Gene Meyer of Marengo signals a bid to the auctioneer at the 4-H Livestock Auction and Sale of Champions at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock Saturday.

Christian Gossin | Staff Photographer

A sheep is shown around the ring at the 4-H Livestock Auction and Sale of Champions at the McHenry County Fair Saturday in Woodstock.

Christian Gossin | Staff Photographer

Bidders fill the stands of the Hansen Pavilion for the 4-H Livestock Auction and Sale of Champions at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock Saturday.

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Rabbits purchased during the 4-H Livestock Auction and Sale of Champions at the McHenry County Fair stay cool under the Hansen Pavilion Saturday.

Christian Gossin | Staff Photographer

Presenters at the 4-H Livestock Auction and Sale of Champions showed off their livestock in the Hansen Pavilion Saturday at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock. Many visitors who won bids donated their prizes to local businesses.

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Austin Gratz, 10, of Harvard gets ready to show his sheep at the 4-H Livestock Auction and Sale of Champions at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock Saturday.

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An auctioneer introduces the cattle round of the 4-H Livestock Auction and Sale of Champions at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock Saturday.

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Twelve-year-old Ethan Dahl of Spring Grove can't believe that he did not win the pie eating contest at the McHenry County Fair Sunday August 5, 2012 in Woodstock.

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The food booths at the McHenry County Fair are lined with people Sunday August 5, 2012 in Woodstock.

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Debbie Kelly of Woodstock tries to coax her son Matthew, 4, to milk a cow at the McHenry County Fair Sunday August 5, 2012 in Woodstock.

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Four-year-old Skyler McLeer of Woodstock tries his hand at "steering" a 1964 Case 730 Diesel tractor on display at the McHenry County Fair Sunday August 5, 2012 in Woodstock.

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Rachael Kay Freitag, of Hebron left, and Danielle Menge of Harvard, both seven, try to control RJ, a bull calf, while they have their picture taken at the McHenry County Fair Sunday August 5, 2012 in Woodstock.

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The six to twelve year-olds get a face full of pie during the pie eating contest at the McHenry County Fair Sunday August 5, 2012 in Woodstock.

BRIAN HILL | Staff Photographer