Jayne Kellar can’t suppress a smile as she types the numbers, each figure representing a reward for a local youth who spent dozens of hours raising an animal.

“It’s exciting for me,” said Kellar, a member of the sales committee for the annual 4-H and FFA Livestock Auction at the Baker County Fair.

“The dollar amount keeps going up. No matter what is going on with the world and the economy, the community is always there for the kids. It’s incredible.”

The 79th-annual sale, which took place Saturday, maintained the momentum that the previous two auctions had created, said Kellar, the 4-H Youth Development faculty member for the Oregon State University Extension Service in Baker County.

A total of 149 animals crossed the auction floor — two fewer than last year — and the livestock brought $230,663.

But that was just the starting point.

All the typing that keeps Kellar at her keyboard results from “add ons” — money donated by people who didn’t necessarily buy an animal during the auction but who still want to recognize the work of more than 100 local youth.

These contributions, which will likely continue to arrive for the next couple of weeks, should boost the total by at least several thousand dollars, Kellar said.

“I think we’re probably right there with last year and the year before,” she said.

The 2015 auction totaled $270,105, which broke the previous record high, set the year before, of $228,107.

The sales committee uses money from post-auction donations to help boost the earnings of some livestock raisers who, often due to the vagaries of the auction setting, don’t get price that their animal probably deserved, Kellar said.

Market hogs

A total of 70 hogs went to auction this year, two more than last year and 20 more than in 2014.

Dysan Robb earned grand champion honors for his 270-pound hog, which fetched $4.70 per pound at auction.

Ty Morrison raised the reserve grand champion hog, a 275-pounder that brought $4.40 per pound.

Market steers

Sydney Keller’s grand champion steer, weighing 1,392 pounds, sold for $4.20 per pound.

Tyler Hufford raised the reserve grand champion steer. It weighed 1,351 pounds and sold for $4.10 per pound.

A total of 40 steers were sold, one less than last year.

Market lambs

Gussie Cook’s lamb earned grand champion honors among the 24 entered. The 136-pound lamb sold for $6.10 per pound.

Maggie Mackenzie raised the reserve grand champion, a 123-pound lamb that sold for $6.30 per pound.

Market goats

There were 10 goats entered, and Jacquelyn Sanders’ animal was the grand champion, weighing 81 pounds and selling for $6.40 per pound.

Hailey Zikmund raised the reserve grand champion. Her goat weighed 93 pounds and sold for $6.10 per pound.

Market rabbits

There were four pens of rabbits entered, and Meagan Tool earned grand champion honors. Her pen of three rabbits sold for $14 per pound.

Darby Lahaug raised the reserve grand champion rabbits, which sold for $16 per pound.