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This year\u2019s Junior Livestock Sale, which featured 107 animals raised by local 4-H members, brought in a grand total of $170,450 at the Aug. 1 event at the Montezuma County Fair.<\/p>\n
The Saturday afternoon sale included rabbits, goats, poultry, steers, lambs, and swine.<\/p>\n
The 2015 Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion animals brought in a total of $35,100 alone.<\/p>\n
The highest winning bid of the sale went to Keesee Motors for Cassidy Leonard\u2019s Reserve Grand Champion steer, for a total of $5,700.<\/p>\n
The number of 4-H kids and animals selling this year was up from last year, but last year\u2019s total was much higher, said 4-H Program Coordinator Tonya Yates. The 2014 Junior Livestock Sale netted $200,800.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s sale was also well attended, as the grandstands were completely full for most of the three-hour event.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt fluctuates, sometimes it\u2019s higher, sometimes its lower, it\u2019s just different every year,\u201d said Yates on this year\u2019s grand total.<\/p>\n
Despite the slump in the grand total, Yates said she and the Montezuma County 4-H program were extremely grateful for the business and community support the program received at the sale, and year-round.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey support us extremely well and it\u2019s appreciated. Without it we could not have a successful 4-H Program.\u201d<\/p>\n
Proceeds from the sales go to largely to the 4-H member selling, aside from 6 percent taken out of the price for animal-related expenditures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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