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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
A fair way of life
4-H youtH sell swine , steer , lambs and a goat at livestock auction
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
Dozens of animals were
auctioned off to local business-
es to help support hardwork-
ing youth at the Grant County
Fair’s livestock auction.
Steer, swine, lambs and a
goat, all raised by members of
the local 4-H clubs, were sold.
Raney Anderson raised
this year’s 1,254-pound re-
serve grand market champion
steer, which sold for $3.75 a
pound. This is her third year
raising and selling a steer, and
she plans to do it again next
year.
“Every one is a new expe-
rience, a different experience,”
she said. “This year, my steer
was the thoroughbred champi-
on, so I’ve never had that hap-
pen before.”
Anderson said the hardest
part is getting the animal ready
for the show, including wash-
ing, feeding and watering the
animal.
“I kind of just naturally
started showing,” she said. “I
wanted to, too. It wasn’t like I
was forced into it.”
Her brother, Cinch Ander-
son, also sold his 1,354-pound
steer for $2.40 a pound at the
auction.
It was the sixth steer he has
sold in as many years.
Cinch said the work lead-
ing up to the fair can be tough,
but the fair itself is always a
really good time.
“My mom grew up doing
it, I enjoy doing it and I’ve
done it almost my entire life,”
he said.
It’s a good way to make
money for college, Cinch
said, and he plans on rais-
ing another animal next
year.
Shannon Springer said the
auction is important for the
4-H kids because profits from
the auction allow them to fund
other projects.
“It’s the important final step
in their market project because
they’ve taken a young animal
and raised it, fed it, cared for
it through the time it takes to
grow up,” Springer said.
Champions
Grand champion market
swine: Preston Boethin, 267
pounds, sold to Timbers Bistro
for $10 per pound.
Reserve grand champion
market swine: Sarah Ennis,
258 pounds, sold to Chester’s
Thriftway for $5.75 per pound.
Grand champion market
steer: Reece Jacobs, 1,261
pounds, sold to Triangle Oil
for $5 per pound.
Reserve grand champion
market steer: Raney Anderson,
1,254 pounds, sold to Ches-
ter’s Thriftway for $3.75 per
pound.
Champion market goat:
Gauge Jenks, 68 pounds, sold
to Ed Staub and Sons for $6.50
per pound.
Grand champion market
lamb: Erika Dickens, 140
pounds, sold to Timbers Bistro
for $7.50 per pound.
Reserve grand champion
market lamb: Adeline North-
way, 142 pounds, sold to Bank
of Eastern Oregon for $7 per
pound.
Contributed photo/Elizabeth Shelley
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Reece Jacobs and Tegan Wright stand for a photo with
the grand champion market steer at the Grant County
Fair Saturday, Aug. 12. The steer weighed 1,261 pounds
and sold for $5 a pound to Triangle Oil.
Erika Dickens, right, stands with the grand champion market
lamb after selling it to Timbers Bistro during the livestock
auction at the Grant County Fair Saturday, Aug. 12. The lamb
weighed 140 pounds and sold for $7.50 a pound.
Contributed photo/Elizabeth Shelley
Gauge Jenks leads his champion goat after selling it to
Ed Staub and Sons during the livestock auction at the
Grant County Fair Saturday, Aug. 12. The goat was 68
pounds and sold for $6.50 a pound.
Contributed photo/Elizabeth Shelley
Addy Northway, left, stands with her lamb after selling it
to Bank of Eastern Oregon during the livestock auction
at the Grant County Fair Saturday, Aug. 12. The lamb
weighed 143 pounds and sold for $7 a pound.
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Raney Anderson and Bob Cowan Thompson stand for a
photo with the reserve grand champion market steer at
the Grant County Fair Saturday, Aug. 12. The steer was
1,254 pounds and sold for $3.75 a pound to Chester’s
Thriftway.
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
Preston Boethin, right, stands with the grand champion
market swine after selling it to Timbers Bistro. The pig
weighed 267 pounds and sold for $10 a pound.
Sarah Ennis stands with the reserve grand champion
market hog at the Grant County Fair Saturday, Aug. 12.
The pig weighed 258 pounds and sold for $5.75 a pound
to Chester’s Thriftway.
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