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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1985
Page
6
Joellyn Irish, 17, won the Grant County Fair steer grand championship with a 1,245-pound Chianina-Angus cross named Lover Boy. The Rewey, Wisconsin, exhibitor has long shown quality cattle across southern Wisconsin and finally claimed the big prize after years of strong showings.
Joellyn Irish shown steers for seven years with his favorite "Lover Boy" a Chianina-Angus cross earning grand championship honors at Grant County Fair. Photo by Jim Massey.
Fritz John Fritz an 18 year old from Mt Ida area farms shows five cattle at the Grant County Fair including a Brown Swiss bull winner. Legally blind since age five he balances school with FFA trumpet, wrestling, and computer aided agriculture ahead of studying animal science and computer science at Wisconsin Platteville. He uses voice synthesizers braille and large print to study and hopes to pursue dairy related work using computers after college.
The Voigts family from Platteville with five of seven siblings entered two dairy cattle each at the Grant County Fair. Charlene and Jolene led in senior classes while Denice, Dennis, and Julie also exhibited. All are 4-H members. the herd totals about 50 Holsteins, with strong butterfat and production figures.
Prices trended downward as 139 animals sold at the Grant County Fair livestock auction on Saturday. Forty nine steers averaged 78 cents per pound, lambs averaged 88.8 cents, and 79 barrows sold for $1.05 per pound. Grand champion steer Joellyn Irish sold for 1 per pound to Bloomington Custom Processing. reserve champion not sold. Grand champion barrow Tony Proessl sold for $2 per pound to Gasser True Value Hardware. reserve barrow sold for $1.05 to the Fennimore Times. Grand champion lamb Jerry Vesperman sold for $2.10 per pound to the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce. reserve lamb not sold. Sale grossed 317.
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