COLUMBIA, MO. -- Buyers and sellers are at the Boone County Fairgrounds this week for one of the biggest horse and mule sales in the country.
The Boone County Draft Horse and Mule Sale offers everything from saddles to stallions.
Some of the best horses and mules in the world are up for grabs at this sale. People from all across the United States are looking for bargains on some of the world’s best teams of draft horses. This is the only American sale where Canadian Rancher Norman Nikkel sells his horses and mules. Nikkel has been raising horses for three generations on his ranch in Manitoba with some of the top bloodlines in Canada and the United States.
“We have a lot of satisfied customers down here," Nikkel said. "We really appreciate them. We really enjoy them. We get to see a lot of our horses that we’ve sold in the show ring. It’s a real pleasure.”
Many Amish horse owners from across the country come to the Boone County Fairgrounds for this semi-annual auction. This is the 21st year for the Boone County Draft Horse and Mule Sale. The event gets bigger every year.
Missouri Rancher Mike Cocayne has 10 acres of land and enjoys buying horses and mules from this wide selection of animals.
“There’s just a different assortment of horses and mules here," Cocayne said. "There are people from everywhere. I just enjoy it.”
A team of draft horses could sell for as high as $3,000.
The sale ends Saturday with the sale of mules starting at 9 a.m. at the Boone County Fairgrounds.
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