Faircracker SUMMER 2020 County Fair, Dudley’s Auction
arrange online livestock sale Jeff Bryan Mar. 22, 2020
With the annual Citrus County Fair scrapped this week due to the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, dozens of Citrus County youths are missing out on the chance to show their months long projects, which included rais- ing a variety of livestock. Even the annual auction was in jeopardy. Despite the traditional event being canceled, those who had a livestock project will still be
able to sell it, if they wish, through a non-traditional method—an online auction, which be- gins at 7 a.m. Tuesday. After careful planning by the Citrus County Fair Board,
this year’s
auction is certainly going to be much more technology driven with the assistance of Dud- ley’s Auction. ‘ “We would all prefer the normal live auction to show animals, compete in other contests that a normal fair consists of,” said Fair Manager Hal Porter. “An online catalog is unprecedented at the fair, but the livestock committee has done all they can do to make it inclusive to limit the number of people around each other.” But the online event wouldn’t be possible without Dudley’s Auction, Por- ter said. “We’re very fortunate we’ve got Dudley’s Auction to step in and catalog the livestock to make this happen,” Porter said. “The response from community about how can we help has been great. The children are getting a good option to consider; they do not have to participate, but this is another avenue we felt could help children still succeed with projects.” Part of the hope, Porter said, is that the youths who have spent the better part of the past six to nine months raising livestock will have a chance to recoup their expenditures on the animals, their feed and other miscellaneous expenses incurred with such an endeavor. “They have a cer- tain amount of time and dollars in these projects,” he explained. Add-ons were encouraged with a form posted on the Facebook page as well as other pages, this helped make the sale
a success. There were no additional charges for the BUYERS or the SELLERS. There was NO buyer's premium and also NO
sales tax. Sellers were NOT be charged a commission fee. Dudley's very generously did this benefit auction at no charge. A lesson in marketing was evident as shown in these photographs. They were just as quick posting a thank you on the
page, of course that did not relieve them from writing the traditional thank you letter. The Facebook page illustrated cuts of meat, what to expect.
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Thank You Emily Dudley and
Dudley’s Auction
4000 S Florida Avenue Inverness, Florida 352-637-9588
info@dudleysauction.com
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