Celebrating Champions
![A sign with green text that reads, “To Make the Best BETTER” with 4-leaf clovers on either side.](http://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/styles/slide_show/public/blog/2023_dixie_national_224_kwhREV.jpg?itok=YjZKoPTt)
The 2023 Dixie National Junior Round-Up, held annually in February at the Jackson fairgrounds, hosted 1,257 young people, including more than 1,000 4-H’ers, showing 2,153 head of livestock. Animals shown included beef and dairy cattle; meat, dairy, and Boer goats; hogs; and lambs. In addition, 4-H hosted its first-ever rabbit show. The 2023 Sale of Junior Champions grossed $456,285 for 48 animals sold, a new sales record. Also, 39 scholarships were awarded for a total of $61,500. The 2023 event was the largest sale yet supporting Mississippi young people showing animals.
![A boy and a girl standing in front of a goat.](/sites/default/files/2023_dixie_national_223_kwhREV.jpg)
![A girl standing in a show ring.](/sites/default/files/2023_dixie_national_182_kwhREV.jpg)
![A girl holding a rabbit.](/sites/default/files/2023_dixie_national_142_kwhREV.jpg)
![A girl showing a goat.](/sites/default/files/2023_dixie_national_140_kwhREV.jpg)
![Two young people, a boy and a girl holding goats and looking up.](/sites/default/files/2023_dixie_national_212_kwhREV.jpg)
![A boy leaning on a thin black column.](/sites/default/files/2023_dixie_national_195_kwhREV.jpg)
![A boy showing a pig.](/sites/default/files/2023_dixie_national_165_kwhREV.jpg)
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