The first-ever Big Fresno Fair Virtual Livestock Auction kicks-off on Friday, October 9 at 11 a.m. and goes until Monday, October 12 at 11:59 p.m. The Virtual Livestock Auction will feature the nearly 500 animals from dedicated and hard-working 4-H and FFA members throughout Fresno County.
Leading up to the auction, we’ll be featuring 4-H & FFA exhibitors from participating chapters to highlight their animal project and all their hard work, while also giving buyers and our community a glimpse of animals they can bid on!
Meet Lisa Bates, a McKinley 4-H student who is an 11th grader with Yosemite Valley Public Homeschool Charter. Here’s what Lisa’s 4-H Advisor has to say about her:
“Lisa Bates is a 16 year old and is the McKinley 4-H Club President for the 20/21 program year. This is her fourth year as a McKinley 4-H member and her first year in the cattle group. As a student of a public homeschool charter, she gets her education from varying resources such as taking classes at the community college and taking a very active role in her 4-H club.
In the last 4 years, Lisa has raised and shown rabbits, chickens and goats at The Big Fresno Fair. While she enjoyed all of those animal projects she has decided the cattle project is her favorite. She started this year knowing virtually nothing about cattle or the beef industry and with two leaders who were learning everything there is to know right along with her. Besides the countless hours Lisa put into working with and training her market steer, Neil (not veal), she also spent numerous hours researching and networking with industry professionals to gather the most relevant information necessary for raising a healthy market ready steer.”
Help out these hard-working students in the community! Participate in the auction as a buyer or place an add-on bid! Every bit helps out these kids who have been working all year to get to where they are now. For more information about the Virtual Livestock Auction and how you can participate, click here.