Hereford Denver Activities Planned

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Hereford activities during the 2010 National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver will be Jan. 13-16. The event will kick off with the junior Hereford show Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m.

The pen-of-three female show will be on Thursday at 9 a.m. Following the female pen show will be the pen and carload bull show, starting at approximately 11 a.m.

The bull show will be Friday, starting at 8 a.m. The Mile High Night National Hereford Sale will begin at 6 p.m. Friday in the Beef Palace Auction Arena on the Hill. Lot 1 of the sale will be the Foundation Heifer donated by Harrell Hereford Ranch, Baker City, Ore. For more about the package, see Lot 1 in the Mile High Night catalog.

The auction will be online at LiveAuctions.tv. For more information about the sale, contact Eddie Sims, National Cattle Services Inc., at (580) 595-1626 or Joe Rickabaugh, American Hereford Association director of field management and seedstock marketing, at (816) 842-3757 or jrick@hereford.org or visit Hereford.org.

Hereford events wrap up Saturday with the National Hereford Female Show, starting at 8 a.m.

Schedule of Events

Wednesday, Jan. 13
9 a.m.     Hereford Hospitality Suite opens
2 p.m.     Junior Hereford Show, Stadium Arena on the Hill
6 p.m.     Hereford Hospitality Suite closes

Thursday, Jan. 14
9 a.m.     Hereford Hospitality Suite opens
9 a.m.     Hereford Pen of Three Female Show, Livestock Center Arena in the Yards
11 a.m.   Hereford Pen and Carload Bull Show, Livestock Center Arena in the Yards
6 p.m.     Hereford Hospitality Suite closes

Friday, Jan. 15
8 a.m.     National Hereford Bull Show, Stadium Arena on the Hill
9 a.m.     Hereford Hospitality Suite opens
6 p.m.     Mile High Night National Hereford Sale, Beef Palace Auction Arena on the Hill
6 p.m.     Hereford Hospitality Suite closes

Saturday, Jan. 16
8 a.m.     National Hereford Female Show, Stadium Arena on the Hill
9 a.m.     Hereford Hospitality Suite opens
11 a.m.   Hereford Hospitality Suite closes 

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The American Hereford Association, with headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., is one of the largest U.S. beef breed associations. The not-for-profit organization along with its subsidiaries — Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) LLC, Hereford Publications Inc. (HPI) and American Beef Records Association (ABRA) — provides programs and services for its members and their customers, while promoting the Hereford breed and supporting education, youth and research. For more information about the Association, visit Hereford.org.