The Grand Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Market Goats at the Missouri State Fair have been announced.

Ty Murphy is the exhibitor of the 2023 Grand Champion Market Goat at the Missouri State Fair. Murphy is from Houstonia, and is a member of the Kennedy 4-H Club. Murphy’s prize-winning goat weighed 75 pounds.

The Reserve Grand Champion Market Goat honor went to Payton Rodgers of Savannah. She is a member of the Savannah FFA Chapter. Payton’s goat weighed 106 pounds.

On Saturday, August 19, both Murphy and Rodgers will sell their goats 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.

Many 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 Bacons. The Sale will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, August 19, in the Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall.

The entire auction will be broadcast live by KMMO radio online.