LOUISVILLE, Ky. — TJ Classic Minister Venus-ET, exhibited by Nic, Jeni, Ben and Andy Sauder of Tremont, Ill., continued her winning ways at the All American Jersey Show at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville. Taking Senior Champion, then Grand Champion, Venus went on to win Supreme Champion of the entire dairy show.

Michael Heath of Maryland and his associate Jamie Black of Pennsylvania sorted through the little brown cows that flooded into Louisville for their annual All American Show. Venus was bred in Ansonia, Ohio, by the Bourne family and was named the 2013 Jersey Jug winner before she went on to take Grand Champion and Reserve Supreme Champion at the 2014 World Dairy Expo.

Following Venus as Reserve Grand Champion was Can Do Tequila Chase, exhibited by the Lancaster family of Tillamook, Ore. She was also named Intermediate Champion of the Show.

Reserve Senior Champion went to Harmony Corners Fozzy, exhibited by Jim Morgan of Urbana, Ohio, while Meadow Ridge Mac Spring, exhibited by the Roger Riebe family of Cumberland, Wis., was Reserve Intermediate Champion.

In the heifer show, Junior Champion honors went to Tierneys Getaway to London, exhibited by the Tierney Farm, Malone, N.Y.; and Reserve Junior Champion went to Nate Silver, exhibited by Jake Hershberger of Casstown, Ohio.

The Diamond Jubilee of the National Jersey Jug Futurity was the day before the All American Show, with Mike Berry of Albany, Ore., as the lead judge and Frank Robinson of Lodi, Calif., as his associate. With the animals draped in their regalia and all the pomp and circumstance of a Jersey Jug, the lights came up – and Berry and Robinson chose Discovery’s Tequila Jewelene, exhibited by Lisa Demmers of Ellendale, Minn., as their winner.

The All American Jersey Sale yielded record-breaking prices, as the average on 45 live lots was $11,728. This average included two syndicated bulls.