The 2022 Colorado’s Electric Cooperatives Junior Livestock Sale held at the Colorado State Fair raised more than $491,000 in the auction of 139 animals raised and shown by young people from across Colorado. The 2022 Grand Champion Market Beef, raised by Stetson Gabel of Weld County, was sold for $58,000 and was purchased by Sam Brown and Family.
“We are thrilled to be celebrating 150 years of the Colorado State Fair and events like the Junior Livestock Sale help us look to the future of agriculture in Colorado. To keep thriving, we must continue supporting the next generation of agriculture by empowering our young ag leaders and preparing them to step into leadership roles when their time comes,” said Governor Jared Polis.