Drought Forces La Junta, Colo.-Area Ranchers to Sell Cattle.

From: The Denver Post (Denver, Colorado) (via Knight-Ridder/TribuneBusiness News) | Date: July 14, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Kit Miniclier

Jul. 14--LA JUNTA, Colo.-- Outside, beneath a burning sun, cattle bawled in dusty corrals.

Inside, around the sales arena, humans fought back tears.

The pungent aroma of 5,000 head of restless cattle and the incessant, deep-throated rumble of more than a dozen waiting cattle trucks marked another record-breaking, drought-forced auction at La Junta Livestock Commission Co. last week.

Normally at this time of year, sa...

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