The Mother Lode Fair’s Livestock Auction

The Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora should be a busy place this weekend.

Ron Hamilton, with the Mother Lode Fair Board of Directors and the Livestock Auction Committee, was Friday’s KVML “Newsmaker of the Day”.

Besides the traditional carnival rides and grandstand truck-n-tractor pull shows, the Mother Lode Fair brings a chance for kids to learn life lessons through competitions and the livestock auctions. Hundreds of students are showcasing animals this weekend.

“4-H, FFA and the Pioneers Club gives kids the speaking skills and confidence that they are going to need as they get older and go for job interviews,” says Hamilton. “Also if they are raising livestock they learn the market, and what goes into raising and selling an animal.”

The large auction is held on Saturday and smaller version on Sunday. Everyone is welcome to buy an animal. Registration tables will be near the auction event.

The reception for the large livestock auction begins at 4 pm with bidding one hour later. The small animal livestock auction takes place Sunday afternoon with a Bar-B-Que dinner immediately following.

The Mother Lode Fair opens today at 5pm and runs through Sunday at 11 PM. On Saturday and Sunday it will open at 3pm.

For more information regarding the fair, log onto http://www.motherlodefair.org

The “Newsmaker of the Day” is heard each weekday morning on AM 1450 and FM 102.7 KVML at 6:45, 7:45 and 8:45.