(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
lawrence grand goat carcass
Tori Davis sold her 38-pound grand champion goat carcass to Beatty’s Country Market, represented by Doug and Kayla Beatty.
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lawrence grand goat carcass
Tori Davis sold her 38-pound grand champion goat carcass to Beatty’s Country Market, represented by Doug and Kayla Beatty.
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Lawrence grand rabbits
Mitch Mahle, of Mahle Chiropractic, paid $16 a pound for Brooke Lechner’s grand champion pen of meat rabbits weighing a total of 17.8 pounds.
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Lawrence reserve steer
Shelby Dean’s 1,321-pound reserve champion steer sold for $3.10 a pound to the Crane Room Grille, represented by Valerie Measel and Chef Sebastian Chomczyk. Also pictured is fair queen Gabriella Kosek.
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Lawrence reserve steer carcass
Josh Stoner’s 785-pound reserve champion steer carcass sold for $3.50 a pound to American Crop Insurance and Tomeo Engineering, represented by Katie Book.
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lawrence reserve rabbits
Emma Hall’s reserve champion pen of rabbits, weighing 15.5 pounds, sold for $17 a pound to Kevin J. Hall Farms, represented by Dennis and Joann Hall.
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lawrence reserve lamb
The Crane Room Grille, represented by Gale Measel and Executive Chef Sebastian Chomczyk, paid $10.50 a pound for Mattie Horchler’s 138-pound reserve champion lamb.
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lawrence reserve lamb carcass
Faith Gibson sold her 72-pound reserve champion lamb carcass to Plastic Welding Services, represented by Jen Conrad, for $7.25 a pound.
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lawrence reserve hog
Bayleigh Miller’s 268-pound reserve champion hog sold for $5.50 a pound to Howard & Son Meat Packing, DJ’s Smokehouse and the Howard Law Firm, represented by Nicole Howard.
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lawrence reserve hog carcass
Emily Young’s 207-pound reserve champion hog carcass sold for $3 a pound to the Rossi family, represented by Ashley (left) and Cindy Rossi.
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lawrence reserve goat
Silver Spring Equine, represented by Gayle Kissick, Ethan Conte and R.J. Kissick, paid $11 a pound for Paige Clyde’s 87-pound reserve champion market goat.
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lawrence grand steer
The Crane Room Grille, represented by Valerie and Gale Measel and Sebastian Chomczyk, paid $3 a pound for Elon Horchler’s 1,323-pound grand champion steer. Also pictured is fair queen Gabriella Kosek.
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lawrence grand steer carcass
Dylan Clark’s 874-pound grand champion steer carcass sold for $3.85 a pound to Jamie and Tawnya Curatola of CC Farms.
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lawrence grand lamb
Headliner Show Pigs, represented by Blaine and Lori Martin, paid $10 a pound for Connor McCrumb’s 138-pound grand champion lamb.
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lawrence grand lamb carcass
Mark and Sherri Miller paid $11.50 a pound for Bayleigh Miller’s grand champion market lamb carcass weighing 79 pounds.
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lawrence grand hog carcass
Jack Clark, of Clark Enterprises, paid $5 a pound for Grace Whiting’s 177-pound grand champion hog carcass.
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