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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/humble/news/article/Livestock-show-serves-as-Humble-Rodeo-opener-on-14967355.php\nLivestock show serves as Humble Rodeo opener on Jan. 20\nBy Savannah Mehrtens, Staff writer\nUpdated 10:44 am CST, Monday, January 13, 2020\nMeagan Buck of Kingwood Park High School prepares her steer for judging at the 72nd Humble Rodeo & BBQ Cook-Off from Feb. 1 to Feb. 9, 2019.\nPhoto: Nguyen Le / Staff Photo\nThe 73rd annual Humble ISD Livestock Show will kick of the Humble Livestock Show and Rodeo events starting Jan. 20-24 with the Auction Show on Jan. 23.\nThe Humble ISD Livestock Show is the opportunity students have been waiting on while raising and caring for their show market animals throughout the year. Students in the Humble ISD Livestock Show are taught more than just what it takes to maintain an animal’s health for a show, they also learn to be self-advocates and leaders according to Larkin Le Sueur, director of Career and Techincal Education.\nParticipants in the Livestock Show auction are awarded 90% of their earnings from their animal, the other 10% goes back into the program to maintain facilities and prepare for the next year. Last year, the total money raised before cuts was $329,000.\nThe Humble Rodeo, which the Humble ISD Livestock Show is a part of, started in 1947. This year’s show is dedicated to Phoenix Oil, owned by Scott Bosard. Their company has bid every year and donated the meat to the fire department.\n“The Livestock Show is in its 73rd year, and has been a huge part of the Humble community since it’s inception,” Le Sueur said. “It basically gives the opportunity for students in both FFA and in 4H to raise and exhibit an animal. They learn all of the responsibilities that come with obviously growing the animal and taking care of it, leading up toward the livestock show as well as how to then actually show that animal.”\nFrom the show, the top 15 are selected and the top 10 students are allowed to go to the live auction. Students can earn a significant amount of money through the auction, which can be used for their following competition or for their future plans after college. Last year, the first place steer, which is the largest and most expensive animal shown, was auctioned off for $32,000 bought by Facility Sources, according to Charlotte Bennett, coordinator of Career and Technical Education Center.\n“And then when it comes to auction time, if they make auction they have an opportunity to rub elbows with some of the leaders of our community,” Le Sueur said. “And if they don’t make auction, well they still have an animal that then they’re maybe looking for somebody to sponsor, so they once again have to advocate for themselves, they have to problem-solve, they have to gain a certain amount of confidence to get out in the arena and walk this 1300 pound steer around in front of a huge audience of people and maintain poise and control.”\nRelated: FEMA awards Humble ISD $25 million to build flood gates at Kingwood High\nStudents in their third year have the opportunity to earn their Lone Star Degree, the highest degree they can earn in the state that can lead to the American FFA Degree, according to CTE agriculture science teacher Malaina Watson. They keep records of all of their projects that can include any activity that can be tied back to agriculture, making money, time management, and other lessons learned through the ag industry.\n“They go through a selection process at the state level … and if they get selected at state then they can walk across the stage at state convention in front of - I believe we had an attendance of 60,000 people last year,” Watson said. “... And it also leads to the American FFA Degree, which only 0.3% of members get, so I’m actually one of the few people in Humble ISD that got it because I graduated from Atascocita.”\nThere are approximately 235 exhibitors, or students, participating in the livestock show this year. Although there is a competition in the midst, students are taught to support one another through the process of raising an animal and learn to do right by their project.\n“They understand about family, because if they’re not able to take care of their animal when they’re on vacation then they have to rely on other people, and so that’s a huge part of out there,” Bennett said. “It’s a family out of the barn, it’s not one school is competing against another school.”\nIn addition to the Livestock Show and Auction, Humble ISD FFA hosts Special Kids Day, a tradition that began more than 25 years ago. Special Education students from around the district are able to come to the Humble Civic Center to meet and pet the animals according to CTE Coordinator Kristy Starkey.\n“Service is the main part of FFA, so when they get to help those kids at special kids day and see those faces, that’s amazing,” Starkey said. “Special Kids Day is an event that all of our special needs kids that are here in the district have the opportunity to be bused to the civic center and they get to see what a show is, they get to touch the animals, they get information about the animals, they get to interact with the animals. So it’s a great opportunity, and the smiles on those kids’ faces - they wouldn’t normally have that opportunity, it’s really really special for them.”\nFor more information on the Humble ISDLivestock Show and the Humble Rodeo and Cookoff, visit sites.google.com/humbleisd.net /humblelivestockshow and www.humblerodeo.com/.\nsavannah.mehrtens\n@chron.com\nMore Humble News\nHumble ISD's Turner Stadium to receive $750K upgrade\nQ&A: Councilmember Martin discusses goals for his final term\nLake Houston running events help support community\nGirls basketball: Humble looks to clinch playoff spot in..."