Grand Champion Ham auctioned off for $1 million at Kentucky State Fair
Grand Champion Ham auctioned off for $1 million at Kentucky State Fair
CARAY: GOOD MORNING, STEPHON. JULIE, LISTEN. WE EXPECT 1500 PEOPLE AT THE KENTUCKY COUNTRY HAM BREAKFAST. THE STAR OF THE SHOW IS THE HAM AND WE TOLD YOU WE WOULD GIVE YOU A LOOK AT IT SO HERE IT GOES. THIS IS THIS YEAR’S GRAND CHAMPION HAM COMING IN AT A WHOPPING 16 POUNDS AND I WILL SHARE SOME FUN FACTS WITH YOU ABOUT THE KENTUCKY FARM BUREAU HAM BREAKFAST. TH FIRST STARTED IN 1964 AND WE LEARNED HALF AN HOUR AGO THAT THE FIRST HAM WAS AUCTIONED OFF FOR ABOUT $100 WHEREAS LAST YEAR’S HAM WAS AUCTIONED OFF AT $2.8 MILLION. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, IT IS ABOUT MIXING POLITICS WITH PHILANTHROPY AND OF COURSE DELICIOUS FOOD. IF I TOLD YOU WHAT WAS ON THE MENU TODAY, YOUR MOUTHS WOULD BE WATERING BECAUSE THEY HAVE QUITE A SPREAD THAT WHAT PEOPLE DO IS THEY BID ON THIS HAM AND LAST YEAR GOT UP TO $2.8 MILLION AND THE MONEY GOES TO THE CHARITY OF CHOICE FOR WHOEVER WINS THE HAM. THE FIRST HAM WAS $124 COME OF THE 1964 HAM. EVERY YEAR, MISS KENTUCKY PRESENTS THE PRIZE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. IT IS NOW OVER $1 MILLION. LISTEN. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR A GOOD CAUSE AND IT KICKS OFF AT 7:30. DON’T FORGET THAT TODAY IS WLKY DAY AT THE FAIR SO COME OUT AND SAY HELLO TO U
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Grand Champion Ham auctioned off for $1 million at Kentucky State Fair
How much is a really good ham worth in Kentucky?Every year, a prize-winning ham is sold at auction during the Kentucky State Fair's Country Ham Breakfast. At the annual event on Thursday, a 16-pound Grand Champion Ham, by Penn Farm in Taylor County, was sold for $1 million. The winning bid came from Central Bank.Last year's ham sold for $1.8 million more than that.The ham breakfast is one of the fair's greatest traditions, starting back in 1964. The first ham auctioned off went for about $100.The event mixes politics with philanthropy.All of the money goes to the charity of the winner's choice. Miss Kentucky always presents the ham.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
How much is a really good ham worth in Kentucky?
Every year, a prize-winning ham is sold at auction during the Kentucky State Fair's Country Ham Breakfast.
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At the annual event on Thursday, a 16-pound Grand Champion Ham, by Penn Farm in Taylor County, was sold for $1 million. The winning bid came from Central Bank.
Last year's ham sold for $1.8 million more than that.
The ham breakfast is one of the fair's greatest traditions, starting back in 1964. The first ham auctioned off went for about $100.
The event mixes politics with philanthropy.
All of the money goes to the charity of the winner's choice.
Miss Kentucky always presents the ham.