How does $173.19 per pound sound? The top steer at the Fort Worth Stock Show goes for $230,000 in a Sale of Champions bidding battle.

Nine-year-old Raylee Bain buried her face in the soft, thick fur of Brother Bain, a 1,188-pound black and white steer.

The steer, shown by 18-year-old Cuatro Schauer of Beeville, was purchased by Dick Wallwrath, a Texas rancher and philanthropist who has become something of a legend in agricultural circles by purchasing stock in other shows and funding numerous scholarships.

Cody Taton finishes as the highest money winner with $13,259.

Cuatro Schauer of Beeville has also shown grand champion animals at the county and state levels.

But some bite, and when a buck catches the scent of a doe, watch out.

Attendance is now

Some find the decisions agonizing.

The Stock Show finals brings plenty of name recognition.

Nearly 53,000 visited the grounds of the Will Rogers Memorial Center on Thursday and at the end of the day the Fort Worth Stock Show had drawn 1,035,500 people.

‘I don't know how you could have gotten better weather than we had this year,' its president says.

The giggle of girls from Rice FFA jotted facts furiously on flimsy pieces of paper.

They aren't the main attraction at the Stock Show, but the competition is tough.

When cerebral palsy prevents one 10-year-old from showing steer, his brother steps in.

Steer wrestler makes a comeback with a fast second-round time.

Good weather is spreading some economic sunshine for sellers of clothes, knives, cabins and more.

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The previous high was 955,500, set in 2006.

A $3,500 prize draws a crowd to the Fort Worth competition.