Lincoln County Market Animal Sale

08/10/2026

🐷🐑🐄 **THANK YOU, LINCOLN COUNTY!** 🐄🐑🐷

What an incredible way to celebrate **50 years of the Lincoln County Market Animal Show & Sale!** 🎉

A HUGE thank you to **all of our buyers and add-on buyers** who came out to support the hardworking young people of Lincoln County. Your generosity means more than just a sale price—it shows our exhibitors that their dedication, long hours, early mornings, and commitment to their animals are valued and appreciated. ❤️

These young people have spent months caring for their **sheep, swine, and beef projects**, learning responsibility, patience, animal husbandry, record keeping, communication, and so many other valuable life skills along the way.

To every business, family, organization, and individual who **purchased an animal or added on to an exhibitor's project—THANK YOU!** Your investment in these kids is an investment in the future of agriculture and our community. 🌱

We are especially grateful for everyone who helped make our **50th Annual Market Animal Show & Sale** a memorable one. What started 50 years ago continues today because of the incredible support of our community.

👏 **Thank you for believing in our youth.**
👏 **Thank you for supporting agriculture.**
👏 **Thank you for making 50 years of memories possible!**

💚 **Lincoln County Youth • Agriculture • Community • Tradition** 💚

08/07/2026

Here is the YouTube link for the MASS sale live stream.

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08/07/2026

🎉 **See You Tomorrow!** 🎉

Join us **Friday, August 7 at 6:30 p.m.** for the **50th Lincoln County Market Animal Sale** in the **Livestock Rotunda** at the Lincoln County Fair!

📝 **Potential bidders and add-on buyers may begin registering at 5:30 p.m.**

Come support our outstanding youth exhibitors as they showcase the hard work, dedication, and responsibility they've demonstrated throughout their market animal projects. Your participation helps invest in the next generation of agriculture and our local community.

📖 **50 Years of Market Animal History Memory Book**
Order forms for our commemorative **50th Anniversary Memory Book** will also be available during the sale. Books are expected to cost **$10–$15** and will be available in **late September**.

We look forward to celebrating this special milestone with our exhibitors, buyers, supporters, and community. Thank you for making 50 years of the Lincoln County Market Animal Sale possible!

08/07/2026

🐂🏆 What a great afternoon in the beef barn!

Congratulations to all of our beef exhibitors who competed this afternoon! We are incredibly proud of each of you for the dedication, time, and hard work you’ve invested in your projects throughout the year. Your commitment truly showed in the ring today!

🏆 Grand Champion Breeding Stock: Brynlee Heidemann
🥈 Reserve Champion Breeding Stock: Austin Depies

🏆 Grand Champion Market Steer: Jaron Allen
🥈 Reserve Champion Market Steer: Austin Depies

🌟 Senior Showmanship: Tavin Heidemann
🌟 Reserve Senior Showmanship: Madi Skic

🌟 Intermediate Showmanship: Brynlee Heidemann
🌟 Reserve Intermediate Showmanship: Jaron Allen

🌟 Beginner Showmanship: Oaklee Podgorski
🌟 Reserve Beginner Showmanship: Connor Duley

Congratulations to all of our winners and exhibitors! Whether you earned a championship, a showmanship award, or simply had the opportunity to showcase your project, you should be incredibly proud of all you’ve accomplished. Thank you for helping make our 50th year such a memorable one! ❤️🐄🎡

08/07/2026

🐷🎉 What a fantastic day in the swine barn! 🎉🐷

Congratulations to all of our swine exhibitors who showed today! We are so proud of each and every one of you for the time, dedication, and hard work you’ve put into your projects throughout the year.

As we celebrate our 50th anniversary, we were honored to welcome Rob MacSwain, who presented his trophy to this year’s Grand Champion hog. Even more special, this is the very same trophy Rob won 50 years ago—a wonderful moment connecting our past with our present! 💙💛

🏆 Grand Champion: Russell Rozek
🥈 Reserve Champion: Tanner Reinhardt

🌟 Senior Showmanship: Connor Rajek
🌟 Reserve Senior Showmanship: Hailey Cole

🌟 Intermediate Showmanship: June Wallace
🌟 Reserve Intermediate Showmanship: Carson Wallace

🌟 Beginner Showmanship: Marcus Rice
🌟 Reserve Beginner Showmanship: Cambria Rice

Congratulations to all of our winners and exhibitors! Whether you brought home a banner, a trophy, or simply gained experience in the ring, you should be incredibly proud of everything you’ve accomplished. Thank you for helping make our 50th year one to remember! ❤️🐖🎡

08/06/2026

🎉🐑 What a great night in the sheep barn! 🐑🎉

Congratulations to all of our sheep exhibitors who showed tonight! Your dedication, early mornings, late nights, and countless hours of hard work were on full display in the ring. You should all be incredibly proud of the outstanding lambs you raised and presented. Thank you for representing our sheep program so well!

🐑Grand Champion Breeding Stock: Madi Klump
🐑Reserve Champion Breeding Stock: Madi Klump

🏆 Grand Champion Market Lamb: Kaylynn Allen
🏆Reserve Champion Market Lamb: Faith Erath

🌟 Senior Showmanship: Shelby Yates
🌟Reserve Senior Showmanship: Madi Klump

🌟 Intermediate Showmanship: Emma Savaske-Simonsmeier
🌟Reserve Intermediate Showmanship: Kimberly Klimek

🌟 Beginner Showmanship: Jaxson Savaske-Simonsmeier
🌟Reserve Beginner Showmanship: Jase Allen

Congratulations to all of tonight’s exhibitors! We are so proud of each of you and can’t wait to see what the rest of fair week has in store. Keep up the great work!

Feel free to add your photos below to share from the show tonight!

08/04/2026

We would also like to take a moment to recognize our senior exhibitors in the MASS Project.

For some, this marks their final year of eligibility to exhibit after graduating last year, while others have recently celebrated their graduation this year. No matter where they are in their journey, each of these young people has made a lasting impact on our project through their hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm.

While we will certainly miss seeing them at meetings, events, and in the show ring, we are incredibly proud of all they have accomplished and can't wait to see where life takes them next. Thank you for being an important part of the MASS Project and for the memories you've helped create along the way.

Please join us in congratulating our seniors and wishing them all the best as they begin this exciting new chapter. We wish each of them a bright, successful, and fulfilling future—you will always be a part of the MASS Project family!