MERCEDES — Wild horses couldn’t drag these bidders away.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is hosting its annual two-day wild horse and burro event at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Grounds in Mercedes, where local residents have the opportunity to adopt a horse or burro.
Swirling in a pack round and round, the wild horse or burro, as defined by federal law, is an unbranded, unclaimed, free-roaming horse or burro found on public lands in the United States. The animals are ready to be sold in public auction at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show arena Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])The golden mane of a wild mustang is seen during the Bureau of Land Management’s two-day wild horse and burro auction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Potential buyers check out the wild mustangs during the Bureau of Land Management’s two-day wild horse and burro auction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Burros peek over their corral during the Bureau of Land Management’s two-day wild horse and burro auction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Horses are seen during the Bureau of Land Management’s two-day wild horse and burro auction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])A horse is seen during the Bureau of Land Management’s two-day wild horse and burro auction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])A horse is seen during the Bureau of Land Management’s two-day wild horse and burro auction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Burros are seen during the Bureau of Land Management’s two-day wild horse and burro auction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Wild Mustangs are seen in a corral during the Bureau of Land Management’s two-day wild horse and burro auction on Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])The Bureau of Land Management held a two-day wild horse and burro event in Mercedes on Jan. 27 and 28, at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Showgrounds. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Swirling in a pack round and round, the wild horse or burro, as defined by federal law, is an unbranded, unclaimed, free-roaming horse or burro found on public lands in the United States. The animals are ready to be sold in public auction at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show arena Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Mercedes. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
