We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Autioneer Kyle Shobe (in white shirt) steered the bidding for the bull shown on the TV monitor below him. A ring caller at right watches for bids as Austin and Klint Swanson (top right of photo) observe the action. Klint and Lori Swanson own Shipwheel Cattle Company and Austin is their son.
Reporter's note: As regular readers know, I've been trying to educate myself about the cattle industry, having attended a couple bull sales, traveled with veterinarians doing "cattle things" and spent a day with a cattle buyer.
My friends Rita and Larry Surber were catering the sale lunch for the Shipwheel Cattle Company's annual bull sale. Larry invited me to come along as a helper to serve the lunch. It gave me a chance to actually participate in a sale, well, to an extent. Here's what I observed.
The Shipwheel Bull Sale
Bull sales, nowadays, usually have a slick sales catalog with color pic...
