Buyers Spend Big At Livestock Sale

Jan 18, 2012 - 16:12:29 CST.

LOOKING FOR A HIGHER BID, show ring spotter Lin Winfrey scans a fair grounds exhibition hall crowd during Saturday afternoon’s 2012 Gillespie County 4-H and FFA Livestock Sale. In all, 316 animal units went on the auction block where buyers offered a total of $477,000 to top last year’s event by $12,000. - Standard-Radio Post Photo by Lisa Treiber-Walter

Buyers dug deep here Saturday during the 2012 Gillespie County 4-H and FFA Livestock Show and Sale, paying $477,000 to local youths -- $12,000 more than a year ago.

“The success of the sale was a lot better than we anticipated,” Donnie Reeh, president of the Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show Association, said.

“Due to the economy being such as it is, we were scared we wouldn’t even meet what we did last year,” he admitted. “But it was amazing. The sale started out strong and held strong throughout.”

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