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Washington Co. Fair Junior Livestock Auction starts at 6 p.m.

 

July 27, 2017 – Washington Co., WI – The Washington County Junior Livestock Auction begins at 6 p.m. in the Farm Progress Arena.

Here’s a look back at prices and final numbers from August 2014 – a record year at the Junior Livestock Auction.

Record year for livestock sale
A new year and another new record sale for the Junior Livestock Meat Animal Sale at the Washington County Fair. This year $244,932 was raised topping last year’s total of $210,000.
Sales included: Mikayla Dogs with the Kewaskum 4-H’ers pulled in a high bid of $20 a pound from Jonco Industries for her 141-pound grand champion lamb. Last year, Dogs grand champion lamb sold for $18 a pound.
Madilyn Dogs from the Kewaskum 4-H’ers secured a $17.50 per pound bid from West Bend Elevator for her 139-pound reserve champion lamb. The total for the lamb auction cleared $33,056.50 compared to $31,645.50 in the 2013 sale.
The beef auction had a repeat from Slinger FFA in the winner’s circle as Lillia Janz secured $4 a pound from Gierachs Grading for her champion 1,284 pound steer.

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A couple other high bids in the beef category went to Mitchell Weir from the Wayne Crusaders who received $5.50 a pound from Prime Resins and Jacob Kohl from the Richfield Rebels received $4.25 a pound from Hanke Trucking for his 1,346 pound red-ribbon steer. The grand total in the beef auction was a record $144,553 which topped last year’s total of $102,768.25.
The high bid in the swine auction was $14 a pound for John Falk’s 255 pound red-ribbon winner. The buyer was Lochen Equipment. The overall champion, shown by Savannah Dei from the Kewaskum FFA, pulled in an $11 a pound bid from American Metal and Paper.
The swine auction totaled $67,252 which was down from last year’s $72,917.

 

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