Easy access and flexibility are benefits to livestock auction markets. State of the Beef Industry survey respondents share ...

WATERTOWN, S.D. -- Around sunup every Tuesday morning, farmers, ranchers and hundreds, sometimes thousands of head of cattle are all on the road in pickups and semi-trucks, converging on a modest ...

Many interesting things happen at a livestock auction. One buyer was telling me that another buyer had bought a set of feeder heifers that were not guaranteed open. When he had the veterinarian preg ...

MIDDLEFIELD — An auctioneer’s rapid-fire chant rises above the cackling of chickens and geese, the bleating of goats and the bellowing of cattle in nearby pens as they wait their turn. Potential ...

CARROLLTON — Hogs, steers, sheep and goats will remain part of the commercial culture in one of Ohio's least populous counties as new owners take over the Carrollton Livestock Auction. The auction ...

Hay and livestock producers are finishing up a solid year and specialized equipment like balers, loader tractors and feed ...

Shasta Livestock Auction’s 50th anniversary sale in 2016. The weekly in-person auction is permanently closing its doors this month. Woodburn Livestock Auction in Woodburn, Ore., and Shasta Livestock ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Cattle broker Jeff Ferguson can buy livestock without getting his boots dirty. He doesn't even have to leave the office. Instead, he looks the animals over and places his bids via ...

DODGE CITY — Just like church folk, Mike Sherow lumbered up the stairs of Winter Livestock and found his usual seat — smack dab in the center of everything. Almost every Wednesday since the mid-1970s, ...