Page 342 Lincoln Daily News 2026 Logan County Fair August 2026 Next was the presentation of the Junior Department Carcass award from last year. It was announced that Mason Short was the winner and was presented with an award. One more round of pies to the face followed. This time, whoever won the auction was going to get to choose up to two fair board members to receive the pie. After some time, the final bid came in at $675, and the winner was asked if they wanted to double their donation to pie two fair board members, and they did. The two chosen were Herman Schwantz and Kevin Kurtz. The sheep were next, with seven being auctioned off in total. The 4-H’ers brought their sheep out one at a time, showing them off while the crowd bid. Luke Olson’s grand champion cross bred sheep was the big winner of the day, selling for $2,700. The steer, which was the final auctioning category of the day, were next. This started with Ryder Conrady’s grand champion Hereford steer and worked through the other thirteen that were auctioned. About halfway through the show, as Tucker Garey was bringing out his Hereford steer, he was presented with the Troy Miller Memorial Award. The big seller, and the 4-H’er who brought in the most money of the day, was Paxton Lora. Toward the end of the show, Lora brought out his Maintainer steer, and the bids started rolling in. They climbed to $3,000, then
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