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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Live cattle futures are showing $2.17 to $2.70 gains on Friday. Cash trade got kicked off on Thursday, with a few sales at ...

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 ...