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Kyra McWhorter will sell her steer at this year ’ s online junior fair livestock auction .
Help support youth at the
online livestock auction
Raising an animal as a livestock project is a valuable experience for any FFA or 4-H member . Livestock projects teach youth responsibility and help develop the character of an individual by caring for an animal . They also help youth work at personal growth and development .
Because youth are raising these animals on a small scale , costs are higher , and it is hard to break even at market price . As a supporter of the junior fair livestock auction , you have the opportunity to help these FFA and 4-H members by supporting them through the auction , which will be online this year .
“ Our community has always backed the auction 100 %, no matter what the economic situation , and done an outstanding job for years and years ,” Rod Lindsey said . “ This is a great way for the community to pay back into the agriculture area , whether it ’ s 4-H or FFA . It ’ s also a benefit to our youngsters that take these projects very serious . Depending on the project , some of them are more than a year long , some a couple months and some four or five months . It depends on the species . The auction is a great way to pay back these youth for all their hard work .”
The average investment for projects including purchase and feed is market steer / heifer , $ 2,275 ; feeder calf , $ 850 ; market hog , $ 450 ; market lamb ( purchase and feed for two ), $ 819 ; market wether goat , $ 350 ; rabbit fryer , $ 20 a rabbit ( most kids raise six rabbits ), $ 153.70 , and for bucks and two does if raising rabbit fryers , $ 167.50 ; turkey , $ 10 a turkey ( must raise at least five turkeys ), $ 402 ; market duck , $ 6.75 per duck ( must raise at least five ducks ), $ 131.75 ; and market chicken , $ 2 per chicken ( must raise at least five market chickens ), $ 122 .
The junior fair livestock auction gives these young people a chance to show a profit for their hours of hard work . The gross total for the 2019 junior fair livestock auction was $ 377,205.67 .
“ With the way the auction is set up this year , we know we are down in ( project ) numbers ,” Lindsey said . “ Because of the COVID-19 situation , we had to constantly keep making changes , whether it was a recommendation from the governor , community leaders or the health department .”
Due to the fact that the number of projects are down , Lindsey is going
Josie Sellers
to focus on the average amount each project brings in . “ We are hoping it stays equal to last year or maybe a little bit above ,” he said .
Buyers of grand champions and reserve grand champions will receive a buyer pennant . Buyers will be announced by WTNS Radio and listed in The Beacon .
This year there will be no buy-bids . Animals are the responsibility of the exhibitor and will not be promised to any buyer post sale . The price you bid will be the price you pay , and you will not have the ability to send an animal to buy bid or have the meat processed after the sale .
Your support of the sale will go directly toward supporting the youth that spent the time working with and raising their animal .
There will be no buyer ’ s breakfast this year due to COVID-19 restrictions .
Information on registering as a buyer will be available online at www . coshoctoncountyfair . org / auction . html . All buyers new and returning will need to register online as the online platform does require a cell phone number that has not been previously collected . Bidding will be available
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