The 41st Annual 4-H Livestock Auction – held during the Northwestern Michigan Fair – boasted some of its best numbers ever. Some highlights:
• Gross auction total: $570,375.32
• 439 4-H'ers (ages 9-18) participated in the auction
• Zeke Goodwin Family Fund received thousands of dollars in donations. (Several 4-H'ers donated their entire auction proceeds to the family and many more 4-H'ers donated money out of their auction proceeds.
• Courtney Shively, a 4-H'er from Kingsley, donated all the proceeds from the sale of her swine (more than $1000.00) to the Wounded Warrior Fund
• Two local farmers/businesses purchased junior beef projects and donated them to be raffled off to a 4-H'er to use as steer projects for 2013
The number of animals donated to local food pantries/charities:
• 60 Swine
• 10 Steers
• 2 Lambs
• 1 Pens of Chickens
Total live weights of animals donated: 28,337 pounds
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Thank you to all of the generous buyers who come and support this program year after year! Thanks to all of the youth involved in this program, what you did this year makes us all proud to be a part of the program and make us all proud if you!