AUCTIONS
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ junior market auctions reward young Texas 4-H and FFA students for their hard work year round. Volunteers on the five auction committees ensure that all exhibitors who make the auction receive above-market prices for their junior market animals. Additionally, various commercial livestock sales are held during the Rodeo.
2025 Auction Schedule
Ranching & Wildlife Auction: Friday, March 7, 1 p.m.
Junior Commercial Steer Auction: Monday, March 10, 1 p.m.
Junior Market Lamb & Goat Auction: Friday, March 14, 11 a.m.
Junior Market Poultry Auction: Saturday, March 15, 11 a.m.
School Art Auction: Sunday, March 16, 11 a.m.
Junior Market Barrow Auction: Friday, March 21, 11 a.m.
Junior Market Steer Auction: Saturday, March 22, 11 a.m.
SILVER SPUR MEMBERSHIP AND SILVER SPUR CLUB
The Silver Spur Club includes donors who have spent a cumulative of $25,000 or more, or buying organizations who have spent a cumulative of $50,000 or more, at the Barrow, Lamb & Goat, Poultry, School Art, Steer or Wine auctions.
2025 Junior Market Auction Champion Donors
GOAT
Grand Champion
- Exhibitor: Brisco Black
- Club/Chapter: Brown County 4-H
- Price: $400,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Fire Safe Protection Services, LP – Lizzy & Stephen McKinney; Skip Avara; Tea & Bill Pinkley; and Anne & Chris Richardson
- Rodeo Record: $400,000 (2025)
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
- Exhibitor: Stran Mayes
- Club/Chapter: Parker County 4-H
- Price: $200,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Melissa & Jimmy Guinn II; Jill Herrera & Chris Boening; Tonya Yurgensen-Jacks & Kevin Jacks; and the Kym Coleman Education Foundation (KCEF) – Cookie Michael
- Rodeo Record: $200,000 (2024, 2025)
LAMB
Grand Champion
- Exhibitor: Madden Wise
- Club/Chapter: Brown County 4-H
- Price: $450,000
- Donors: The Hildebrand Family, in honor of Ruth Ann and Dr. Tommy Hildebrand
- Rodeo Record: $500,000 (2024)
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
- Exhibitor: Graham Newsom
- Club/Chapter: Hale County 4-H
- Price: $300,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Tammy & Mitchell Barrier; Amy & Mark Melton; Mary Lee & Alan Stigall; and April & Scott Townsend – in memory of Mary Hucherson, longtime L&G Auction contributor
- Rodeo Record: $300,000 (2025)
BROILERS
Grand Champion
- Exhibitor: Barney Kelley
- Club/Chapter: Texas City FFA
- Price: $301,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Patsy & Wayne Turner; Sheri & Rob Walker; and Fatemah & Roger Camp
- Rodeo Record: $301,000 (2025)
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
- Exhibitor: Ella Porter
- Club/Chapter: Evening Star 4-H
- Price: $225,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Mach Industrial Group – Kathleen & Tom Mach; Andrea Bryant; Christine & Micheal McWilliams; and Higginbotham & Associates – Dudley Ray & Mark Lee
- Rodeo Record: $225,000 (2025)
TURKEY
Grand Champion
- Exhibitor: Kelsey Johnson
- Club/Chapter: Alpha Omega Academy FFA
- Price: $315,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Kristina & Paul Somerville; Andrea & Scott Fish; Becky & Kelly Joy; and J Alan Kent Development – Julie & Alan Kent
- Rodeo Record: $315,000 (2025)
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
- Exhibitor: Stetson McKinley
- Club/Chapter: Lake Creek FFA
- Price: $220,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Billy Parker; Aimee & JP Monteverde; Cheryl & Dr. Barry W. Heaton; and Big Country Outdoors – Heather & Sean Congdon
- Rodeo Record: $220,000 (2025)
BARROW
Grand Champion
- Exhibitor: Dallas Martinez
- Club/Chapter: Shelby County 4-H
- Price: $501,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Jackie & Jon Hodges; Russell Marine, LLC; Jill & Russell Inserra; Reytec Construction – Gregg T. Reyes
- Rodeo Record: $501,000 (2025)
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
- Exhibitor: Zachery Blount
- Club/Chapter: Kerr County 4-H
- Price: $360,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Cristina & Christopher Box; Isela & Juan Garcia; Bridgette & John Grimes; Stronghold Limited – Dorothy & Darrel Pearson
- Rodeo Record: $360,000 (2025)
STEER
Grand Champion
- Exhibitor: Jacob Schickedanz
- Club/Chapter: Ochiltree County 4-H
- Price: $675,000
- Donors: Sally Flores, Belinda Flores Young, and Chay Flores Taylor, in memory of Rigo Flores, Sr.
- Rodeo Record: $1,000,000 (2022, 2024)
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
- Exhibitor: Jett Hale
- Club/Chapter: Miami FFA
- Price: $690,000
- Donors: Champagne Cowgirls and the Tutcher Family Foundation
- Rodeo Record: $690,000 (2025)
2025 School Art Auction Champion Donors
Grand Champion
- Exhibitor: Sophie Zhou
- School District: The Kinkaid School
- Art: painting, “Nurture”
- Price: $276,000 (Rodeo Record)
- Donors: Kristina & Paul Somerville; J Alan Kent Development – Julie & Alan Kent; Jennifer, Joe & Bob Van Matre; and Shelly, Jerome, Allie, Abbie & Cameron Mulanax
- Rodeo Record: $276,000 (2025)
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
- Exhibitor: Hyewon (Joy) Park
- School District: Fort Bend ISD
- Art: painting, “Night at the Arena”
- Price: $200,000
- Donors: Cheryl & Gary Deitcher; Hogue Landscape Services – Laura & Matthew Hogue; Terry & Dr. Joe Agris; and Lisa Scheller
- Rodeo Record: $265,000 (2022)
2025 Wine Auction Champion Donors
Grand Champion
- Wine: Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut Champagne AOC, NV
- Price: $200,000
- Donors: Andrea Bryant – in Memory of Bruce, John M. Cotterell, Cindy & WW Rowland, Curtis Clerkley
- Rodeo Record: $335,000 (2024)
RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
- Wine: Markham Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, 2021
- Price: $225,000
- Donors: J Alan Kent Development – Julie & Alan Kent, Randa & Ray Gilliam, Andrea & Scott Fish, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson
- Rodeo Record: $225,000 (2024, 2025)
HOW AUCTIONS WORK
Generous donors are not only supporting the exhibitors’ livestock projects, the donations also go toward funding scholarships and educational programs for the youth of Texas. Based upon placing, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo establishes a guaranteed premium for each exhibitor who qualifies for a junior market auction. Once guaranteed premiums are paid to the exhibitors, the net proceeds from the auction are contributed to the Educational Fund to support the Show’s commitment to the youth of Texas and education.
See the payout distribution below.
Payout Distribution
The following payout distribution shows the guaranteed premium for each exhibitor placing. Each auction is conducted by a dedicated committee of volunteers who pre-sell a majority of the lots to ensure that each exhibitor receives a guaranteed premium, regardless of whether or not a bid is received on every lot.