Photo By: Justin Fowler The State Journal-Register
By: Steven Spearie, The State Journal-Register
Illinois State Fair:
Landrey Freeman of Winchester proclaimed it “the best experience of her life.”
Her mother, Jessica Freeman, “couldn’t believe the numbers that were coming out of the auctioneer’s mouth.”
When the dust cleared on the Governor’s Sale of Champions Tuesday at the Coliseum of Champions at the Illinois State Fair, Landrey Freeman’s Grand Champion Steer had fetched a record $105,000 bid from Illinois first lady MK Pritzker.