The Missouri State Fair Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion steer exhibitors have been announced.

Mikaela Rojas, of New Boston, is the exhibitor of the 2022 Grand Champion Market Steer at the Missouri State Fair. Rojas is a member of the Shelby 4-H Club. Her prize-winning steer weighed 1,310 pounds.

The Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer honor went to Laurin Dilly, of Deerfield. Dilly is a member of the Nevada FFA chapter. Dilly’s steer weighed 1,350 pounds.

Rojas and Dilly are scheduled to sell their 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 Scholarship Program, administered by the Missouri State Fair Foundation.

Many livestock exhibitors will work toward earning a place in the ring at the time-honored Sale of Champions Auction. Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Steers, Barrows, Lambs, Meat Goats, Pens of Chickens and Pens of Rabbits will be featured in the auction, along with the Grand and Reserve Grand Champion Hams and Bacon. The Sale will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, August 20, in the Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall. The entire auction will be broadcasted live on kmmo.com.