A cattle feeder insider eased fears of the live auction mart system disappearing at the Livestock Markets Association of ...

Sales no longer require traveling long hours to far-flung locations. BILLINGS -- For Montana cattle buyer Jeff Ferguson, finding cattle to suit his clients' tastes used to mean spending entire days at ...

While 90% of livestock sales traditionally happen via large public auctions, one Agrotech company, SwiftVEE, wants to transform the sector by moving auctions online.

SAN DIEGO - A proposal for an online auction that could shake up the U.S. pricing model for cattle is set to make its public debut on Friday after a test run last week, with the support of a unit of ...

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 ...

Live cattle futures are 97 cents to $1.65 lower at midday. Cash trade has picked up on Friday to $256 in the South, with the ...

Live cattle futures are trading with Thursday midday losses of 42 cents to $1.15. Cash trade has been limited so far, with ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A bill seeking to modernize regulations for Montana livestock auctions easily passed an initial ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will require meat packers to report cattle purchases they make through online auctions to the agency starting next week, a move ...