Buyers at the 56th annual Lamar County Junior Livestock Show shelled out almost $400,000 for 115 of this year’s top market animals.
Junior livestock association president Tom Van Der Schaff said community support for youth and the county’s agricultural base was evident by the large crowd that filled the Coliseum at the Lamar County Fairgrounds.
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