The livestock auction on the closing day of the Ohio State Fair has set six price records, including one for some high-priced poultry.
A group of four grand champion meat chickens raised by 18-year-old Tyler Gray of central Ohio's Union County sold to the Kroger Co. for $27,000. That's $9,000 more than the previous record, paid in 2001 by Kroger, the Cincinnati-based supermarket chain.
Sunday's Sale of Champions at the fair also set new all-time high prices for: reserve grand champion market beef; reserve grand champion market barrow; grand champion market lamb; reserve grand champion market lamb; and reserve grand champion meat chickens.
Overall, the auction raised $272,500, also a record amount. Proceeds will go toward the fair's youth program.
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