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Cattlemen’s Banquet At KLA Convention Will Feature Live Auction

A live benefit auction November 19 during the KLA Convention in Manhattan will feature bull sale credits, livestock equipment, original artwork and more. Proceeds from items sold will support the KLA Political Action Council (PAC), Ranchland Trust of Kansas (RTK) and Kansas Livestock Foundation (KLF). For those unable to attend, the auction will be broadcast on www.LiveAuctions.tv.

Producers donating bull sale credits for their 2026 sales to benefit KLA PAC include Gardiner Angus Ranch, Fink Beef Genetics, Bar S Ranch, Barrett Cattle, Benoit Angus, Dalebanks Angus, Downey Ranch, Harms Plainview Ranch, Jones Family Genetics, Judd Ranch, Kniebel Cattle Company, Lyons Ranch, Mill Brae Ranch, Mushrush Ranches, Sandhill Farms, Jones Stewart Angus Ranch/Mid Continent Farms and Sunflower Genetics. Moser Ranch has donated a Pietta 1873 Great Western II.

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