For the work that the students of Kerr County's Future Farmers of America and 4H chapters put in, Saturday's auction at the Kerr County Livestock Show was a satisfying moment.
All told, 219 participants sold their well-tended critters — goat, lamb, pig, steer or heifer. As per tradition, the event raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the students, who can sock it away for college.
Center Point's Logan Burley earned $6,500 for his market swine on Saturday. |
Many of the participants were old pros at the auction, many competing in livestock shows since kindergarten. For instance, Center Point High School senior Logan Burley has raised pigs since he was six. Along the way, Burley has found the time to play football, baseball, basketball and was elected as senior class president. He also applied and was accepted to at least five universities, including Schreiner and the University of Texas-San Antonio. Burley's hard work paid off when his 207-pound market swine fetched $6,500.
It's actually a familiar story. Many of these students will continue their agricultural studies at universities around the state, including Texas A&M and Angelo State — to name a few.
Here are Kerr County's grand champions, champion and reserve champions:
Mckinley Burley
Center Point 4H
- Grand champion market swine.
- Champion crossbred market swine.
Taylor Henry
West Kerr County 4H
- Grand champion market lamb
- Champion medium wool market lamb
- Reserve champion fine wool market lamb
- Reserve champion fine wool cross market lamb
Lexi Frazar
West Kerr County 4H
- Grand champion market steer
- Champion European market steer
Brooke Fisher
West Kerr County 4H
- Grand champion market meat goat
- Champion Div. 2 market meat goat
- Champion fine wool market lamb
- Champion fine wool cross market lamb
- Reserve champion Div. 1 market meet goat
- Reserve champion Div. 2 market meet goat
- Senior market meet showmanship winner
Cyerra Lackey
Kerrville 4H
- Reserve champion market swine
- Champion Hampshire market swine
- Reserve champion Yorkshire market swine
Ashlee Broughton
Center Point 4H
- Reserve grand champion market lamb
- Reserve grand champion medium wool market lamb
Layni Frazar
West Kerr County 4H
- Reserve grand champion market steer
- Champion British market steer
- Reserve champion European market steer
- Junior market steer showmanship winner
Tenley Tatsch
Harper 4H
- Reserve grand champion market meat goat
- Champion Div. 1 market meat goat
Amelia Balser
Kerrville 4H
- Champion Duroc market swine
- Senior market swine showmanship winner
McKenna McClintock
Ingram FFA
- Champion Southdown market lamb
- Reserve champion Southdown market lamb
- Junior market lamb showmanship winner
- Junior market meat goat showmanship winner
McCrae Althaus
Kerrville 4H
- Champion American market steer
Tinley Likin
Tivy FFA
- Reserve champion Div. 3 market meat goat
Kyndall Reusser
Center Point FFA
- Reserve champion dark OPB market swine
Hadley Reeves
Ingram FFA
- Reserve champion light OPB market swine
Scenes from the auction
Zachary Blount, Tivy FFA, earned $3,000 for his market swine. |
Hayden Dittmar, East Kerr County 4H, earned $3,000 for her market swine. |
Clayton Forster would have won for best cowboy hat and hair, but the Center Point 4H student earned $6,000 for his market swine. |
Katherine Harding, West Kerr County 4H, earned $2,500 for her market swine. No word if the pig was right side up upon delivery. |
Tyler Langbein of Kerrville 4H. |
Julia Whitworth of Center Point 4H earned $3,500 for her market swine. |
Houston Fuentes of Center Point 4H earned $3,500 for his market swine. |
Lake Bluemel of Ingram FFA earned $5,500 for her market swine. |
Kaycee Burress of West Kerr County 4H. |
Rodney Buxton III, of Kerrville FFA, used a little bit of showmanship to up the price on his market swine. In the end, the hog earned him $6,000. |
Brooklyn Drane of West Kerr County 4H earned $3,500 for her market swine. |
Noah Huber of Ingram FFA earned $2,750 for his market swine. |
Koulter Thomas Lackey, of Kerrville 4H, consults with one of the auctioneers before earning $2,750 for his market swine. |
Kynlee Miller of Tivy FFA earned $3,000 for her market swine. |
Leah Nelson of East Kerr County 4H earned $3,000 for her market swine. |
Kole Blackledge of Center Point 4H earned $4,000 for his market swine. |
