Buyers were feeling generous and competitive Saturday. The fair sale brought in $208,800, which is $64,000 more than last year\u2019s auction.<\/p>\n
Ryan Daves\u2019 1,152-pound reserve champion beef sold to Citizens State Bank for $6,600.<\/p>\n
Cayce Lockhart showed the reserve champion goat, which sold to First National Bank for $2,900.<\/p>\n
The grand champion swine was exhibited by Brenna Leonard and sold for $5,100. Southwest Memorial Hospital bought Tyler Weir\u2019s reserve champion swine for $5,200.<\/p>\n
The grand champion poultry, a pen of turkeys raised by Cutter Higgins, sold for $1,600 to Mountain States Co-op. Joshua Ramons\u2019 reserve champion poultry were purchased by Southwest Memorial for $1,300.<\/p>\n
A bidding coalition called the Handsome Four bought Catharine Busing\u2019s grand champion rabbit for $1,500. Alyssa Busin\u2019s reserve champion rabbit sold to Montezuma Hearing for $2,100.<\/p>\n
In the bred-and-fed category, Aaron Hackett\u2019s champion pig was purchased by Comfort Air for $3,600, and Rylee Lindsley\u2019s reserve champion sold for $3,900 to Town and Country Furnishings.<\/p>\n
The reserve champion bed-and-fed sheep was raised by Sarah Baker, and it sold for $2,400 to Southwest Ag.<\/p>\n
Southwest Memorial Hospital bought the most animals, 12, and bid the most, at $25,800.<\/p>\n
Not all fair buyers took home meat, however, Some exhibitors purchased their animals back. The buy-back price is considerably lower than the bid price \u2014 $1.10 per pound for steers, for example, $.95 for goats, $.65 for swine and $.80 per pound for sheep.<\/p>\n
And some livestock raiser, who planned to show their animals at the Colorado State Fair, didn\u2019t enter their animals in the livestock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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