October 3, 2015 - Left photo: Grand Champion winner Aaron Gilchrist with pen buyer, Farmers State Bank
Right photo: Reserve Grand winner Lance Holloway with pen buyer, McAdams Propane.
The Broiler Sale ended Poultry Festival activities Saturday night with a golden egg when it raised over $110,000 for its exhibitors who were comprised of students from all over Shelby County.
Nearly 100 pens with three birds each were in the Broiler Sift Saturday morning with Texas A&M University Poultry Science judge Alisa Zulkowski examining the almost 300 birds selected by exhibitors to compete for one of the only 50 Broiler Show Sale spots available. Zulkowski spoke to the audience describing characteristics of the birds desired by judges one of which is uniformity of the birds among the pen. Uniformity is representative of the care the birds are given by the exhibitors during the almost seven week project.
Aaron Gilchrist, Shelbyville 4-H, was the Grand Champion exhibitor in the 2015 Shelby County Poultry Festival Broiler Show sale Saturday night, October 3rd. Gilchrist's Grand Champion pen sold to Farmers State Bank for $8,000. He was also the highest ranking senior in the show earning him the Shelby Savings Bank Scholarship.
The Reserve Grand honor went to Lance Holloway, Center 4-H, whose chickens sold for $4,000 to McAdams Propane.
Below are the remaining exhibitors who made the sale and the price for which their pens sold.
3rd place - Justin Hooper, Joaquin FFA, $1,750
4th place - Lane Loggins, Shelbyville 4-H, $1,500
5th place - Emilee Elliott, Center 4-H, $3,250
6th place - Chance Shumaker, Joaquin FFA, $2,250
7th place - Deakon Kay, Shelbyville 4-H, $2,250
8th place - Caleb McDonald, Center FFA, $3,999
9th place - Levi Birdwell, Center 4-H, $1,750
10th place - Logan Holloway, Center 4-H, $2,750
11th place - Colby Lout, Center 4-H, $2,500
12th place - Chandler Pritchett, Joaquin FFA, $1,250
13th place - Brynna Birdwell, Center 4-H, $2,000
14th place - Mason Barbee, Shelbyville 4-H, $2,750
15th place - Anna Holland, Tenaha FFA, $2,000
16th place - Autumn Webb, Joaquin FFA, $1,500
17th place - McKenzie Burgay, Timpson FFA, $2,700
18th place - Brayden Britt, Center 4-H, $1,750
19th place - Madelynn Hutchins, Joaquin FFA, $2,250
20th place - Kensleigh Loftin, Joaquin FFA, $1,500
21st place - Kaden LaRock, Center FFA, $1,500
22nd place - Michelle Gomez, Center 4-H, $1,400
23rd place - Hagan Craig, Center 4-H, $2,600
24th place - Kadence Polley, Center 4-H, $1,700
25th place - Tanner Doggett, Joaquin FFA, $1,900
26th place - Bethany Lindgren, Timpson FFA, $1,400
27th place - Abi Hooper, Joaquin FFA, $1,700
28th place - Camryn Crouch, Center 4-H, $2,600
29th place - Chandler Burgay, Timpson FFA, $2,500
30th place - Trista Britt, Center 4-H, $1,400
31st place - Katie Hamilton, Joaquin FFA, $1,800
32nd place - Tyce Scarber, Center 4-H, $2,900
33rd place - Amanda Yates, Timpson FFA, $1,700
34th place - Clayton Hinton, Shelbyville 4-H, $2,200
35th place - Alec Dykes, Center 4-H, $1,600
36th place - Wesley Wages, Center 4-H, $1,500
37th place - Clarissa Menefee, Center 4-H, $1,900
38th place - Lauren Neal, Joaquin FFA, $1,700
39th place - Dustin Weir, Joaquin FFA, $1,500
40th place - Ruben Soto, Center FFA, $1,500
41st place - Ryker Tomlin, Center 4-H, $2,200
42nd place - Collyn Grammer, Center 4-H, $2,000
43rd place - McKenna Williams, Center 4-H, $2,300
44th place - Maddox Hutchins, Joaquin FFA, $2,600
45th place - Clay Snider, Center FFA, $1,500
46th place - Dawson Kay, Shelbyville 4-H, $1,800
47th place - Tucker Scarber, Center 4-H, $3,999
48th place - Klay Atkison, Joaquin FFA, $2,000
49th place - Rebekah Bridges, Tenaha FFA, $3,300
50th place - Aspen Pritchett, Joaquin FFA, $2,200
Additional buyer information will be added once it is made available by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Shelby County.
Editor's note: Photos from the auction will be posted as soon as possible.
