Pig sells for $43 per pound at Dunn County Fair meat animal auction
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$43 PER POUND — Brian Styer, a member of the Willing Workers 4-H Club, sold his purebred market barrow for $43 per pound to Midwest Nutrition at the Dunn County Fair meat animal auction July 24.
—photo by LeAnn R. Ralph
By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — Although the prices that buyers were willing to pay at the Dunn County Fair meat animal auction generally were higher than they have been in the past, one pig sold for the unbelievable price of $43 per pound.
Brian Styer, a member of the Willing Workers 4-H Club and the son of David and Karen Styer, sold his purebred market barrow to Midwest Nutrition for $43 per pound. The pig weighed in at 311 pounds, and the maximum paid weight for swine was 300 pounds.
Chris Lee, of Lee Real Estate and Auction Service, said he believed the $43 per pound price was a record for the Dunn County Fair.
At the Colfax Free Fair FFA Alumni Auction in June, pig sales ranged from $2 to $4 per pound, with most of the sales taking place at $2.50 to $2.75 per pound, and prices for the steers ranged from $2.50 per pound to $3.75 per pound.
At the Dunn County Fair auction, prices for pigs of $6 to $8 a pound were common, with others going for as much as $11, $14 or $15.50 per pound.
Prices for steers at the Dunn County Fair generally ranged from $5 to $8 per pound. The maximum paid weight for beef steers was 1,500 pounds, and the maximum paid weight for dairy steers was 1,600 pounds.
Lambs also brought good prices at the Dunn County Fair, with prices ranging from $7.50 per pound to to $14 per pound. The maximum paid weight for sheep was 160 pounds.
No sheep were sold at the Colfax FFA Alumni Auction in June.
Goats also sold for good prices at the Dunn County Fair, with one market goat selling for $22 per pound. There was no maximum paid weight for goats.
No goats were sold at the Colfax FFA Alumni Auction.
All together, 62 animals were sold at the Dunn County Fair.
The Colfax FFA Alumni Auction featured 15 animals, 11 pigs and four beef animals, of which three were dairy steers and one was an Angus steer.
The number of animals sold at Colfax was about half the number sold in previous years. Fair organizers knew the animal exhibits would be fewer than previous years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
There was no small animal auction at the Dunn County Fair this year.
Only about a dozen poultry exhibits were at the Dunn County Fair, along with about 20 rabbits.
In years past, the small animal building has been filled almost to capacity with poultry and rabbit exhibits.
Here are the exhibitors from Colfax and Elk Mound who sold meat animals at the Dunn County Fair:
• Nate Edwards of Colfax, a member of the Wisconsin Show Pig Association and the son of Dave and Tina Edwards, sold his grand champion crossbred market barrow to Synergy Cooperative for $9.50 per pound. The pig weighed in at 271 pounds.
ELK MEADOW 4-H CLUB — Alyssa Voight, a member of the Elk Meadow 4-H Club, sold her crossbred market gilt for $6.75 per pound to Eau Galle Cheese at the Dunn County Fair meat animal auction July 24.
—photo by LeAnn R. Ralph
• Hunter Roberts, a member of the Colfax Comets 4-H Club and the son of Flint Roberts, sold his crossbred market barrow for $3 per pound to CAL Packers. The pig weighed in at 300 pounds.
• Madilyn Voight, a member of the Elk Meadow 4-H Club and the daughter of Amber and Jon Voight, sold her crossbred market barrow for $6.50 per pound to Auth Consulting. The pig weighed in at 282 pounds.
• John Riebe, a member of the Colfax Comets 4-H Club and the son of Jennifer Dressel and David Riebe, sold his heavyweight yearling steer for $5.25 per pound to Dunn Energy. The steer weighed in at 1,444 pounds.
• Isabelle Baier, a member of the Elk Mound 4-H Club and the daughter of Katie and Scott Baier, sold her market lamb for $8.25 per pound to Country Doctors. The lamb weighed in at 113 pounds.
• Kaleb Gilbertson, a member of the Elk Meadow 4-H Club and the son of Kay and Kevin Gilbertson, sold his heavyweight yearling steer for $7.75 per pound to Country Doctors. The steer weighed in at 1,423 pounds.
• Alyssa Voight, a member of the Elk Meadow 4-H Club and the daughter of Amber and Jon Voight, sold her crossbred market gilt for $6.75 per pound to Eau Galle Cheese. The pig weighed in at 260 pounds.
• Bailey Gilbertson, a member of the Elk Meadow 4-H Club and the daughter of Kay and Kevin Gilbertson, sold her heavyweight yearling steer for $6.50 per pound to Chippewa Valley Energy. The steer weighed in at 1,537 pounds.
• Seth Baier, a member of the Elk Meadow 4-H Club and the son of Katie and Scott Baier, sold his market lamb for $14 per pound to Minnesota Ag Group. The lamb weighed in at 140 pounds.
• Anne Baier, a member of the Elk Meadow 4-H Club and the daughter of Katie and Scott Baier, sold her market lamb for $7.50 per pound to Sailers Food Market and Meat Processing. The lamb weighed in at 148 pounds.
• Lilly Baier, a member of the Elk Meadow 4-H Club and the daughter of Katie and Scott Baier, sold her market lamb for $10.50 per pound to Eau Galle Cheese. The lamb weighed in at 116 pounds.
• Chloe Dummer, a member of the Elk Meadow 4-H Club and the daughter David Carl and Stacy Dummer, sold her purebred market gilt for $15.50 per pound to Chippewa Valley Energy. The pig weighed in at 285 pounds.