If you enjoy the rhythmic chanting of livestock auctioneers, you'll soon have a chance to listen to some of the best in North America. The Fergus Falls (Minn.) Livestock Auction hosts the 46th annual ...

Cattle values surged 36% in 2025 with sharp Q4 correction before December recovery as tight supplies loom for 2026 season ...

Livestock auction markets are crucial to the cattle industry, providing an essential service to farmers and ranchers, especially small producers. Lee Pitts, a well-known columnist, rancher, and owner ...

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — In a normal summer, the Jamestown livestock auction goes through a slow season, running once every two weeks. That is not the case this year. Now selling every Tuesday, their numbers ...

Marlette Livestock Auction announces winter unloading times, new seller rules and updated restaurant hours for the season.

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 ...

DICKINSON, N.D. -- There is a fascination with the auctioneers -- their mesmerizing, commanding song-like chants, the hand motions that beckon the bids that make the livestock world go 'round. The ...

An online auction meant to help set prices in the volatile cattle market is in trouble. Superior Livestock Auction LLC launched the Fed Cattle Exchange last year to help guide the often opaque cattle ...

PALMYRA, Mo. -- Brian Curless, a livestock auctioneer who sells cattle at auction houses in Palmyra and elsewhere, has proven himself to be one of the best in the business. Curless last month won the ...

Remnants of Vermilion Parish's once-robust cattle industry can still be found in an overgrown, wooded area along the bayou in Abbeville. It's visible in rundown buildings that once served as a cattle ...