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Youth sell livestock above market value

Lind-Ritzville, Sprague youth sell in Spokane event

SPOKANE - Dozens of Adams County and nearby youth participated in the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane Youth Market Sale on Saturday, May 4, making thousand of dollars.

Alyssa Williams of Lind-Ritzville FFA sold her award-winning beef for $5,961.25; weighing in at 1,255 pounds she earned $4.75 per pound.

The market value of her beef entry was an estimated $2,070.75.

Wade Palmer of the Ritzville Livestock 4-H Club sold his purple-placing swin for $670. It weighed in at 268 pounds and garnered $2.50 per pound. The market value was $187.60.

The club's Jace Palmer also weighed in a swine, which so...

 

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