Missouri family's sale barn sees changes through years

By Benjamin Herrold, Missouri Farmer Today
Mar 25, 2017
Mar 25, 2017 Updated Mar 25, 2017

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Jim Browning, left and his brother John Browning are part of the third generation of their family to own the F&T Livestock Market at Palmyra. They have seen a lot of changes in their time at the sale barn.

MFT photo by Benjamin Herrold

The F&T Livestock Market held its first sale in Palmyra on August 10, 1934.

MFT photo by Benjamin Herrold

A lariat rope brought back from Australia spells out "Welcome" above the sale ring at the F&T Livestock Market in Palmyra.

MFT photo by Benjamin Herrold

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By Benjamin Herrold, Missouri Farmer Today

PALMYRA, Mo. — John Browning first started helping out at the F&T Livestock Market in kindergarten, running sale tickets to the office. Those hustling childhood steps were the first steps in a career in the family business, running the sale barn.

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