Livestock auctions are returning to full swing and the market continues to be strong for ranchers, Jerry Nine writes in a ...

Sales no longer require traveling long hours to far-flung locations. BILLINGS — For Montana cattle buyer Jeff Ferguson, finding cattle to suit his clients’ tastes used to mean spending entire days at ...

SAN DIEGO - A proposal for an online auction that could shake up the U.S. pricing model for cattle is set to make its public debut on Friday after a test run last week, with the support of a unit of ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) _ Cattle broker Jeff Ferguson can buy livestock without getting his boots dirty. He doesn't even have to leave the office. Instead, he looks the animals over and places his bids ...

Live cattle futures are up 32 cents to $1.125 so far on Monday. Cash trade was picked up at $232-233 across the country last ...

Auctions typically follow a competitive bidding process, in which potential buyers bid against each other until the highest offer is accepted. Within pens or encircling rings, animals take center ...

BILLINGS — For Montana cattle buyer Jeff Ferguson, finding cattle to suit his clients' tastes used to mean spending entire days at a sales barn or traveling hours to far-flung ranch es. In Wyoming, ...

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Cattle broker Jeff Ferguson can buy livestock without getting his boots dirty. He doesn't even have to leave the office. Instead, he looks the animals over and places his bids via ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A bill seeking to modernize regulations for Montana livestock auctions easily passed an initial ...