BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) - A mother cow and her calf will be sold at a rollover auction in order to garner donations that would help Nebraska families affected by previous wildfires.
The Beatrice 77 sales barn will sell the cows on Saturday, the Lincoln Journal Star (https://bit.ly/2nDpgh9 ) reported.
The auctioneer will symbolically sell the cow and calf repeatedly to raise money for families who were impacted by the High Plains wildfires, and then sell the pair for real at the end.
“This is a way that farm people, livestock people, really help each other when difficulty strikes, whether it be a death or a fire or a tornado,” auctioneer Dennis Henrichs said.
The wildfires scorched ranch and farm land earlier this year, taking the lives of both people and livestock.
Nebraska cattle producers, livestock sale barns and auctions have also aided ranchers in Kansas, Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma. The Nebraska Cattlemen Association also called for fencing supplies, feed, hay and trucking services to deliver donations earlier this month.
A fundraising rollover auction of a steer at the Imperial Livestock Auction on March 21 raised more than $10,000 to be split between Kansas and Colorado.
Proceeds Saturday will go to Kansas, where over 1,000 square miles were blackened by the fires, one of which is believed to be the largest in the state’s recorded history. Henrichs said more than $8,000 had already been pledged by Wednesday.
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Information from: Lincoln Journal Star, https://www.journalstar.com
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