Southwest Washington Fair Junior Livestock Sale hits $850,000 sales mark

Amid the announcement that this year’s Southwest Washington Fair had the highest attendance of any fair “in recent memory” — with 88,370 visitors over the six days it was open — the fair’s Junior Livestock Sale has now hit a total of $850,000 in sales.

Though the fair ended on Aug. 18, extra add-on payments are still coming in and could still be made by those who purchased animals at the Junior Livestock Sale until Sept. 1, according to Junior Livestock Sale Committee Chair Jason Humphrey, although he didn’t expect the total to increase by much more.

Sales from last year’s auction at the Junior Livestock Sale totaled $698,000.

The total number of animals sold at the sale this year was 211.

The Southwest Washington Junior Livestock Sale offers local youth participating in 4-H clubs or their local Future Farmers of America chapters the opportunity to select, raise, train, market and finally sell an animal of their choice at the Southwest Washington Fair during an annual live auction event.

Youth can choose from raising swine, lambs, goats, ducks, geese, chickens, turkeys, rabbits and cattle.

For more information, visit https://southwestwashingtonfair.org/events/jr-livestock-sale/  or email SWjuniorlivestock@outlook.com.