Thanks to Colorado’s electric cooperatives, 4-H and FFA kids selling their prize-winning animals at the Colorado State Fair Livestock Sale in late August received a total of $491,000 from buyers. This year’s Grand Champion Market Beef, raised by Stetson Gabel of Galerton in Weld County, sold for $58,000.
Colorado’s electric co-ops have sponsored the annual Junior Livestock Sale for the last 18 years. The co-ops’ financial support makes the sale possible, and the co-ops work together to make the sale special for participants. This includes presenting each participant with a goodie bag filled with snacks and a cap honoring them as sale participants.
The 2022 State Fair Livestock Sale’s participating co-ops include:
• Delta-Montrose Electric, Montrose
• Grand Valley Power, Grand Junction
• Highline Electric, Holyoke
• Holy Cross Energy, Glenwood Springs
• K.C. Electric, Hugo
• La Plata Electric, Durango
• Morgan County REA, Fort Morgan
• Mountain View Electric, Limon
• Poudre Valley REA, Fort Collins
• SDCEA, Buena Vista
• San Isabel Electric, Pueblo West
• San Luis Valley REC, Monte Vista
• San Miguel Power, Ridgway
• Southeast Colorado Power, La Junta
• United Power, Brighton
• White River Electric, Meeker
• Y-W Electric, Akron
• Yampa Valley Electric, Steamboat Springs
• CREA
• Colorado Country Life
• Tri-State Generation and Transmission
• Touchstone Energy Cooperatives