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Grand Champion Steer at the Tulsa State Fair Sells for $35,000- Once Again to Long Time Supporter LC Neel
Mon, 08 Oct 2012 05:00:45 CDT
The top animals that were shown at the 2012 Junior Livestock Show at the Tulsa State Fair were showcased on Friday morning at the Premium Sale of the cream of the crop of the show. As is tradition, the Grand Champion Steer led off the 2012 sale, and the winning bidder was a familiar face to those who have followed the Tulsa State Fair Premium Sale down through the years- L C Neel bid $35,000 and bought the 2012 Grand Steer from McKenzie Strickland from the Tecumseh FFA. Neel told auctioneer Eddie Sims that this was his 35th Grand Champion that he had bought down through the years. He also bought the Grand Champion Steer in 2011- although he had to pay a little more for it last year than this year ($40,000).
The picture here is of a smiling McKenzie Strickland holding the halter of her steer as Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Jim Reese stands next to her (and behind the steer in the cowboy hat is LC Neel)
Other Grand Champions and their purchase prices for 2012 were about the same as in 2011. The Grand Champion Barrow was shown by Whitney Jung of Sterling FFA- she saw her Hampshire Champion sell for $11,000 to Jerry and Loretta Murphy. The Murphy's operate the amusement rides at the Tulsa State Fair and have for many years. The Murphy's kept bidding and also purchased the Grand Champion Market Lamb for $10,000 from Olivia Mason of the Fairview FFA Chapter- and they also bought the best chickens of the show- the Grand Champion Pen of Broilers were sold for $6,000- they were exhibited by Jeron Hamm of the Lexington FFA.
The final Grand Champion in the market classes was the Grand Champion Meat Goat- shown by Trent Boles of the Asher FFA- his Goat sold for $10,000 to Expo Serve who have the food concessions at the Tulsa State Fair.
We have added pictures from the Premium Sale to our Flickr set of photos for the Junior Livestock Show at the 2012 Tulsa State Fair. Click here for a chance to see them on Flickr.
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