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Illinois Sale of Champions raises nearly $160k

SaleOfChampionsThe Governor’s Sale of Champions event at the Illinois State Fair raised nearly 160-thousand dollars for junior exhibitors and the state’s 4-H and FFA programs.

Capping off the auction was the sale of the Grand Champion Steer owned by Lucas Wisnefski of Wyoming, Illinois. It sold for a record 104-thousand dollars to Governor and Mrs. Bruce Rauner and Friends of Wisnefski.

The junior exhibitors who raised the animals receive 80 percent of the funds with the remaining 20 percent split equally between the Illinois 4-H Foundation and Illinois FFA.

Link to news release of Illinois Department of Agriculture web site

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