Junior Auction of Champions Sets Records
October 26, 2014
The Junior Auction of Champions reached record auction prices this evening. The Grand Champion Market Steer, exhibited by Bayley Kroupa, was purchased for $200,000 setting an all-time selling record.
Another standard was set tonight when the Kemper Family purchased Baylor Bonham’s Reserve Champion Market Steer for $100,000. Overall, the auction brought in thousands of dollars to help support young exhibitors, scholarships, and agri-business in Kansas City.
Other champions sold for:
Grand Champion Market Hog – $25,000
Grand Champion Market Lamb – $17,500
Grand Champion Market Goat – $25,000
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- Bayley Kroupa selling her Grand Champion Steer, Homer, in the Premium Auction.
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- Buyers gathered around the sale ring.
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- Baylor Bonham selling his Reserve Champion Steer, Royal, in the Premium Auction.
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- A future exhibitor brushing on a steer.
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- An exhibitor in the Premium Auction saying her goodbyes to her steer.
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- Grand Champion Market Lamb standing in the stall before the auction.
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- This young exhibitor’s ribbon is hanging from the top of his hog’s pen.
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- One of the winning hogs is taking a quick nap before his walk through the auction ring.
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- Grand Champion Market Hog banner.
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- Baylor Bonham smiles for the buyers as they are bidding on his Reserve Champion Market Steer.
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