A handler guides a steer through the sale barn at Sioux Falls Regional Livestock in Worthing, S.D.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
Cars, trucks and trailers fill the lot of the Sioux Falls Regional Livestock sale barn in Worthing, S.D., on a Wednesday morning.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
Fat cattle await a sale at Sioux Falls Regional Livestock in Worthing Wednesday, March 9.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo
Davy Koth, 3, foreground, and his brother Peter, 5, of Le Mars, Iowa, watch the sheep and goat sale in Worthing, S.D. They were with their grandfather, Tim Grady, a buyer for Tyson Foods from Rock Valley, Iowa.
Area cattle producers dealing in futures contracts are frustrated with a proposal that could cost them money at a time when cattle prices already are low.
The auctioneer sells 1,302-pound heifers in the fat cattle sale March 9 at Sioux Falls Regional Livestock in Worthing, S.D. The Chicago Merchantile Exchange is proposing a discount on seasonal deliveries at the barn to curb an overabundance of cattle sold in October.
The auctioneer sells 1,302-pound heifers in the fat cattle sale March 9 at Sioux Falls Regional Livestock in Worthing, S.D. The Chicago Merchantile Exchange is proposing a discount on seasonal deliveries at the barn to curb an overabundance of cattle sold in October.
Davy Koth, 3, foreground, and his brother Peter, 5, of Le Mars, Iowa, watch the sheep and goat sale in Worthing, S.D. They were with their grandfather, Tim Grady, a buyer for Tyson Foods from Rock Valley, Iowa.
