OCA News

REPLACEMENT FEMALE SALE A SUCCESS

The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) held their ninth annual Replacement Female Sale on Nov. 26 at the Muskingum Livestock Auction Company in Zanesville, Ohio. A large crowd was on hand to bid on 80 high-quality females. The sale represented an excellent opportunity for cow-calf producers to add quality females with documented breeding and health records to their herds. 56 lots of bred heifers averaged $1,701 and 24 lots of bred cows averaged $2,155. The 80 total lots grossed $152,875 for an overall average of $1,910. The females sold to buyers from Ohio and West Virginia. Col. Ron Kreis served as the auctioneer. Sale prices were slightly higher year over year as the 2021 sale represented a $66 per head price increase over the 2020 sale. Demand was strong for quality females as 10 bred cows and 25 bred heifers sold for over $2,000. Erv-N-Del Farms of Louisville, Ohio consigned the top selling cow at $2,700. The Lot 22 commercial Angus cow sold to Clyde Compher of Scio, Ohio. Erv-N-Del farms also sold Lot 20, a commercial Simmental-Angus crossbred cow for $2,600 to John Burd of St Marys, Ohio. Haley Farms of West Salem, Ohio sold Lot 38, a registered Simmental cow, to Zach Guthrie of Frazeysburg, Ohio at $2,600. For the second year running, Van Horn Farms of Malta, Ohio consigned the top bred heifer, Lot 80, at $3,400. This registered 50% Simmental heifer sold to Kevin Scheiderer of Irwin, Ohio. Two bred heifers sold at $3,000 each consigned by Maplecrest Farms of Hillsboro, Ohio. These registered Angus heifers, Lots 60 and 61, sold to Barbara Guy of Quaker City, Ohio. MM Farm of Fredonia, PA sold Lot 67, a registered Angus heifer, to Robert Smeal of Jerusalem, Ohio for $2,700. Locust Lane Farms of Ashland, Ohio also sold a $2,700 registered Simmental heifer to George Lahna of Newcomerstown, Ohio. Please contact Garth Ruff, OCA Replacement Female Sale manager at (740) 651-7140, or by e-mail at ruff.72@osu.edu with any questions. More information about the sale can be found at www.ohiocattle.org.

OCA MEMBERS INVITED TO CATTLEMEN AT THE CAPITOL EVENT JANUARY 18

Jan. 18, 2022 will bring the return of the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association’s (OCA) Cattlemen at the Capitol event that brings Ohio’s beef producers to Columbus to advocate for the beef industry. It will take place at the DoubleTree Suites in downtown Columbus located at 50 S. Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. Attendees will visit the Ohio Statehouse, learn more about lobbying etiquette, meet with elected officials and more. This single day event is sponsored by Nationwide. Attire for the event will be business professional and will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude after the Cattle, Corn and Wheat Legislative Reception for members of the Ohio General Assembly from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Athletic Club in Columbus. Registration for the event is $20 per OCA member. For full program details and to register to attend visit ohiocattle.org. The deadline to register is Monday, January 10, 2022.

OCA ELECTS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) recently held elections for directors in districts 2,5,8, 11 and one at-large position. The new board then held a meeting to elect the association’s officers for 2022.

Elected Directors

The newly elected board members are Andy Lohr, district 2, and Jason Dagger, district 5. Andy Lohr is from Bucyrus, Ohio. Lohr and his wife, Tonya, run a 100head cow/calf operation and feed out all their own calves, as well as purchase extra feeders throughout the year. They also raise 1,400 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and hay. The family recently opened the Center Street Meat Company in Bucyrus. The lack of harvest facilities during Covid created the push to establish the business, but it was the tremendous community support for it that helped create a strong demand for retail and custom orders. The business is owned by Lohr and his wife and their two children, Jake and Jessica, and son-in-law, Mitch. Lohr previously served on the OCA board of directors and as vice president for the association. He is a current board member for the Crawford County Cattlemen’s Association and a past president. In 2004 Lohr was the recipient of the OCA Young Cattleman of the Year award. In addition, Lohr has served as a township trustee for 16 years and is the current chairman. The Lohrs are active members of the Bucyrus United Methodist Church. Jason Dagger resides in Cable, Ohio with his wife, Sandy, and daughters Ava and Amelia. Born and raised in Champaign County, he attended The Ohio State University and returned to the family farm while working for the Ohio Farm Bureau as an Organization Director in Champaign, Clark and Madison Counties. Currently he works for RWE Renewables as a Senior Project Manager. He also serves as a delegate for United Producers, Inc. The family’s cattle operation consists of approximately 225 Commercial Angus cows and 1,800 acres of row crops. They finish their own calves and supply a majority to a local retail shop and restaurant. The balance are marketed through United Producers, Inc. Dagger, and his brother, Justin, also feed Holstein steers.

The directors elected to serve another term are as follows: • District 8 - Linde Sutherly, Clark

County • District 11 - Lindsey Hall, Highland County • At-Large - Tom Karr, Meigs

County

New Officers & Executive Committee

The new officers and executive committee for 2022 are as follows:

• President - Tom Karr, Meigs

County • Vice President - Bill Tom, Fayette

County • Treasurer - Linde Sutherly, Clark

County • Member at Large - Lindsey Hall,

Highland County • Past President, Aaron Arnett,

Richland County

Foundation Officers

The Ohio Cattlemen’s Foundation also elected new officers. Those officers are: • President - Aaron Arnett • Vice President - Jim Jepsen, Fairfield County • Secretary & Treasurer - Elizabeth

Harsh, executive director

The new OCA Executive Committee pictured from left to right: Tom Karr, President; Bill Tom, Vice President; Lindsey Hall, Member at Large; Aaron Arnett, Past President. (Not pictured: Linde Sutherly, Treasurer)

The new Ohio Cattlemen’s Foundation officers pictured from left to right: Elizabeth Harsh, Secretary & Treasurer; Jim Jepsen, Vice President; Aaron Arnett, President.

OCA would like to extend a thank you to the retiring directors, Kelvin Egner (left), Frank Phelps (right) and Sasha Rittenhouse (middle right) for their many years of service and dedication to the association.