Aug 25 Local News Champion Ham Fetches $600,000 A team from Louisville-based Republic Bank submitted the top bid for this year’s Kentucky State Fair grand champion country ham (displayed in photo by Miss Kentucky Ann Blair Thornton). The ham auction is the traditional end of the annual Kentucky Farm Bureau country ham breakfast at the fair. Republic Bank was the top bidder at […] By Rick Howlett Aug 25 Local News Champion Ham Fetches $600,000 Rick Howlett
Aug 26 Local News Grand Champion Ham Sells For $1.6 Million Republic Bank and Dr. Mark Lynn and Associates agreed to combine their top bids of $800,000 each for the 16 pound ham, produced by Broadbent's B and B Foods in western Kentucky. By Rick Howlett Aug 26 Local News Grand Champion Ham Sells For $1.6 Million Rick Howlett
Aug 21 Local News Republic Bank Top Bidder For Champion Ham The grand champion country ham at the Kentucky State Fair fetched a six-figure price at a charity auction Thursday morning. The grand champion ham, produced by Broadbent’s B and B Foods of Lyon County, Kentucky, sold for $200,000 during the Kentucky Farm Bureau’s annual ham breakfast. The top bidder was Louisville-based Republic Bank. The proceeds […] By Rick Howlett Aug 21 Local News Republic Bank Top Bidder For Champion Ham Rick Howlett