SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Both the caliber of Illinois beef and being together in-person were celebrated at the 2022 Illinois Beef Expo at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Feb. 24-27.
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Brady Webster, of Lomax, Ill., and Kylee Freeman of Carthage, Ill., both John Wood Community College freshman students and members of the school’s judging team, stand with a bull that sold for $3,000 at the IPT Bull Sale at the Illinois Beef Expo.
Ashton Hunter of Carthage, Ill., who showed a Simmental heifer at the Illinois Beef Expo, and Isaac Stotts of Golden, Ill., the 2022 Adams County Beef Ambassador, stand with a bull that sold for $,7000 at the IPT Bull Sale.
Successfully sold bull ready to leave Beef Expo.
Snow on Feb. 24 didn’t stop the sale.
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