I’ve Called Cattle Auctions in Fort Worth for 30 Years. Last Spring I Caught a Bidder Cheating, and When I Saw Who It Was, I Wished I’d Never Looked Up
An auctioneer sees everything from the block. Every nod, every finger, every ear tug that means a bid. Last spring at the Fort Worth Stockyards, I saw a man bidding against his own cattle to run up the price on an old widow who didn’t know any better. He was my sister’s husband.
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