Payton Rodgers, daughter of Blaine and Melissa Rodgers, is the exhibitor of the 2021 Grand Champion Market Steer at the Missouri State Fair. Rodgers is from Savannah, and is a member of the Kodiak Kadets 4-H Club. Her prize-winning crossbred steer weighed 1,305 pounds.

The Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer honor went to Lucas Leefers, of Edgerton. He is the son of Doyle and Kristen Leefers and is a member of the Hoover Heroes 4-H Club. Leefers’ market crossbred steer weighed 1,330 pounds.

Both Rodgers and Leefers will sell their market steers in two of 16 lots offered in the Missouri State Fair Sale of Champions. Proceeds from the annual sale benefit both the winning exhibitors and the Missouri State Fair Youth in Agriculture (YIA) Scholarship Program, administered by the Missouri State Fair Foundation.

The Sale will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, August 21, in the Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall. The entire auction will be live-streamed live by KMMO on its Facebook page.