Kansas City, Mo. – The Mile High Night National Hereford Sale will take place Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. (MST) on the Stadium Floor in Denver Colo., during the National Western Stock Show.

Lot 1, MF 104Y EVE 109 19E ET will kick off the event as the foundation female. All proceeds from this lot will go to supporting the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) and the Growing a Lasting Legacy campaign that supports leadership and education for the next generation. The heifer was donated by the McDonald Farm of Grand Rapids, Mich.

“It is with great pleasure we offer this heifer as the 2018 HYFA Foundation Donation Female,” Scott McDonald says. “Honestly we are very truly humbled for the exciting opportunity to donate for such a great cause.”

Eve (registration no. 43826516) is a Jan. 14 daughter out of CRR 719 Catapult 109 and out of MF 914W About Yasmine 104Y.

“A big thank you goes to McDonald Farm for donating this phenomenal heifer calf to highlight the 2018 Mile High Sale in Denver and to support Hereford youth,” says Amy Cowan, AHA director of youth activities and the foundation.

In addition to the foundation female, there will be 32 lots in the sale from 30 consignors. This includes bull prospects, pick-of-the herd and female lots.

“This year’s sale will offer some outstanding herd bull prospects,” says Joe Rickabaugh, American Hereford Association (AHA) director of field management and seedstock marketing. “Sale lots offered this year will fit well in different herds around the country. There is more diversity in this offering than we have ever had in the past.”

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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.