Reply To: Archer sells at Hortung auction for high dollar

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Back in the 1960’s I had the grand champion market beef at the so. Calif. exposition. These 4-H and FFA animals are auctioned off at the end of the show. I think they used to give the buyers free drinks as one guy who had had too many walked up in the middle of the auction on my animal and started bidding. Someone after a while told him he was bidding by the pound not by the animal! (bid X900 lbs.) He quickly slipped out the back, and lucky for me someone picked up the bidding. I set the highest price ever paid at the time . A few drinks under the belt can really help get high bids. Doug