Last chance to help out Benton Franklin fair’s youngest livestock exhibitors

The hard work of raising livestock paid off with $773,000 raised at Friday’s auction for young 4-H and FFA members at the Benton Franklin Fair in Kennewick this year.

The total could be higher, with donations accepted through 6 p.m. Saturday at the fair’s market stock office by the barns or online at bit.ly/2017fairstock.

Almost 450 kids from Benton and Franklin counties and the Columbia School District in Burbank exhibited animals this year. They sold steer, goats, lambs and pigs they raised.

Some will use the money they earned for the expenses of raising another animal next year to sell at the fair, with many socking away profits for college, said Tom Kinion, president of the fair’s market stock committee.

This story was originally published August 26, 2017 at 2:06 PM with the headline "Last chance to help out Benton Franklin fair’s youngest livestock exhibitors."