Junior Livestock Auction sees community generosity

Odin Rasco

Staff writer

Hopeful buyers sat in a packed pavilion, poised to purchase pounds of pork, poultry and more as the 2023 Junior Livestock Auction at the El Dorado County Fair kicked off 10 a.m. Saturday.

The exhibitors — members of 4-H clubs, Granges, Future Farmers of America and occasionally independent programs, took the stage one by one with the animals they spent close to a year raising and finally saw the reward for their hard work as bidding battles commenced. Turkeys, hogs, steers, chickens, goats, lambs and rabbits all made appearances at the auction, sometimes setting off flurries of bids that surged past the market price by