Flatonia Livestock Show Awards Top Honors, $213,225 in Sales

Adalyn Carrales exhibited the grand champion steer. It weighed 1,482 lbs. and brought $10,000 at auction. Buyers were Heartbrand Beef, Giddings Livestock Commission, All In Exotics, Oak Grove Vet Clinic, CWD Cattle, Muldoon Minerals, Cal-Maine Foods Inc., Stephen & Miranda Reddish, Flatonia Pizza Co., Oviedo Dodge, Colorado Valley Telephone Coop., Brad Mann, Fayette Savings, S & S Grain Inc., Brian Milson, Legacy Land Associates, Flatonia General Store-NAPA, Sellers Lease Service, Lee Williams, Robert’s Steakhouse and Livestock Nutrition Center. Savannah Dees exhibited the grand champion lamb. It weighed 151 lbs. and sold for $6,500 at auction. Buyers were Giddings Livestock Commission, Arnold Land & Cattle, Chris & Morgan Baumbach, Heartbrand Beef, HEB, Capital Monuments, Flatonia Livestock Commission, Dale Janak, Oak Grove Vet Clinic, Hopkins Ranch, SSK Enterprises LLC, Diamond W Sweets, Diamond W Cattle, City Meat Market, Dittert Show Lambs, Carolyn Smrkovsky in memory of Roy Smrkovsky, DK Refidgeration/A.C., Lonestar Cattle Ventures, Partners Insurance, Jose & Christina Manzano, Ben & Misti Wagner Family, Stockmans Choice Auctions, Dee’s Cattle Ltd. and Ted Urban. Jehnsen Janecka exhibited the reserve champion steer. It weighed 1,232 lbs. and sold for $8,000 at auction. Buyers were Buddy & Sharron, Delphin, Heather & Fallyn Janecka, Chad Eckleberg, David & Lori Janecka, Giddings Livestock Commission, Mica Electric, Heartbrand Beef, Oak Grove Vet Clinic, Flatonia Livestock Commission, Texas Poultry Supply/Cumberland, Cal-Maine Foods Inc., Capital Monuments, Tad Beck’s Trucking, Creations & Images by Liz, Chris & Morgan Baumbach, Texas Farm & Ranch Solution LLC, Colorado Valley Telephone Coop., Dee’s Cattle Ltd., JoJo & Kaci Carrales, Hack & Wanda McDaniel, Katy & Emily Smith and Stockmans Choice Auctions. Kaylee Branecky exhibited the reserve champion rabbits. They sold for $2,275 at auction. Buyers were Gladys Seifert, The Randolph Company, Prototype Machine Co., Heartbrand Beef, Larry Branecky, Daron & Cindy Standard, Fayette Savings, Crossroads Bank of Moulton, Branecky Metal and Branecky Treasurers. Alexis Berkenhoff exhibited the grand champion hog. It weighed 244 lbs. and sold for $6,500 at auction. Buyers were RES Construction, Balcones Minerals, Tim Mica Soil Service, Lone Star Cattlemen Foundation, HEB, Joe & Roxanne Orsak, Elgin & Elyse Kristinik, Gilbert & Arlene Velasquez, Texas Farm & Ranch Solution LLC, Flatonia Livestock Commission, Colorado Valley Telephone Coop., Andrew & Susan Velasquez, Four County Auction Center Inc., Cattlemans Columbus Livestock Auction, Arnold Kasmiersky, Jr., Calvert Livestock, Inc., Lexington Livestock and Gary & Anne McBride. Wade Mulholland exhibited the grand champions rabbits. They sold for $3,500 at auction. Buyers were Cal-Maine Foods Inc., Randy & Carolina Kitchen, Tex Propane, The Randolph Company, Double K Custom Homes, Jason & Ashton Laake, Hudec Cattle, Diamond W Sweets, Faith Family Fun Center/Tenth Frame Bowl, Faith Family Plumbing, Herzik Milk & Grain, Fayette County Farm Bureau, Sullivan Exotics, Prosperity Bank and Joyce & Spencer Altman. Blakely Mica exhibited the reserve champion hog. It weighed 268 lbs. and sold for $4,225 at auction. Buyers were Muldoon Minerals, All In Exotics, Virginia Steinhauser, Steinhauser Clay, Inc., Flatonia Livestock Commission, Tim Mica Soil Service, Gold N Vibes, Charles Zapalac JP of Precinct 3 & Darcie, The Randolph Company, Legacy Land Associates, Sprinkle Green Irrigation, Colorado Valley Telephone Coop., Jamie’s Cafe, Robert’s Steakhouse, S & S Grain Inc., Braydon & Hannah Mica and Ben & Misti Wagner. Otto Kosler exhibited the reserve champion broilers. They sold for $2,275 at auction. Buyers were Muldoon Minerals, Fayette Savings, The Randolph Company, Walter & Jeannette Raabe, Shannon Raabe-Barnes, Benjamin Schovajsa, Flatonia General Store-NAPA, S & S Grain Inc., Barnes Repair Service, LLC, Gerard & Micki Kosler, Kevin Raabe, David Urban Bookeeping, Loretta Vinklarek and Matt Kosler. Photos by Andy Behlen

The Flatonia Livestock Show took place last week and concluded with the awards presentation and premium sale held Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Carl Smith Pavilion on the Flatonia ISD Campus. Flatonia 4-H and FFA members exhibited 77 entries. In the premium sale, the grand and reserve champion winners all sold for the maximum amount set by rules. Total proceeds amounted to $213,225.