Teen cattleman cleans up at Ontario Co. Fair
Country Folks
August 12, 2026

Teen cattleman cleans up at Ontario Co. Fair

A4-H?er since he was a boy, Travis Clark, 14, from Rushville, won Grand Champion 4-H Market Animal with his Simmental steer at the recent Ontario County Fair in Canandaigua, NY, and sold it at the show?s market auction for $7,000 (as well as a pig for $2,800).

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