PHOTOS: Junior Livestock Auction

Taylor Sidwell gets a gentle nudge from sister Paisley’s prize winning steer at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. The sisters are from Weld County. The Colorado State Fair will continue through Labor Day in Pueblo.

Paisley Sidwell hugs her prize winning steer before the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. The sisters are from Weld County. The Colorado State Fair will continue through Labor Day in Pueblo.

Dallen Bringhurst from Elbert County talks to Ted Severn about his prize winning hog before the Junior Livestock Sale at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Ted Severn is with the Pikes Peak Posse group whose member bid on and bought many of the youngsters animals that they had raised. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Scenes from the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Taylor Sidwell gets a gentle nudge from sister Paisley’s prize winning steer at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. The sisters are from Weld County. The Colorado State Fair will continue through Labor Day in Pueblo. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

A prize winning hog gets a little snooze before the Junior Livestock Show at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Gannon True from Weld County spends some time with his sheep before the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Scenes from the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

After pooling their money together, the “Fair Ladies” bid on the chickens at the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Brooke Barnett shows on of her Grand Champion rabbits to the crowd of bidders at the Junior Livestock Show at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Barnett is from Garfield County. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Jake Jabs, owner of American Furniture Warehouses, takes notes before bidding on animals at the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Scenes from the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)

Scenes from the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Pete Coors (center), retired chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Company, places a bid at the Junior Livestock Sale at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Coors is a member of the Denver Rustlers, who have been attending the auction and bidding for 40 years. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Ridge Kayser’s Grand Champion hog earned $27,000 at the annual Junior Livestock Sale at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Kayser is from the small town of Eaton in Weld County. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Scenes from the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Tenley Becker waits in the wings to show her prize winning steer at the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

The auctioneers assistant holds up 4 finger for a $40,000 bid on the Grand Champion Market Steer that ended up going for $50,000 at the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)

Jake King (right) had the Grand Champion market steer and took the big cash prize of $50,000 at the Junior Livestock Auction at the Colorado State Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett The Gazette)