Selling champions Posted on September 10, 2018 0 Champion sellers of the 2018 Hardin County Fair Livestock Sale were announced on Saturday. Elizabeth Thompson of Alger Jr. Farmers sold her champion barrow for $2,550. It was purchased by a group that included Minich Truck Repair, R-D Jones Excavating and Show Cattle, C T Family Farms LLC, Allen Tire LTD, USV Lions Club, Holbrook Farms, Ag Credit, LandTech Co., Circle E Farms, 235 Grill, Henderson’s Auto Parts, Rudolph Foods Co., Block Insurance, Underwood Stock Farms – Luke and Holli, and Mennel Milling – Foraker Elevator Lance Good of the Hardin Northern FFA sold his champion market goat for $700. It was purchased by Sunrise Cooperative. Kaytlin Billenstein of Ridgeway Jr. Boosters sold her reserve champion barrow for a record $4,250. The buyers were Diamond Freisians, Legacy Farmers Co-op, Quest FCU, Mennel Milling – Foraker Elevator, Fred and Nancy Searson, Ag Credit, LandTech, Wilson Tire Co., Liberty National Bank, McClaren Farm, Parrot Implement, Poet Biorefining, Hempy Water Conditioning, Tanner Butcher, JD Equipment, Bauer Farms, Hepburn Feed and Supply, Wyandot Mutual Ins., M&W Farm Supply, Jon Cross for State Rep., Precision Strip, Yoder Metal Sales, Stewart Seeds and Underwood Stock Farms. Katherine Good of Blanchard Pleasant Buckeyes 4-H sold her reserve champion market goat for $450. It was purchased by Hensel Ready Mix Inc. Dylan Thompson of USV FFA sold his champion market gilt for $2,250. The buyers included Mennel Milling – Foraker Elevator, Minich Truck Repair, R-D Jones Excavating and Show Cattle, C T Family Farms LLC, Allen Tire LTD, USV Lions Club, Holbrook Farms, Ag Credit, LandTech Co., 235 Grill, Henderson’s Auto Parts, Rudolph Foods Co., Block Insurance, Underwood Stock Farms – Luke and Holli. Cami Lowery of Ridgemont FFA sold her champion rabbits for $750. They were purchased by McCullough Industries Inc. Kyle Searson of Taylorcreek Lads and ddd $1,250. Buyers were Block Insurance, Dan and Sherri Beale, Ag Credit, LandTech Co., Quest Federal Credit Union, Holbrook Farms, Billenstein Farm + Drainage and Lean Value Sires. Mara France of Country Timers 4-H sold her reserve champion rabbits for a record $1,700. The buyers were Quest Federal Credit Union, Roger Crowe for Commissioner, Hardin Memorial Hospital, Wilson Tire Co., Thomas and Marker Construction, Jon Cross for State Representative, Robinson Fin Machines, Kenton Times and Precision Strip Trans/Inc. Alli Underwood of the Ridgemont FFA sold her champion beef steer sold for $3,550. The buyers were Maple Brook Farms LLC, Joe Bontrager/Sauder Feeds Inc., Silver Creek Supply, USV Lions Club, Quest Federal Credit Union, Buchenroth Excavating, Mennel Milling – Foraker Elevator, Liberty National Bank, County Line Ag Service, LandTech Co., Ag Credit, Wilson Tire Co., Larry and Cindy Underwood, Sullinger Farms, Gary Saylor Auctioneer and Wyandot Mutual Insurance Co. Colten Perkins of Forest Jackson CoOp sold his reserve champion dairy beef feeder for $2,050. The buyers were Golden Giant Buildings, Max’s Water Dog Races & Flea Market, Hempy Water, Forest Business Boosters, Kenton Ace Hardware, Community First Bank, N.A., Quest Federal Credit Union, Jakob’s Electric, Jon Cross for State Representative, Hardin Memorial Hospital and McBride Financial Services. The reserve champion market dairy steer exhibited by Kennedy Parker of Benjamin Logan FFA was sold for $900. The buyers were Ag Credit, Hensel Ready Mix, Precision Strip, Circle R, McCullough Industries, Quest Federal Credit Union, K & B Feeds, Hardin Co. Tractor Pullers, Kroger, Robinson Fin Machines, McDonald’s, Ace Hardware, Oates Farms, Kale Marketing, Rowe Farms, Wilcox Farms and Steve Austin Auto. Ezrah McGue’s reserve champion hog in the Born and Raised in Hardin County contest sold for $850. It was purchased by Sparks Farms, Children’s Laugh n Learn, PMR Genetics, Underwood Stock Farms – Luke and Holli, Lean Value Sires and Hardin Co. Pork Producers.
