Following the auction Cover Girl for 2023 Ryleigh Greer, Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show board member Edna Martinez, younger brother Levi Robbins, father Sam Robbins, Grand Champion Market Goat Wyatt Robbins and Cover Girl 2nd Runner Up Kayla Zuniga pose for a photo together Saturday morning at the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
MERCEDES — After two years of severe restrictions from COVID, the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and Rodeo was back in full swing — with the Grand Champion Steer selling for $22,000.
Michelle Flores, mother of Grand Champion Steer winner Reynaldo Flores, works to make a wreath for her son’s steer Saturday morning before the start of the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Showlife-4H member Mando Garza wields a canister of glitter over Grand Champion Market Steer winner Reynaldo Flores’ Charolais steer, Saturday morning as the group prepares for the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Grand Champion for Market Steer Reynaldo Flores leads his Charolais out of his pen Saturday morning ahead of the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Showlife 4-H competitor and Maine Anjou Steer Champion Jazlynn Flores carries the flower wreathe for her steer Saturday morning as their group prepares for the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Breed Champion for Haired Sheep, 11-year-old Leilani Gonzalez, of La Joya FFA, stands with her Haired sheep Saturday morning as she prepares for the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Grand Champion for Market Steer 15-year-old Reynaldo Flores waits with his Charolais steer to enter the presentation area Saturday morning for the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Grand Champion for Market Lamb 13-year-old Christopher Ramirez, of Weslaco FFA, waits to enter the auction with his market lamb Saturday morning for the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Grand Champion for Market Hogs Keaton Fohn, of Highland Hustlers 4-H, turns his Hampshire hog for another pass in front of the audience Saturday morning at the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)Following the auction Cover Girl for 2023 Ryleigh Greer, Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show board member Edna Martinez, younger brother Levi Robbins, father Sam Robbins, Grand Champion Market Goat Wyatt Robbins and Cover Girl 2nd Runner Up Kayla Zuniga pose for a photo together Saturday morning at the Sale of Champions auction at the 2022 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo in Mercedes, Texas. (Denise Cathey/The Brownsville Herald)
