Paying over $500 for a duck or $1,000 for a turkey might seem crazy to you, but it is part of how businesses and youth exhibitors support each other at events like the Kewaunee County Fair Animal Auction.

The work began months ago for the youth as they picked out their animals and raised them to be award -winning animals. In the weeks leading up to Saturday's animal auction, youth begin writing letters to local businesses letting them know that they would be participating and that they would appreciate their support.

It is a process familiar to Jordan Ebert, who participated in the event as a youth himself. Now he is on the other side as one of the buyers of Ebert Enterprises and their other businesses Homestead Kitchen and Tap and Salmon's Meats. Ebert always appreciated the community that supported him when he was in the shoes of the dozens of youth exhibitors that participated in Saturday's auction. He believes in the two way street that exists in Kewaunee County where the families support the businesses and the businesses support the youth by buying the animals they worked so hard on for the past few months.

Kewaunee County businesses spent thousands of dollars buying ducks, chickens, pigs, sheep, steers, and other animals during this year's auction. Door County businesses can return the favor to their youth during the Door County Quality Market Animal Sale on August 13th.