Sale of Champions Raises Over $100,000 for Scholarships & Youth Programming – Morning Ag Clips –

PUBLISHED ON November 6, 2024
DOSWELL, Va. — The Oct. 5, 2024, State Fair of Virginia Youth Livestock Sale of Champions raised $103,100 in support of the fair’s long-standing commitment to youth.
The 2024 State Fair welcomed 348 youth exhibiting market cattle, swine, goats and sheep for the opportunity to compete for scholarships and premiums at the annual event.
The sale celebrates the hard work of Virginia 4-H and FFA participants, and auction proceeds benefit the State Fair Youth Scholarship Fund, which supports youth across the commonwealth.
“I continue to be impressed by the community’s endorsement of our annual Youth Livestock Show and Sale of Champions,” said Marlene Jolliffe, the fair’s executive director. “Part of the State Fair Youth Development Board’s mission is to encourage and recognize Virginia’s youth as they participate in competitions and educational programs. The livestock shows and sale embrace this, and we are grateful to our committees, volunteers, staff and Virginia Cooperative Extension for their contributions to this very worthwhile fundraiser.”
The fair offers youth more than $100,000 each year in scholarship funds through 4-H, FFA and vocational competitions and specific equine, fine arts and horticulture competitions. Sale of Champions proceeds support competition premiums and scholarships.
The sale featured the auction of grand champion and reserve champion market animals from this year’s 4-H and FFA youth livestock shows. Exhibitors received 55% of their respective animals’ purchase prices—50% as a cash premium and 50% in scholarship funds. The following are this year’s winners:
The 2025 State Fair of Virginia will run from Sept. 26 through Oct. 5. Information is available at StateFairVa.org.
The State Fair is held each fall at its permanent home at The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County and attracts over 210,000 fairgoers. The event celebrates the best of Virginia’s past, present and future through scholarship initiatives, creative programming and a focus on the commonwealth’s agriculture and natural resources industries.
–Pam Wiley, Virginia Farm Bureau
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