(Photos by Rachel Goodpaster)
Sept. 15, 2018
Sale Total: $554,630.75
Total Lots: 543
(Scroll down for a slide show of this year’s grand and reserve champion livestock exhibitors.)
STEERS
Number of Market Lots: 34
Grand champion exhibitor: Emily Paden
Bid: $13.50/pound Weight: 1,370 pounds
Buyer: Bruner Land Co.
Reserve champion exhibitor: Madison Paden
Bid: $5/pound Weight: 1,385 pounds
Buyer: Capstone Holding
HOGS
Number of Market Lots: 176
Grand champion exhibitor: Olivia Neuhart
Bid: $25/pound Weight: 220 pounds
Buyer: Joel Blue, prosecuting attorney
Reserve champion exhibitor: Steven Grafton
Bid: $8/pound Weight: 270 pounds
Buyer: Shugert Farms and Brenda Pontius, Cambridge Realty
LAMBS
Number of Market Lots: 30
Grand champion exhibitor: Riley Ward
Bid: $12/pound Weight: 133 pounds
Buyer: Riesbeck’s Market
Reserve champion exhibitor: Katie Martin
Bid: $13.50/pound Weight: 157 pounds
Buyer: LTS Welding and Bear’s Den Steakhouse
DAIRY GOATS
Number of Market Lots: 26
Grand champion exhibitor: Katelynn Tindall
Bid: $800
Buyer: Dresden Feed and Old Hickory Buildings
Reserve champion exhibitor: Kayla Wright
Bid: $500
Buyer: The Animal Clinic
BOER GOATS
Number of Market Lots: 115
Grand champion exhibitor: Madison Sutphen
Bid: $1,400
Buyer: Gates Fire Service Training, Kackley Cattle Co., Robinson Landscaping, Neptune & Sons Timber, Round Rocks Taxidermy, Wood Farm and Zemba Bros.
Reserve champion exhibitor: Madison Sutphen
Bid: $1,250
Buyer: Strauss Fence LLC
DAIRY BEEF FEEDERS
Number of Lots: 33
Grand champion exhibitor: Lindsey Smith
Bid: $4.75 Weight: 580 pounds
Buyer: Barnesville Livestock; Dairy Duchess, New Concord; Brown House Pizza; Pole Barn Auction; Natures Shack & Supply; Mount Hope Auction; and Top Secret Trucking
Reserve champion exhibitor: Laine Nisly
Bid: $4/pound Weight: 475 pounds
Buyer: Young Cattle and Coleman Machinery
DAIRY BASKETS
Number of Lots: 12
Total Sale: $9,275
RABBITS
Number of Pens of Three: 44
Grand champion exhibitor: Hannah Watkins
Bid: $1,100
Buyer: Thorn Black Funeral Home
Reserve champion exhibitor: Coby Saki
Bid: $750
Buyer: R.J. Wright & Sons
CHICKENS
Number of Pens of Three: 54
Grand champion exhibitor: Izzy Myers
Bid: $500
Buyer: Mr. Lee’s Restaurant
Reserve champion exhibitor: Izzy Myers
Bid: $400
Buyer: Mr. Lee’s Restaurant
Auctioneers and Ringmen:
Jason Miller, Larry Nisly, Casey Raber, Jerrick Miller,
Darryl Watson and Steve Jagger
