Auctions typically follow a competitive bidding process, in which potential buyers bid against each other until the highest offer is accepted. Within pens or encircling rings, animals take center ...

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 ...

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 ...

New University of Nebraska research reveals auction markets strengthen social bonds, local economies, and agricultural ...

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 ...

Last week we got a big push up in cattle futures with many feeder contracts up as much as $7 to $8 per hundredweight. Fat cattle contracts were up mostly $3.50 to $4.40 cwt with this February leading ...

Six cattle markets have opened across the federal capital for Eidul Azha this year. This year's auction of the cattle markets' tenders brought in the highest recorded revenue compared to previous ...