Conglomerate buys grand champion steer
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August 4, 2026

Conglomerate buys grand champion steer

By Sarah Vollrath 

Cooper Phelps sold the grand champion steer for $11,000 to the New Albany Company, Bar S Livestock and Land LLC, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Marysville DQ, Arthur J Gallager/JH Ward Agency, Union Propane, Heritage Cooperative, Merchants National Bank, Richwood Bank, Weeks Plumbing, Jenny Phelps, Memorial Health, Gerten Farms and Sam Jackson’s Auto Body Repairs. Pictured from left are Brian Hasson with NACo, Chase McGugin with NACo, Fair Queen Rebecca Comstock, Scott Weeks with Weeks Plumbing, Jarad Jackson with Sam Jackson’s Auto Body Repairs, Sydney Nicol, Robert Spanswick with Bar S Livestock and Land, LLC, Nick Scheiderer with Nutrien Ag Solutions, Darrison Cook with Daisy Cook, Lauren Scheiderer, Jenny Phelps (in front), Melanie Ziegler with Memorial Health (in back), Lisa Warne with Heritage Cooperative, Dean Cook with Union Propane, Tiffany Wood with Richwood Bank, Phelps, Greg Gerten, John Ward with Arthur J Gallager/JH Ward Agency, Sharif Rodgers with Merchants National Bank, Elliot Ward with Arthur J Gallager/JH Ward Agency and Don Fraser with Marysville DQ.

(Journal-Tribune photo by Sarah Vollrath)

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