have another shirt for everyone to wear during Opening Ceremonies that will go with our display theme. The Preview Show will be June 20-22 at the Ross County Fairgrounds in Chillicothe. Each junior is to secure two $20 sponsorships for the event. Sponsorships should be turned into Lydia Dance by June 13th. The junior meeting will be held Friday, June 20 at 4 p.m. The junior show will take place on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. There will be a Jr Nationals contest work session Saturday afternoon. The juniors will also be having a 50/50 raffle during the Preview Show to help with our summer plans. The Preview Show awards were also discussed at the Spring meeting and this year there will be awards given for first and second place in each class along with overall awards. The Eastern Regional Jr Angus Show is June 13-15 in Raleigh, NC. The “Together We Can” gray t-shirts will be worn for opening ceremonies. Please either use your shirt from last year or there will be new ones available to be purchased. Keep up to date on OJAA happenings! Search for the OJAA Facebook group and ask to be added.
OJAA Members Things To Do List: - Check out www.njaa.info for entry deadlines for shows and contests. May 1 and May 15 are big deadline days! - Look at the lists of contests and contact Barb Dance and tell her what contests you are interested in participating in so we can line up contest coaches. Remember each junior that attends the National Jr Angus Show must participate in at least one contest. Please make sure you give her your age as of January 1. (Barb’s number is 937-402-7767 and her email is dfalivestockhealth@gmail.com) - Secure at least two sponsorships for the Ohio Jr Preview Show and get that information to Lydia Dance. (Lydia’s number is 937-840-8753 and her email is lydiardance@gmail.com) - Dig out your “Together We Can” gray t-shirt from last year if you are attending Eastern Regionals or Jr Nationals. If you need a new one please contact Jamie King and let her know what size. (Jamie’s number is 614-202-7998 and her email is jamieking_826@hotmail.com) - If you have old license plates please contact Lauren Grimes and let her know how many you are bringing to her at one of the shows this summer. (Lauren’s phone number is 937-403-3785 and her email is l-grimes@ onu.edu) - Don’t forget about the entry deadline for the Ohio Preview Show of May 30. Entry forms are available at www. ohioangus.org
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Ohio Angus Calender of Events
Entry Deadline Ohio Angus Preview Show Eastern Ohio District Jr. Show, Zanesville, OH Eastern Regional Jr. Angus Show, Raleigh, N.C. Ohio Angus Preview Show, Chillicothe, OH National Junior Angus Show, Indianapolis, IN North Central District Show, Bucyrus, OH
Ohio Angus Association Dan Wells, Secretary/Fieldman 625 Cattail Rd. Chillicothe, OH 45601
July 22 July 22-25 July 25 July 31 - Aug 3 August 23 Sept. 16-18
Black Swamp District Show, Tiffin, OH Ohio State Fair Angus Show, Columbus, OH Heart of Ohio District Show, Mt. Vernon, OH LEAD Conference, Philadelphia, PA West Central Angus District Show & Picnic Ohio Farm Science Review, London, OH
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Eastern Ohio Angus Jr. & Open District Angus Show Saturday • June 7th Muskingum County Fairgrounds Zanesville, OH 10:00 a.m. Contact Gail Deitrick for entry forms: 740-674-4610 ghdeitrick@yahoo.com
ANGUS SHOWS: July 22-24 (1st Rotation) ENTRY DEADLINE: June 20th! Entry Form Online: www.ohiostatefair.com