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

Ryleigh Witt is the exhibitor of the 2023 Grand Champion Market Steer at the Missouri State Fair. Witt is from Warrenton, and is a member of the Hawk Point 4-H Club. Witt’s prize-winning Crossbred steer weighed 1,410 pounds.

The Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer honor went to Paisley Nelson of Platte City. Nelson is a member of the Platte County 4-H Club. Nelson’s Charolais Composite steer weighed 1,380 pounds.

Both Witt and Nelson will sell their steers in two of 16 lots offered in the Missouri State Fair Sale of Champions on Saturday August 19. 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.