
The hard work of youth raising livestock in the county paid off at the annual Hill County Fair Livestock Auction Saturday, January 13. Grand and reserve champion winners and the buyers supporting the hardworking young people included:
Hadley Holt, Hill County Christian Academy 4-H, grand champion market lamb, sold for $4,600 to Citizens State Bank, New Vision, Poore Family Feed, Abney Farms, Hill County Farm Bureau and First National Bank of Central Texas
Hadleigh Woody, Aquilla 4-H, grand champion market goat, sold for $5,000 to Sykora Family Ford
Jackson Beavers, Hillsboro FFA, grand champion market swine, sold for $11,000 to Brent Beavers, Abney and Foster, Waggoner Law Firm, Ag Texas, Brent Crumwell, Hunter Barnes, Lehman Real Estate and Insurance, All-Tex Utilities, Hill County Farm Bureau, Frontier Waste, Janek and Whitten, Bowman Environmental, Kelly and Christie Cordell and Hillsboro Sand and Gravel
Martin Kirby, Covington FFA, grand champion broilers, sold for $2,250 to Hillsboro Ford
Colt Rhea, Itasca 4-H, grand champion market rabbits, sold for $4,000 to Bowman Environmental and Citizens State Bank
Kade Buzbee, Aquilla 4-H, grand champion commercial steer, sold for $3,750 to Bobcat Contracting
Chase Miller, Abbott FFA, reserve champion market steer, sold for $5,500 to All-Tex Utilities
Calan Pruitt, Abbott FFA, reserve champion market lamb, sold for $4,000 to Abbott Ag Boosters
Brazos Blue, Hill County Christian Academy 4-H, reserve champion market goat, sold for $2,600 to Citizens State Bank, Abney Farms, West Feed, Poore Family Feed and New Vision
Alice Nors, Abbott FFA, reserve champion market swine, sold for $5,500 to West Feed
Hannah Lewis, Aquilla 4-H, reserve champion broilers, sold for $2,250 to Micro Title, Waggoner Law Firm and Hill County Farm Bureau
Carson Woody, Hillsboro FFA, reserve champion market rabbits, $1,750 to Hillsboro Ford
Dakota Manaseri, Itasca FFA, reserve champion commercial steer, $5,500 to Bowman Environmental
