(Scroll down for a slide show of this year’s market livestock champions. You can also click on the youth exhibitor’s name to see a larger photo.)
Photos/Reported by Susan Crowell
Aug. 20, 2015
Sale Total: $220,202.92
Total Lots: 279
STEERS
Number of Market Lots: 39
Average: $1.77/pound with champions;
$1.70/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 2
Grand champion: Elon Horchler
Bid: $3/pound Weight: 1,323 pounds
Buyer: Crane Room Grille
Reserve champion: Shelby Dean
Bid: $3.10/pound Weight: 1,321 pounds
Buyer: Crane Room Grille
Grand champion carcass: Dylan Clark
Bid: $3.85/pound Weight: 874 pounds
Buyer: CC Farms
Reserve champion carcass: Josh Stoner
Bid: $3.50/pound Weight: 785 pounds
Buyer: American Crop Insurance, Tomeo Engineering
Champion light weight market steer: Ayla Chapman
HOGS
Number of Market Lots: 118
Average: $2.94/pound with champions; $2.83/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 2
Grand champion: Katelynn Bennett
Bid: $12/pound Weight: 251 pounds
Buyer: Crane Room Grille
Reserve champion: Bayleigh Miller
Bid: $5.50/pound Weight: 268 pounds
Buyer: Howard & Son Meat Packing, DJ’s Smokehouse, Howard Law Firm
Grand champion carcass: Grace Whiting
Bid: $5/pound Weight: 177 pounds
Buyer: Clark Enterprises
Reserve champion carcass: Emily Young
Bid: $3/pound Weight: 207 pounds
Buyer: Rossi family
Champion heavyweight: Ayla Chapman
Champion light/middle weight: Kole Jenkins
Champion lightweight: Adelynn Pfaff
RABBITS
Number of Pens of Three: 19
Average: $11.70/lb. with champions; $8.03/lb. without
Grand champion: Brooke Lechner
Bid: $16/pound Weight: 17.8 pounds
Buyer: Mahle Chiropractic
Reserve champion: Emma Hall
Bid: $17/pound Weight: 15.5 pounds
Buyer: Kevin J. Hall Farms
LAMBS
Number of Market Lots: 65
Average: $3.87/pound with champions; $3.66/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 2
Grand champion: Connor McCrumb
Bid: $10/pound Weight: 138 pounds
Buyer: Headliner Show Pigs
Reserve champion: Mattie Horchler
Bid: $10.50/pound Weight: 138 pounds
Buyer: Crane Room Grille
Grand champion carcass: Bayleigh Miller
Bid: $11.50/pound Weight: 79 pounds
Buyer: Mark and Sherri Miller
Reserve champion carcass: Faith Gibson
Bid: $7.25/pound Weight: 70 pounds
Buyer: Plastic Welding Services
Champion heavyweight: Connor McCrumb
Champion lightweight: Elon Horchler
GOATS
Number of Market Lots: 38
Average: $4.32/pound with champions; $4.01/pound without
Number of Carcass Lots: 1
Grand champion market goat: Ellie Wanner
Bid: $8.25/pound Weight: 88 pounds
Buyer: The New NW Sales Co.
Reserve champion: Paige Clyde
Bid: $11/pound Weight: 87 pounds
Buyer: Silver Spring Equine
Grand champion carcass: Tori Davis
Bid: $6/pound Weight: 38 pounds
Buyer: Beatty’s Country Market
Champion heavyweight: Haley Pfaff
Champion lightweight: Adelynn Pfaff
Auctioneers and Ringmen:
Don Braham, Roger Croll, Mark Cunningham, Beth Hillmar, Duke Whiting
Fair queen: Gabriella Kosek