Mile High Night Sale raises $61,000 for Hereford Youth

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With the sales of the Foundation Female and three embryo packages, $61,000 was raised to benefit the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) Friday, Jan. 18, to a packed stadium during the record-breaking Mile High Night Hereford Sale in Denver during the National Western Stock Show.

Starting the sale was the Lot 1 Foundation Female donated by Tennessee River Music Inc., Ft. Payne, Ala. The CS Boomer 29F daughter, TRM 6104 Lulu 2044 ET, was purchased by the Dave McMahon family of Belle Point Ranch, Ft. Smith, Ark., for $30,000.

“The Owen and McMahon families have been huge supporters of HYFA for several years and we applaud them for their continuous commitments to Hereford youth,” says Amy Cowan, American Hereford Association youth and foundation director. “The Hereford Youth Foundation of America would not be nearing the $2-million mark without the support of Tennessee River Music Inc. and Belle Point Ranch.”

Lots 38A and 38B generated another $28,000 for two embryo packages and guaranteed pregnancies by national champion females LCC Two Timin 438 ET and TCC Ms Diana 01 donated by Bushy Park Farm, Mitchell, S.D., and Tucker Cattle Co., North Platte, Neb. Sullivan Farms, Dunlap, Iowa, helped support the Foundation and added some superior genetics to its herd with this purchase.

T-Bone Ranch, Antonito, Colo., donated another embryo package that sold for $2,400 to Tejkl Show Cattle, Stanton, Neb.

That brought the total for the night to $60,400 to benefit the Hereford Youth Foundation of America.

“We couldn’t be more excited with what the embryo packages at the Mile High Night generated for the next generation,” Cowan says. “Coming from operations built around youth, we appreciate the investment these programs have made to scholarship and education for tomorrow’s Hereford youth.”