text: Going, going, gone - San Antonio Express-News
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  O'Connor senior Courtney Stone, 17, (left) shows her Grand Champion steer Saturday at the Walter Gerlach Livestock Show. She took home $15,000 for her efforts.
  Bill Estes of Lock Hill Feed, Pet & Lawn Supply, raises his hand to place a bid at Saturday's auction. He's been a buyer since 1984 when Holmes FAA students worked for him at the store.
  Logan Lusk, 11, of Rudder Middle School, poses with his Reserve Champion rabbits during the 41st annual Walter Gerlach Livestock Show and Sale auction.
  Steven Charo shows Albert, O'Connor sophomore Katelynn Sullaway's Grand Champion hog to the crowd Saturday.
  The 41st annual Walter Gerlach Livestock Show and Sale wrapped up its five-day run Saturday at the Gerlach Show Barn, 18945 Babcock Road, with record sales.
  A full house turned out once again to bid on 315 entries of poultry, rabbits, lambs, goats and steers in this year's show, all raised by local FFA students. Show organizers reported this year's event brought in $687,000, surpassing last year's record sales of $637,300.
  Courtney Stone, a 17-year-old senior at O'Connor High School, took home $15,000 for her Grand Champion steer.
  "It's awesome to go out with a bang my senior year," Stone said. "We wanted to get Grand Champion. It's all worth it. A lot of hard work but it's worth it."
  Stone has been raising steers for only two years now, and the money earned from her efforts will help towards her college expenses at UTSA this fall.
  Katelynn Sullaway, a 16-year-old sophomore cheerleader at O'Connor has been at it much longer, raising hogs since she was in third grade.
  Her efforts were rewarded Saturday when her hog, Albert, took Grand Champion in market swine and brought her $6,850 in return.
  Albert was her third Grand Champion, and she is looking forward to adding to that total. She wouldn't divulge her secret for success, saying only that it "should stay a secret."
  "We put in a lot of hours and a lot of family commitment into raising the hog so it's a big accomplishment to win Grand Champion," Sullaway added.
  Bill Estes, owner of Lock Hill Feed, Pet & Lawn Supply, was back on the auction floor once again to support the program.
  Estes has been a buyer at the show since about 1984 when students in the Holmes FFA program worked for him at the feed store and had animals in the show. "I think it's a great program," Estes said. "It teaches kids responsibility."
  He also feels the money he spends purchasing their animals is an investment in the community.
  "You know these kids use this money to go to college," Estes said. "They come back to the community and put back into the community and provide services."
  As an example, Estes pointed to a man in the crowd whose daughter was in the show not too long ago, but has now returned to San Antonio to practice veterinary medicine.