By Brandy Brabham
WVU Extension Agent
Saturday night paid off for the youth involved in the first Calhoun County 4-H & FFA Youth Livestock Show and Sale.
By all accounts the most expensive market hog ever sold in West Virginia was sold in Calhoun County on Saturday evening. The one market hog shown at the event brought $22.25 per pound. At 190 pounds, that one animal brought over $4,200. The generous purchaser was Dan Cain of Cain's Veterinary Clinics.
The entire sale raised $30,669.50. Most of those funds will be paid out to ten of the eleven exhibitors who decided to sell their animals after the animal placement and showmanship shows held Saturday, September 25 during the WV Molasses Festival. The entire community was very generous at this first youth livestock show and sale in Calhoun County. The livestock program received $5,891.18 from community donations and a four percent sales commission to ensure the continuation of the program for next year.
The sale results are as follows:
Alex Cunningham, FFA member, sold a meat goat for 11.50/ lb; $632.50 to Roane General Hospital. Kate Page, FFA member, sold a feeder calf heifer for $4.50/ lb; $2,947.50 to Jim Morris, who donated the animal back to the exhibitor. Eli Stump, Pleasant Hill Cornpoppers 4-H member, sold a feeder calf steer to Jim Morris for $6.00/lb; $3,840.00, who donated the animal back to the exhibitor. Eli Stump opted to donate the resale of his steer back to the program. Jason Nettles bought Eli's steer on resale for $2.85 lb; $1,824.00. Stumps' Cattle Company offered to feed out the steer to finished slaughter weight and haul it to the butcher for no additional charge for the final purchaser of the steer.
Josh Summers, FFA member, sold a feeder calf heifer to Adco Well Service and Vineyard Farms for $6.20/lb; $2,914.00. Trent Cottrell, Silver Spurs 4-H member sold a feeder calf steer to Calhoun Banks for $7.00/lb; $4,900.00, who donated the resale of the steer back to the program. The Jackson County Regional Livestock Market purchased the steer for $2.50/lb; $1,750.00. Brooklynn Nicholson, Silver Spurs 4-H member, sold a feeder calf steer to Francis Cain of the Cain Farm for $7.60 lb/ $4,256.00. The Cain Farm donated half the steer's resale price to the exhibitor and half to the livestock program. Southern States of Spencer purchased the steer for $1.90/ lb; $1,064.00.
Angel Samples, Silver Spurs 4-H member, sold a market hog for $22.25/ lb; $4,227.50 to Cain' s Veterinary Clinics, who donated the resale of the market hog to the livestock program. Fordyce Livestock purchased the hog for $1.30/lb; $247.00. Kody Schultz, Silver Spurs 4-H member, sold a market rabbit to Hildreth Supply, Inc for $360.00 per head, who donated the market rabbit back to the exhibitor. The exhibitor decided to resale the animal to Jim and JoAnn Dever of J&J Farm for $50.00. Jim and JoAnn Dever decided to resale the market rabbit again and ended up being the highest bidder for another $45.00 for the livestock program.
Christopher Schultz, Silver Spurs 4-H member, sold a market rabbit to Jim Morris for $350.00 per head, who donated the animal back to the exhibitor. The exhibitor opted to resale the market rabbit to Jim and JoAnn Dever of J&J Farm for $110.00 per head, who donated the resale of the market rabbit to the livestock program. Kenneth Arnold purchased the market rabbit for $150.00 per head during the second resale and donated the resale value of the rabbit back to the livestock program. My Three Sons Farm purchased the market rabbit for $125.00 per head during the third resale. Brooklyn Nicholson, Silver Spurs 4-H member, sold a market rabbit to Green Valley Coop for $325 per head, who donated the animal back to the exhibitor.
Ann Bee, Silver Spurs 4-H member, showed a dairy goat and opted not to sell the animal in the sale.
Dean Miller, President of the Calhoun County Farm Bureau provided the livestock committee with a $200 donation from the Farm Bureau for the program. Jim and JoAnn Dever of J&J Farm donated an additional $45.00 to the livestock program above what they used to purchase animals. A swine production company from North Carolina called Hog Slat, Inc with local ties donated a market hog to be sold to benefit the program. Stump Funeral Home purchased that hog for $297.00. Basil and Janet Butler donated many concession items to be sold during the livestock show and sale.
Neil and Gina Stump donated the use of their three livestock pens, two grooming chutes, land, water and electricity to the livestock program to make the show and sale possible. Matt and Billie Ashley donated the sawdust. Randall Arnold donated the use of corral panels to make a show ring. Monte Arnold donated the use of two livestock pens. Debbie Cox and Calhoun County FFA members donated their time to run the concession stand, which raised over $400.00. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture provided a hand washing station for the livestock area. Many more individuals volunteered their time and efforts to help set up and tear down the show and sale area.
For livestock placement results, see related story
For more information about the livestock program, please contact the WVU Extension Office in Calhoun County at 304-354-6332.
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