Photos: St. Charles County Fair heats up in Wentzville

The fight to keep livestock cool is underway at the St. Charles County Fair in Wentzville. The fair, featuring rides and games in addition to ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables and artwork, ends Saturday night. Outside of the St. Louis region, most of the rest of the state is experiencing drought conditions, damaging crops and forcing some farmers to sell off cattle for lack of feed.

Photos by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Kaitlyn Stevenson of O'Fallon, Mo. cools her steer Wallen as heat builds in the cattle barn at the St. Charles County Fair in Rotary Park in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. Kaitlyn's father Jason Stevenson said he uses lots of fans and cold water to keep his cattle cool. “We have a fan on him 24 hours a day,” he said. The fair, featuring rides and games as well as ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables, baked goods and art, ends Saturday evening. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Carter Lickteig's Sapphire Gems hens are packed to go home as excessive heat made for dangerous conditions for some poultry participants at the St. Charles County Fair in Rotary Park in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. Before leaving, Carter's hens won second overall in egg laying competition. The fair, featuring rides and games as well as ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables, baked goods and art, ends Saturday evening. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Taylor Coulter, 13, tries to escape the heat while her sister Madi grooms cattle at their Coulter Angus stall in a barn at the St. Charles County Fair in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. She and her sisters compete for the Boone Country 4-H Club in New Melle. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Fresh eggs lay on top of cages in the poultry tent at the St. Charles County Fair in Rotary Park in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. Excessive heat stressed the hens and many left for home early. The fair, featuring rides and games as well as ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables, baked goods and art, ends Saturday evening. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Macie Humphrey's breeding chickens are cooled by a fan after winning a blue ribbon for her Point Prairie 4-H Club at the St. Charles County Fair in Rotary Park in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. The fair, featuring rides and games as well as ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables, baked goods and art, ends Saturday evening. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Waylon Bauer, 9, washes his steer Alf during searing temperatures at the St. Charles County Fair in Rotary Park in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. Fans hum inside the cattle barn to keep the livestock as cool as possible. The fair, featuring rides and games as well as ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables, baked goods and art, ends Saturday evening. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Georganna Krumlinde's wall hanging won a blue ribbon at the St. Charles County Fair in Rotary Park in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. The fair, featuring rides and games as well as ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables, baked goods and art, ends Saturday evening. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Lisa Bollmann's White Palm turkeys wait to go home to Marthasville to escape the heat from the St. Charles County Fair in Rotary Park in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. “A few market chickens died so they sent them all home,” said Bollman. “They're heavier and they don't take the heat.” The fair, featuring rides and games as well as ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables, baked goods and art, ends Saturday evening. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Winning vegetables line the tables at the St. Charles County Fair in Rotary Park in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. The fair, featuring rides and games as well as ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables, baked goods and art, ends Saturday evening. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

Waylon Bauer, 9, waits with Alf before the steer's meat is graded by ultrasound at the St. Charles County Fair in Rotary Park in Wentzville on Friday, July 28, 2023. A technician uses ultrasound to look at the quality of marbling of the ribeye portion of the beef after judging and auctions are complete. The fair, featuring rides and games as well as ribbon-winning livestock, vegetables, baked goods and art, ends Saturday evening. Photo by Robert Cohen, [email protected]

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