Tri- County Fair Jr. Livestock Show & Sale Results Community Support shines at the Tri- County Fair Livestock Auction Words By Ashley Buckingham Photos Courtesy of: Janet Johnson Held over Labor Day weekend in conjunction with the Tri-County Fair, is the Tri- County Jr. Livestock Show and Sale. FFA and 4H members from Lander, Pershing and Humboldt counties work hard to be able to bring their livestock projects to the fair. Soon after the beginning of the year, the youth pick the animals for their livestock projects. For the next several months, they will spend hundreds of hours working with their animals to raise gentle, quality and marketable projects. They will be proud to show off these animals competing with their fellow members, and finally sell to the highest bidder. Throughout the show year, members must keep records of their expenses, daily activities, hardships faced, and feed- ration logs. The sale of the projects is always held on the final Sunday morning of Fair. The auction draws support from the local communities. Selling their project animals helps members save up money usually for their college educations. The Tri-County Jr. Livestock Show also awards scholarships each year. The funding for these scholarships comes from the sale of the “Scholarship Animals”. This year, the scholarship swine donated by CTL Swine weighed 267 lbs and was purchased for $2.50/lb. The scholarship lamb donated by the Cerri Family weighed 139 lbs and was purchased for $14/lb by The Martin Hotel. The second scholarship swine, donated by Brenton Baker, weighed 210 lbs and was purchased for $3.40/lb by Don and Darlene Jones. The auction continues with the sale of the grand champion swine, exhibited by Mattie Rose Johnson weighing 278 lbs, sold for $7.40/lb to Sage Petroleum. The grand champion lamb, exhibited by Makenzie Voges weighing 154lbs, sold for $15.25/lb to Khoury’s Market. The grand champion beef exhibited by Weston Noyes weighing 1,289 lbs sold for $5.40/lb to
Northern NV Concrete & Manson Ranch. The sale continued with reserve champion swine exhibited by Layton Johnson, weighing 273 lbs, sold for $5/lb to Simplot. The reserve champion lamb exhibited by Tyann Kern, weighing 149 lbs, sold for $8.75/lb to Big O Tires. The reserve champion beef exhibited by Tristan Cassinelli weighing 1,301 lbs, sold for $4.90lbs to Northern NV Concrete & Stoney Basin. Topping the auction for the swine was a blue ribbon swine, exhibited by Isaac Mori, weighing 296 lbs, sold for $11.10/lb to Nuffer Fencing. All other top prices were brought by the animals holding the grand champion titles. There was approximately 70 hd of livestock sold. A huge thank you to the businesses and community members who made the 2019 show and sale a success. The final portion of this educational experience is the carcass contest. The carcass results provide information and evaluations as to how these livestock projects grade based off of grading guidelines. These guidelines vary by species but include factors such as rib-eye size, marbling, loin eye area and back fat content. The carcass contest will be held on October 30th, 2019. Presenters will be Brad Schultz, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, Humboldt County Extension Educator and Sarah Baker, M.S. Associate Extension Professor, University of Idaho, Extension. Mark your calendars for the 2020 Tri- County Jr. Livestock show on Saturday, September 5th and sale on Sunday, September 6th This is a great opportunity to support your local youth and fill your freezer with delicious meat for the year. If you aren’t needing the meat, but still want to support the member, there is an “add-on” option to donate as well.
Left to right, Grand Champion Lamb. Makenzie Voges. Grand Champion Beef, Weston Noyes. Grand Champion Swine, Mattie Rose Johnson
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