Stock Auction Company, St. Edward, NE, will again generate funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital during the 31^st Husker Harvest Days, September 9 to 11, 2008, at Grand Island, Nebraska.

The company will hold three live auctions—one each day at 1 p.m.—in the Stock Auction Company tent (lot 133). Approximately 50 items will be on the block daily, and successful bids this year are expected to range from $20 to $100,000. "We’ve got some big items to auction this fall, including a Pivot Track Closer," said Mark Stock, company president. Stock Auction Company raised approximately $70,000 at auctions held during Husker Harvest Days in the two previous years.

"Generous vendors at the show and other businesses donate everything from toy tractors to seed corn, ATVs and gift certificates for farm equipment parts," says Stock, whose 24-year-old company works primarily in the Midwest, but has buyers worldwide. Stock Auction Company conducts more than 60 auctions in the farm equipment, construction equipment and real estate industries each year.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a world leader in the fight against childhood cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, the Memphis, Tennessee-based hospital is the nation’s second largest health care charity and unique in that research and patient care are under one roof. All patients accepted for treatment are treated regardless of a family’s ability to pay.

More than 100,000 people from more than 20 states are expected to attend Husker Harvest Days, a working farm show that attracts 500 exhibitors. Attendees can view items to be auctioned each day in the Stock Auction tent.