FORT WORTH — Bob Marley, the 2015 grand champion steer, sold for a record $240,000 in the annual Sale of Champions that closes the Fort Worth Stock Show each year.
The annual junior livestock sale features the best steers, barrows, lambs and goats — out of 11,000 entries — that were exhibited during the Stock Show. By the end of bidding Saturday, the sale had raised a record $3,709,361, outpacing last year's total of $3,305,919.
The stock show saw "remarkable" support, according to president and general manager Brad Barnes in the release, as 286 livestock were purchased.
The grand champion steer sale figure topped the previous high of $230,000 for the 2012 champion. Last year's winner sold for $200,000.
Other purchases from the Junior Sale of Champions, per the Stock Show.
- Reserve champion steer - $150,000, by Women's Steering Business of Fort Worth
- Grand champion barrow - $55,000, by Syracuse Sausage Company
- Reserve champion barrow - $25,000, by Dr. Bill Bonnell
- Grand champion lamb - $40,000, by Christopher Bass and American Aero
- Reserve champion lamb - $30,000, by Ladies on the Lamb
- Grand champion wether goat - $35,000, by the Anfin family
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