9-Year-Old's Porker Goes for a Record $51G
By Associated Press
Thu Jul 20, 3:58 PM
CASPER, Wyo. - Lacey Washut's prized porker fetched a pretty penny, but the price may not pan out lest it break the bank. During an auction at the Central Wyoming Fair, C & Y Transportation bid $200 per pound for the 255-pound pig _ a whopping $51,000.
But Lacey's mother, Chaynee Washut, said the company didn't realize it was bidding so much and is talking with 4-H officials about whether the price could be renegotiated.
"It's kind of sad," Chaynee Washut said. "There's rumors floating around that C & Y are refusing to pay, and that's just not the situation."
On average, a pig will sell for $4 to $6 a pound.
Lacey, 9, originally intended to bring a different pig to the fair, but that pig died of pneumonia. That's when her friends gave her a second pig, which she quickly fattened up for the fair.
Chaynee Washut said the only thing that mattered to Lacey was that she wanted to donate a portion of her sale toward the construction of a new swine barn at the fairgrounds.
"After Lacey found out she'd be getting less, she said, 'I can still donate some of my money, can't I?" Chaynee Washut said.
By Associated Press
Thu Jul 20, 3:58 PM
CASPER, Wyo. - Lacey Washut's prized porker fetched a pretty penny, but the price may not pan out lest it break the bank. During an auction at the Central Wyoming Fair, C & Y Transportation bid $200 per pound for the 255-pound pig _ a whopping $51,000.
But Lacey's mother, Chaynee Washut, said the company didn't realize it was bidding so much and is talking with 4-H officials about whether the price could be renegotiated.
"It's kind of sad," Chaynee Washut said. "There's rumors floating around that C & Y are refusing to pay, and that's just not the situation."
On average, a pig will sell for $4 to $6 a pound.
Lacey, 9, originally intended to bring a different pig to the fair, but that pig died of pneumonia. That's when her friends gave her a second pig, which she quickly fattened up for the fair.
Chaynee Washut said the only thing that mattered to Lacey was that she wanted to donate a portion of her sale toward the construction of a new swine barn at the fairgrounds.
"After Lacey found out she'd be getting less, she said, 'I can still donate some of my money, can't I?" Chaynee Washut said.
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