LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – A 13-year-old Seagraves teenager set a new auction record at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo after her grand champion market lamb sold for $1 million in the junior market lamb auction.<\/p>\n
Reagan Miller, a member of the Denver City FFA, said the win felt like a major milestone.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust knowing that we won Houston sheep show is incredible,\u201d Miller said. \u201cIt\u2019s like winning the Super Bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n
Showing livestock runs in Miller\u2019s family. Her parents showed animals before her, and she said the practice requires daily commitment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a very strict hair and leg program that we do,\u201d Miller said. \u201cEvery day after school, we come out here, we work them, we walk them, we do something with them so they get exercise and know what they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller had already earned reserve grand champion market goat and lamb at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo in February before competing at RodeoHouston. She said competing at different shows has helped her grow.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time we go somewhere different, I meet a new friend and I learn more about showing livestock and how important it is,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n
Miller\u2019s grand champion market lamb, named Wazowski, sold for $1 million in the junior market lamb auction \u2014 surpassing the previous record by $550,000. Miller said the buyers gave the purchase added significance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really amazing cause the people that bought it, they bought it in memory of their daughter that passed away in a car accident,\u201d Miller said. \u201cSo just knowing they put all that money into my animal is really amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller said she managed her nerves going into the competition deliberately.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t get really nervous cause then all my nervousness will go into the sheep and then he\u2019ll be nervous,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Miller and her family are preparing for Rodeo Austin, where she is scheduled to compete in the junior market lamb and goat show on March 20.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to have confidence in yourself,\u201d Miller said. \u201cWhen something is hard, you need to keep trying. You can\u2019t get down on yourself cause if you do, you\u2019re just gonna give up on life.\u201d<\/p>\n
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