Peaches from Mark Knight’s M&M Farms won first place in the Peach Festival Auction for the fourth consecutive year.

Knight’s peaches were bought by Peoples Southern Bank on Saturday at Jack Hayes Field for $1,900.

For the past three years, Knight has won with the PF13 variety, which this year came off about 10 days too early to be entered for the auction.

So, Knight turned to the Bounty variety.

“Before I got here, I thought I had a good chance to win,” Knight said. “But then I saw the other entries, and I thought I just had a good chance to place. I didn’t know I’d win.”

A total of $13,900 was raised in this year’s Peach Auction, which supports the Clanton Lions Club and its charitable work in the community.

Following is a list of the top five baskets, along with growers and winning bidders:

First place: Basket No. 27, Bounty variety grown by M&M Farms, sold to Peoples Southern Bank for $1,900.

Second place: Basket No. 31, Bounty variety grown by Jerry Harrison, sold to the Chilton County Farmers Federation for $1,600.

Third Place: Basket No. 7, Bounty variety grown by Henry and Suzanne Williams, sold to Clanton Tractor for $800.

Fourth Place: Basket No. 28, PF-12 variety grown by Green Farms, sold to Congressman Spencer Bachus for $1,000.

Fifth Place: Basket No. 23, Harvester variety grown by Todd’s Produce, sold to The Clanton Advertiser for $900.

After the top five, the baskets are listed in order of bidding:

6.) Wise Farms, Topaz – sold to Sunsouth for $650.

7.) Wise Farms, Harvester – sold to Ellison-Mims Funeral Home for $750.

8.) Wise Farms, Sunnyland – sold to State Sen. Cam Ward for $550.

9.) Jimmie Harrison & sons, Bounty – sold to Brian Shelton for $550.

10.) G&G Farms, Bounty – sold to State Rep. Kurt Wallace for $350.

11.) G&G Farms, Carolina Bell – sold to Ben Atkinson Motors for $350.

12.) Henry and Suzanne Williams, Bounty – sold for $300 in honor of Richard Davis.

13.) Henry and Suzanne Williams, Bounty – sold to Alabama Bridge Builders for $450.

14.) Chilton Research and Extension, unannounced variety – sold to Wadsworth Oil for $400.

15.) Chilton Research and Extension, unannounced variety – sold to Congressman Spencer Bachus for $400.

16.) Chilton Research and Extension, unannounced variety – sold to Martin Funeral Home for $350.

17.) Penton Farms, Bounty – sold to C&C Trophy for $300.

18.) Penton Farms, Bounty – sold to Commissioner Allen Caton for $150.

19.) Courtney Farms, Harvester – sold to Dwight Swindle for $75.

20.) Courtney Farms, Harvester – sold to Specialty Screen Printers for $125.

21.) Penton Farms, Bounty – sold to Circuit Clerk Glenn McGriff for $125.

22.) Knight Farms, Harvester – sold to Tax Assessor Rex Cleckler for $150.

23.) Jimmy Durbin/Durbin Farms, Majestic – sold to Chilton County Cattlemen’s Association for $125.

24.) Jimmy Durbin/Durbin Farms, Majestic – sold to Mark Nolen for $100.

25.) Ken Patterson/Patterson Farms, Cary Mac – sold to attorney Hollis Jackson for $100.

26.) Ken Patterson/Patterson Farms, Cary Mac – sold to Shirley Brown for $125.

27.) M&M Farms, PF20-007 – sold to Clanton Tractor for $250.

28.) M&M Farms, PF20-007 – sold to Tractor Equipment Co. for $275.

29.) M&M Farms, Bounty – sold to Judge Rhonda Hardesty for $300.

30.) Green Farms, Topaz – sold to Sheriff Kevin Davis for $200.

31.) Jerry Harrison, Red Globe – sold to Judy Martin for $200.