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WI Fair champions bring big auction bids
Aug 10, 2017, 17:19 PM
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Bidders spent 167-thousand dollars during the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction Wednesday, where the State Fair’s grand champion steer sold for 50-thousand dollars and was then donated to the Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction Scholarship Fund.
Sixty-two percent of sales go to the exhibitors and 38% to the Blue Ribbon Sale of Champions Foundation for scholarships. Donated animals are sold at market value to processors with the money going to the scholarship fund.
Overall, 30 animals and five commemorative items were sold.
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