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Grand Champion Steer at Tulsa State Fair Sells for $35,000 for Second Year in a Row
Mon, 07 Oct 2013 05:32:24 CDT
The top animals that were shown at the 2013 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 2013 sale, and the winning bid came from a partnership of players, including one gentleman who due to bad health could not be at the sale on Friday. Longtime banker L C Neel was mentioned as one of the buyers of the Grand Champion Steer that went for $35,000 (same price as a year ago). Other buyers of the top steer were the Tulsa State Fair Ringmasters and Murphy Brothers Exposition- who have the rights to the amusement rides at the fair and have been a regular supporter of the Premium Sale for many years.
Baylor Bonham of Newcastle 4-H is shown here with Jerry and Lorreta Murphy, State Ag Secretary Jim Reese and others in the ring after Bonham's Chianina steer named Tod was purshased for $35,000. Bonham told Farm Director Ron Hays later that he hoped to use some of the money to buy his next steer- will put some in the college fund and always gives some of this winnings to his local church. Baylor is thirteen years old and is a seventh grader. You can hear Baylor and Ron talking in the barns after the sale by clicking on the LISTEN BAR below.
Below is the rundown of the Grand and Reserve Grand Champions in the Premium Sale of the Junior Livestock Show. We have pictures of the Grand Champions on our website by clicking here. For the entire set of pictures that we took at the 2013 Tulsa State Fair, click here.
For the story of the four major species and the winners of those species- click here for the Blue Green Gazette page of our website.
Grand Champion Steer:
Shown by Baylor Bonham, Newcastle 4-H
$35,000
Buyers: L.C. Neel, Murphy Brothers and the Tulsa Ringmasters
Reserve Grand Champion Steer:
Shown by Bailey Carter, Sentinel FFA
$16,500
Buyers: AFR, Ford, Central Concrete and Tulsa Ringmasters
Grand Champion Market Barrow
Shown by Jayme McMasters, Depew FFA
$7,500
Buyers: Tulsa Ringmasters
Reserve Grand Champion Market Barrow
Shown ny Garrison Straka, Canadian County 4-H
$5000
Buyer: Eva Jones
Grand Champion Market Lamb:
Shown by Tyler Rhoads, Indiahoma FFA
$5,000
Buyers: Regent Bank, Tulsa and Nowata
Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb:
Shown by Chad McGolden, Fairview 4-H
$4,000
Buyers: Tulsa Ringmasters
Grand Champion Meat Goat:
Shown by Kami Oller, Garber FFA
$5,000
Buyers: Expo Serve
Reserve Grand Champion Meat Goat:
Shown by Morgan Craig, Ft. Gibson FFA
$4,500
Buyers: Cherokee Nation and Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Grand Champion Broiler Pen:
Shown by Jeron Hamm, Lexington FFA
$5,750
Buyers: Murphy Brothers
Reserve Grand Champion Broiler Pen:
Shown by Landon Harmon, Perry FFA
$1,500
Buyers: Murphy Brothers
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