Feb
2023
1
Jan
2023
28
LMA Applauds Bill to Allow Livestock Auction Investment in Small and Regional Packers
Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) applauds Congressmen Mark Alford (R-Mo.), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) for introducing the Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States (A-PLUS) Act. If enacted, the bill would remove an...
Dec
2022
27
Several Wisconsin Auctioneers Participating in Qualifying Event for the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship Contest
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27TH, 2022 -- 11:01 AM (Wisconsin Ag Connection) Several Wisconsin auctioneers will be among the participants in a regional qualifying event for the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship Contest. According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, Jacob...
Nov
2021
22
Kansan advances to World Livestock Auctioneer semifinals
Andrew Sylvester of Wamego, Kan., won the 2022 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC) Midwestern Region qualifying event. Cherokee Sales Co., located in Cherokee, Oklahoma, hosted the second of three WLAC qualifying events Oct. 10. A total...
Oct
2021
9
At the bison auction: Sold to the buffalo-est bidder
Get big or get out, people warned Craig and Elizabeth Fischer when their farm was new and their herd was small. The Fischers decided to get different instead. On Friday, Craig Fischer headed home from the livestock auction with something very big and very...
Sep
2021
26
Kamarah Speckles heifer makes $18,000
A STRONG focus on producing quality breeding stock and genetics that will deliver crossbred calves for the premium meat market were appreciated by a wide spread of new clients at the Inaugural Kamarah Speckles sale held at the Wannamal Hall on September 16. The...
Sep
2021
25
Junior livestock auction in Placer County goes big to help feed the hungry
Meat, it’s going to be what’s for dinner for quite a while in these parts – and beyond. Feed the Hungry of Auburn has attended the Gold Country Fair Junior Livestock Auction for 30 years, supporting the FFA and 4-H kids who are selling their animals after raising...
Sep
2021
13
Auctioneers in high risk position as COVID continues spread into regional areas
It's a brave new world that we now live in. Brave especially for those that are required to move from town to town and region to region selling livestock at the same time trying to ward off the threat of COVID infections. Livestock auctioneers once had a world of...
Sep
2021
12
Beef cow herd is decreasing due to drought, low profitability
Prepared and written by Jeff Swenson, DATCP Livestock and Meat Specialist. The Market Update draws information from several sources, including trade publications, radio broadcasts, agricultural news services, individuals involved in the industry as well as USDA...
Aug
2021
11
Grand Champion steer nets $47,500 at Governor’s Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction
The Governor's Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction on Aug. 11 raised $303,800Â for Wisconsin's junior show exhibitors in cattle, swine and sheep at the Wisconsin State Fair. Of that total, $30,500 is returned to exhibitors in scholarship awards in addition to $15,000...
