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Alameda County Fair Auction May Go Virtual, Young Farmers Take It Like Pros
With the cancelation of the Alameda County Fair comes questions about what will happen to the farm animals normally auctioned off there.
LIVERMORE, CA – The Alameda County Fair, the largest fair in the Bay Area, is the latest victim of COVID-19. But along with its cancellation comes questions about what will happen to all the farm animals that are normally auctioned off there.
“Fair time to me is fun time. You get to spend time with friends, family, show off all your hard work,” said Livermore High FFA student Crayton McCafferty.
McCafferty has put in nearly a year of hard work raising his Angus steer, “Stitch” from a young calf. By this summer, he expects Stitch to weigh about 1,300 pounds and fetch about $4,000 at auction, which is only slightly above what it cost to raise him.
