LAKEPORT, Calif. – It was another record-breaking year for the Junior Livestock Auction.

The auction took place in two rings Saturday afternoon at the Baldwin Pavilion at the Lake County Fair.

The annual event is a fair mainstay, featuring a variety of livestock – Steers, lambs, hogs, meat goats, turkeys, rabbits and chickens – raised by local 4-H and Future Farmers of America club members.

Fair Chief Executive Officer Richard Persons said the Saturday auction set a new record for gross sales, bringing in $339,997.25 on 260 lots.

He said that was up by 12 percent over last year’s auction, the previous record sale, which had passed the $300,000 mark for the first time in the Lake County Fair’s history.

Persons said the auction usually averages 230 lots. The record lot number is 280.

Visitors can see the animals through Sunday night, when the fair wrap up.

For more information and a schedule of the final day’s events visit www.lakecountyfair.com .

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