Price County Fair livestock sale hits high notes despite outage
At the Price County Fair auction Tony Hoffman sold a 235 pound grand champion hog for 2.02 a pound, $474, amid a brief power outage. The four day event featured 160 items by one exhibitor and a youngest-ever 32 year old rabbit exhibitor Nate Buttice winning top blue for a Harlequin rabbit. The sale totaled about $12,730 with hogs averaging 1.32 a pound and beef 1.25, as 4-H youths and local dairy families highlighted the show.
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Tony
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Nathan Buttice wins top blue in junior show
Nathan Buttice, age unknown, earned a top blue ribbon in the Harlequin rabbit class at the Price County junior show. It was his first year showing rabbits. He is the son of Angelo and Donna Buttice of Phillips.
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Kennan Woman Sells First Lamb Reserve Grand Champion
Becky Lyons of Kennan smiles after selling her first lamb entry named reserve grand champion at the Price County Fair livestock sale Friday night. The lamb brought $142.50 or $1.50 a pound from Marquis Implement, represented by Gay Marschke and his son Karl Marschke.
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