Page 214 2023 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 2023 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR Sunday, August 06 Continued -- 4-H Barrow Auction: Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis is in the house, and if you don’t believe me just ask Ricky Bobby By Nila Smith Though some may doubt it, ask any 4-H kid and he or she will tell you that they love their animals and treat them with great care throughout the year that they are raising them and preparing them for the show season. The novice to the 4-H auction may have been surprised to learn that every animal in the sale ring has a name. That is part of the responsibility of the exhibitor to give the animal a name. Some are funny and some are serious, and some you just have to say “Why?”. Why would you name your steer tomato? Perhaps so that the announcer could make a joke about a beefsteak tomato? We don’t know, but it did happen. Other interesting names came from the group. In addition to Jacob Lawrence’s Tomato, Owen Boyer named his barrow Ricky Bobby, and if you don’t get it, then you just ain’t no redneck Nascar Will Ferrell fan. Ava Sanders named her pig Porky and Wyatt Leinebach’s animal was just named “Pig.” Get it? Porky and Pig? Porky Pig! And yes, ladies and gentlemen, Elvis was in the house thanks to Palmer Scheets who gave the name to her 256-pound Crossbred barrow. On a more serious note, during this final segment of the auction, two young exhibitors were recognized for accomplishments in 2022. The annual Junior Carcass show is held in the week after the fair each year. The 2022 winners of the Carcass show Peyton Schwantz in the beef category and Brantley Conrady in the Pork category were recognized with plaques on Sunday. The top bid per pound in the swine sale went to Ella Bobell and her Grand Champion Crossbreed Barrow named “Toothpick.” The 260-pound animal brought in a top bid of $8.50 per pound.
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