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6/28/2017 WLCF livestock auction sale totals over $112,000 - Raises an additional $12,000 for livestock facility fund Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 3:17 PM 216 W. Railroad Ave. • PO Box 288 • Ritzville . WA . 99169 . Phone: 509-659-1020 WEEKLY COLUMNS ARCHIVES 1 jVIEW CLASSIFIEDS ADVERTISE _ SUBMIT NEWS SUBSCRIBE CONTACT US SPECIAL SECTIONS WLCF livestock auction sale totals over $112,000 - Top Stories Raises an additional $12,000 for livestock facility NEWSPAPER fund News DIRECTORY . Lind-Ritzville graduates net In Brief By Katelin Davidson - Thu, Sep 11, 2014 over 5200,000 in scholarships News The annual Wheat Land Communities' Fair livestock auction drew a large crowd to . Washtucna graduates three support the efforts of livestock exhibitors and simultaneously raise money to Sports support the fair facilities. Livestock Committee Treasurer Lori Williams reported the . EIGHTH GRADE PROMOTION Neighbors total sale raised $112,465. . Phillips, Bennett split 30th Lind Combine Derby title Opinion/Letters/Edltorlals The total amount falls short of last year's record breaking $116,300, and Williams . Man walking across the U.S. Obituaries attributes some of the reduction to the decrease in market value as compared to promotes healthy living Milestones last year. . Orill Team hosting fundraising activity Schools The Saturday afternoon auction on Aug. 30 featured over 50 exhibitors with a total . GRAND MARSHALS of 91 animals being sold at the auction. The amount of total livestock is comparable Business & Agriculture to the numbers recorded within the last few years. . DANGEROUS DUO Events . MAYOR'S AWARD The extreme success of the sale is attributed to the hard work of local volunteers Years Ago and exhibitors to contact potential buyers before the start of the auction, and the • CANDY COMPETITION --- -------- -- - outstanding support from community members and businesses. KIDDIE PARADE RECORDS Rltzvllle Police Report Prior to the start of fair every year, Livestock Committee Superintendent Dan • FUTURE FIREFIGHTER Galbreath, with assistance from Randy Kulm and Bob Schoessler, contact . RITZVILLE RODEO QUEEN Adams County Sheriff's individuals about purchasing an animal through the auction. MERLEE LIBERTY Office Report a Ritzville Water Park opens - — -- --- The auction is divided into departments by species, with beef being sold first, for summer season LEGALS followed by swine, sheep, goats and rabbits. Sports Current Le els 9 This year, the sale was interrupted briefly for the auctioning of Tom the Turkey. The . Car, pickup races bring heart -pounding action to — Dennis family raised the turkey and donated him to the auction, with all of the Lind USEFUL LINKS funds raised being given directly to the livestock facility fund. . PICKUP RACES Adams County Buyers donated from as large of amount as $750 down to $100 to the fund, . LIND DRIVER LIZ BIERMANN City of Rltzvllle Throughout the auction, approximately $12,000 was raised for the facility fund, . CRUNCH Rltzvllle Area Chamber of Williams reported. . PILE UP Commerce The swine sale auction Is generally the largest, with 42 total hogs being sold in the . COMBINES COLLIDE Lind Chamber of Saturday sale. Exhibitors are allowed to sell both of their market animals In the CELEBRATION Commerce auction, with the highest placing and quality animals being sold first. . COLLISION In the swine department, the grand champion 4-H hog exhibited by Wade Schafer RAFFLE WINNER sold for $4.50 a pound to buyers Senator Mark Schoesler and Representative Joe Schmick. Michael Shields sold the grand champion FFA market hog for $4 a pound Neighbors to Wheatland Waste Systems, Inc. . DONATION Shields also raised the reserve champion FFA hog and sold the pig for $2,50 a Schools pound to Avlsta Utilities. 4-H reserve champion market hog owner Grace Greenwalt . LRHS seniors reflect on first sold her hog to Mountain High Trucking and Kulm Farms for $3.75, year, importance of FBLA In the beef department, the grand champion 4-H steer exhibited by Gus Tracy sold for $2.85 per pound to Legacy Telecommunications and Power. TyAnn Tellefson sold the FFA grand champion steer for $3 to Curt and Randy Franz. The reserve champion 4-H steer sold for $2.70 per pound to The McGregor Company and Jensen Produce, and was raised by Eliza Galbreath. Taylor Kulm sold her reserve champion FFA steer for $4 per pound to Jensen Produce. FFA exhibitor Erica Leffel and 4-H exhibitor Brynne Nelson swept the champion ribbons in the sheep department. Leffel sold her champion Iamb for $3.50 a pound to Wilbur Ellls-Warden, and sold her reserve champion Iamb to Darrel and Diane Koss for $2.75 per pound. Nelson sold her champion Iamb to Pohl Springs for $4.50 a pound, and sold her reserve champion Iamb for $3.50 to Schoesler Farms. Steve and Nanette Naught proved to be the buyers to outbid In the goat department and purchased three goats in the auction. They purchased the grand champion 4-H goat exhibited Thomas Rosen for $4; Nathan Naught's FFA grand champion goat for $6 a pound; and Brlanna Kinkade's reserve champion FFA goat for $3 a pound. The reserve champion 4-H goat exhibited by Bailey Dennis was purchased by Columbia Bank for $4.50 per pound. In the rabbit department, Amy Anderson sold her grand champion rabbit to Smarty Pants Ranch for $110, while Katie Menke sold her reserve champion rabbit for $50 to the Holt Family and Kincaid Real Estate. Weather Forecast http://ritzvillejournal.com/Wlcf-livestock-auction-sale-totals-over-raises-an-additional-p6175-367.htm 1/2