Doug Jaggers Auctioneers for the Last Time

  • Photo by Heidi Beguin Doug Jaggers, next to Dan Otte, and the crew he’s worked with for years, points to a bidder at his last livestock auction at Sheridan Livestock Auction Company in Rushville.
    Photo by Heidi Beguin Doug Jaggers, next to Dan Otte, and the crew he’s worked with for years, points to a bidder at his last livestock auction at Sheridan Livestock Auction Company in Rushville.
  • Doug Jaggers with his father and mentor.
    Doug Jaggers with his father and mentor.
    By Heidi Beguin On Wednesday afternoon, August 7, there was a sale at Sheridan Livestock Auction Company in Rushville. At first glance it seemed like any other sale, but this one was special. This would be the last time Doug Jaggers would sit in the oh so familiar auctioneer’s seat. Jaggers would auctioneer for the last time before retiring the chant he had perfected so well that had earned h...

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