The 2026 Morris County Fair livestock auction generated $54,100 for local 4-H and FFA exhibitors through the sale of 65 animals.
The auction included 10 sheep, 28 goats, 16 swine and 11 beef animals. Sheep sales totaled $8,000, goats brought $21,250, swine generated $13,600 and beef sales totaled $11,250.
In addition to the livestock auction, $6,300 was raised for Wade Bartels, along with the floor price of one goat and cash donations made during the fair.
The livestock auction results were as follows:
Sheep
Macey Hensley sold a sheep to Moxley Ranch for $800.
Paislee Yadon sold a sheep to Manhattan Commission Co. for $800.
Daylen Nielsen sold a sheep to Moxley Ranch for $800.
Macey Hensley sold a second sheep to Marsha Hensley for $800.
Paislee Yadon sold a second sheep to Southlex Cattle Company for $1,000.
Haylee Nielsen sold a sheep to Mel’s Tire LLC for $900.
Cutler Kasten sold a sheep to Farmers & Drovers Bank for $800.
Beatty Mayer sold a sheep to Damon and Amy Nielsen for $750.
Laramie Mayer sold a sheep to JC Livestock Sales for $700.
Fayth Ehrlich sold a sheep to Morris County Title Co. for $650.
Goats
Castyn Andres sold a goat to Edwards Construction for $900.
Madison Schrader sold a goat to Flint Hills Dumpster Rentals, Tall Grass Insurance Group and Mindy Sue Photography for $700.
Andrew Schrader sold a goat to Farmers State Bank for $800.
Elijah Schrader sold a goat to Kan-Equip Inc. for $700.
Kasey Wilson sold a goat to Yadon Construction for $800.
Kasey Wilson sold a second goat to Agri Trails Coop for $800.
Laramie Mayer sold a goat to John and Karen Lee for $850.
Waylan Mayer sold a goat to Prairie Land Partners for $800.
Ronald Mayer sold a goat to Agri Trails Coop for $750.
Isaac Schrader sold a goat to Johnson Farms for $650.
Madison Schrader sold a second goat to Agri Trails Coop for $600.
Benjamin Schrader sold a goat to Jace and Amy Johnson for $550.
Cooper Andres sold a goat to The Tire Shop and Andres Ranch for $850.
Bailey Ehrlich sold a goat to Tyner Insurance Group Inc. for $700.
Daylen Nielsen sold a goat to Cindy Jensen CPA for $900.
Brayden Jarvis sold a goat to Wade and Jessica Olsen for $800.
Cyler Yadon sold a goat to Rocking KM Veterinary Service for $800.
Ronald Mayer sold a second goat to Twin Rivers Vet Supply for $850.
Beatty Mayer sold a goat to Bar HV LLC and Shade Haying for $800.
Eleanor Womack sold a goat to Agri Trails Coop for $750.
Hudson Lange sold a goat to JC Livestock Sales for $800.
Grayson Longren sold a goat to Farmers & Drovers Bank for $750.
Brody Jarvis sold a goat to Bluestem Farm & Ranch Supply for $700.
Brayden Jarvis sold a second goat to Twin Rivers Vet Supply for $800.
Cyler Yadon sold a second goat to Mel’s Tire LLC for $700.
Stephen Prince sold a goat to Chad and Janon Johnson for $650.
Brody Jarvis sold a second goat to Matt Palmquist of Whitetail Properties for $700.
Irie Carson sold a goat to JC Harvesting for $800.
Swine
Magnolia Thibodeaux sold a swine to Flint Hills Dumpster Rentals, Tall Grass Insurance Group and Mindy Sue Photography for $1,600.
Jackson Green sold a swine to First Choice Meats and Central National Bank-Herington for $1,600.
Logan Bunn sold a swine to Mel’s Tire LLC for $800.
Mariette Thibodeaux sold a swine to Bluestem Farm & Ranch Supply for $750.
Magnolia Thibodeaux sold a second swine to The Apothecary for $700.
Haylee Nielsen sold a swine to Tyler Jensen and Dr. Justina Davis for $850.
Leyton Olsen sold a swine to Wertzberger Farm Supply and JC Livestock Sales for $1,000.
Warren Longren sold a swine to Damon and Amy Nielsen for $750.
Lithe Thibodeaux sold a swine to Forge Harvesting for $700.
Mariette Thibodeaux sold a second swine to Gary and Connie Burton for $650.
Lithe Thibodeaux sold a second swine to John and Karen Lee for $650.
Joshua Lautt sold a swine to Farmers & Drovers Bank for $750.
Jackson Green sold a second swine to Diamond L Supply for $700.
Grayson Longren sold a swine to Gary and Connie Burton for $650.
Aiden Newey sold a swine to Manhattan Commission Co. for $450.
Leyton Olsen sold a second swine to Yadon Construction for $1,000.
Beef
Jameson Lautt sold a beef animal to Lyons Ranch and JC Livestock Sales for $2,000.
Jameson Lautt sold a second beef animal to Tiffany Cattle Co. for $1,750.
Cooper Andres sold a beef animal to Farmers & Drovers Bank for $900.
Joshua Lautt sold a beef animal to Lyons Ranch and JC Livestock Sales for $900.
Lindsay Bunn sold a beef animal to Agri Trails Coop for $800.
Elijah Schrader sold a beef animal to Loomis Custom Beef for $750.
Logan Bunn sold a beef animal to Wade and Jessica Olsen for $600.
Andrew Schrader sold a beef animal to JC Livestock Sales for $650.
Castyn Andres sold a beef animal to BEST Ranch and Andres Ranch for $1,600.
Warren Longren sold a beef animal to Jessica Mayhew for $600.
Fayth Ehrlich sold a beef animal to Tiffany Cattle Co. for $700.
Two cookie jars were also sold during the auction. One was purchased by Jon Sawyer of Sawyer Construction for $650, and the other was purchased by Black Diamond Family Farms for $750. The cookie jar sales brought the overall auction total to $55,500.