ESTEVAN - Young people from five 4-H clubs in the southeast were part of this year's Estevan Rotary Regional 4-H Show and Sale.
Achievement days were held for the Benson and Steelman 4-H clubs on Tuesday. Outram-Madigan and Browning clubs had their turn on Wednesday. Thursday's highlights included the regional show, awards presentations and sale.
The Crossroads club also participated.
Britt Fornwald of the Steelman 4-H Beef Club had this year's grand champion steer. It weighed in at 1,520 pounds, and it sold for $7 per pound to Mid-City Plumbing and Heating.
Braxton Shier, also from the Browning Club, had the reserve champion steer. The 1,355-pound animal sold for $8 per pound to Prairie Dawg Sales.
Fifty-nine steers were sold at this year's sale.
Prior to the start of the auction, it was noted that the Steelman 4-H members would donate 1.5 per cent of their auction sales to the campaign to bring an MRI scanner to St. Joseph's Hospital in Estevan. The club vowed to match the amount.
The club was inspired by Jaycee Ross of the Outram-Madigan 4-H Beef Club. He sold his 4-H steer during the Energy City Ex. in June and raised more than $53,000 for the MRI fundraiser.
The awards saluted the 4-H members for not only the strength of their cattle, but for their judging, grooming, oral reasoning and showmanship skills, their ability to maintain stalls and commitment to 4-H.
All of the cloverbud members from the five clubs were also saluted.
The next edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.
