SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A 12-year-old Morris girl needs a bigger piggy bank.

Shaelye (SHAY’-lee) Varner showed the grand champion steer at the Illinois State Fair, then sold it at auction for a whopping $100,000 — shattering last year’s fair record of $62,000.

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