FARMINGTON – John Clark of 7C’s Farms in Wilton said his girls can put the money they earned Friday night toward education after high school. They can also use some of it to buy another animal for next year’s auction, he said.
Ellen and Rhoni-Sue Clark both showed steers in the 4-H auction at the Farmington Fair Friday night.
Their father said the kids were getting higher prices than farmers typically get at auction. He attributed that to the community’s support for the 4-H programs.
Ellen, 14, sold her beef cow to the highest bidders: identical twins Claudia Orff-Reed and Claudene Northrup of Orff Realty in Jefferson. The sisters bought the steer, Shaggy was his name, for $1.80 a pound.
Sterling Doiron of Starks showed a sheep in the auction, though the sheep wasn’t his. His friend Kevin Averil of Farmington was unable to attend the auction and asked him to show it for him. He did, and the sheep sold for $2.75 per pound to Sabin Electrical Services. Averil is donating his proceeds to his 4-H club.
Asked if they get used to saying goodbye to them, Ellen said yes.
Rhoni-Sue, 12, had a different point of view.
“I’m going to miss him,” she said of Clyde, her steer.
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