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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Showmanship paid off at the Jr. Market Auctions. The junior livestock auction at the Sonoma County Fair featured a lineup of brushed or fluffed goats, pigs and lambs who were trotted into the ring by ...

For the first time since 2019, the junior livestock auction returned live and in person to the OC Fair on Saturday. After missing the last two years because of the pandemic (the entire fair was ...

North America’s cattle industry is navigating uncharted territory: Record-high cattle prices and the smallest cow herd in decades. U.S. beef cow inventories have dropped to 28.2 million head in 2024 — ...

Even if you were raised an Iowa town kid like me, you have to love the farm-rich sights, sounds, tastes and smells of the small-town livestock auction house. You’ll find the best of these at Kalona ...

Paul Ramirez's star has risen relatively quickly in the five years since he's been a full-time auctioneer. He won the International Livestock Auctioneer Championship last year. He's a cast member on ...

Tehama District Fair set a number of records this year from the number of attendees, to the total sales at the Jr. Livestock Auction and the number of animals sold. Between May 1-4 more than 20,000 ...