County fair livestock auction nets $206,115

RBC | Bill Ekstrom, county extension agent, reports that the final sum from the 2017 County Fair 4-H livestock sales was $189,425 plus another $16,690 in floors and add-ons, totaling $206,115. All these funds accrue to the individual exhibitors except for a very small one-half percent fee for the county to defray fair expenses including reserves to cover certain instances of issues with kids’ animals and the like. Add-ons are amounts directed by donors to…