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2. Livestock auctions could be coming to an end at America’s ...

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   Although the stockyard’s owners are hopeful a buyer will keep the cattle coming, they acknowledge the land is attractive for redevelopment. The sale is a sign of the times for livestock auctions ...

3. Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - Wikipedia

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   The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world. It includes one of the richest regular-season professional rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since 2003, with the exception of 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

4. Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo - Wikipedia

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   Tents were erected for the animals, and visitors were charged a twenty-five cent fee to view the livestock. [4] Local ranchers promoted the show to northern meat packers in the hopes of improving the local livestock industry. The citizens of Fort Worth raised $50,000 and formed a company in 1904 to oversee the event.

5. List of union stockyards in the United States - Wikipedia

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   A stockyard company managed the work of unloading the livestock, which was faster and more efficient than using railway staff. [1] Terminal stockyards received, handled, fed, watered, weighed, held, and forward-shipped commercial livestock. [2] The Chicago Union Stock Yards were the most famous and enduring example of this type of commercial ...

6. Northern International Livestock Exposition - Wikipedia

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   Northern International Livestock Exposition (NILE) originated as an idea from the livestock committee of the Billings Chamber of Commerce in 1966. In 1967, the Public Auction Yards hosted an event to showcase the region’s vast livestock industry. [1] By the fall of 1968, a full-fledged livestock show with 250 exhibitors and 600 entries was ...

7. Livestock transportation - Wikipedia

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   Throughout most of human prehistory and history, the primary means of livestock transportation was by droving.The reason was usually either for seasonal grazing movement (to move them to a summer grazing range or to move them to an overwintering range or shelter) or to bring them to market of one form or another, whether bartering livestock (between farmers) or selling them (whether as stores ...