Meanwhile, cattle numbers at the sale barn had been dwindling since the 1990s, dropping from 150,000 per year to between 60,000 and 80,000 per year. The last in-person sale at Shasta Livestock ...

Menno Livestock is the #1 family auction barn in South Dakota for hog sales and is #4 for sheep sales. It will also sell 10-12000 feeder cattle each year. “We buy livestock out of Wyoming, a lot ...

The sale barn represents an opportunity for ranchers who were left with only one local sales barn following the closure of Farmers Livestock Exchange in 2012.

Inside the barn, a few tools lie about and rows of seats and cattle stalls stand empty. It wasn't always like this. "That was a booming place at one time," said 65-year-old Jimmy Thompson.

Meanwhile, cattle numbers at the sale barn had been dwindling since the 1990s, dropping from 150,000 per year to between 60,000 and 80,000 per year. The last in-person sale at Shasta Livestock ...