By: LIANA SWARENGIN
Reporter
With the 2013 sales total reaching $564,200, last years record of $480,550 was shattered by $83,650. As of 4 p.m. Saturday the auction had also received $47,000 in add-ons, with more continueing to be submitted.
Emotions and excitement filled the arena Saturday morning during the Junior Livestock Auction at the Eddy County Fairgrounds. “You got calves and lambs balling in the background, you got the Star Spangled Banner, it don’t get better than that,” announced Joel Bell as the auction officially began. … For the rest of the story, subscribe in print and on the web.