cattle — News

Upcoming auctions include hay sales on Fridays from October 23 through November 20, and cattle sales on Wednesdays from October 28 through November 18, with all sales starting at 11:30 AM. Hay sales fall on October 23 and 30 and November 6, 13 and 20, while cattle sales fall on October 28 and November 4, 11 and 18.

Ray's Livestock Auction specializes in livestock guard dogs, with Great Pyrenees, Anatolian Shepherd, Akbash and Maremma crosses offered as puppies, started pups and trained adults. The Houston, Texas house also sells cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, horses and hens, including Angus, Brahman and Simmental cattle, Alpine and Angora goats, and Andalusian, Appaloosa and Clydesdale horses. Notably, it sells directly to customers rather than through bidding, a point the site emphasizes against traditional auction houses.

Upcoming auctions include a special sale of suckler calves and store cattle on Friday 6 November 2026, followed by a special autumn sale of breeding cattle, including cows with calves, stock bulls and bulling heifers, on Friday 13 November 2026.

S.A.L.E - Cowtown Livestock Exchange Inc is holding an all-breed pre-sorted calf sale featuring Angus and VBP cattle on Friday, October 23, with a 9AM start, followed by a regular sale featuring all-breed calves and yearlings on Monday, October 26, and pre-sorted calf sales on Wednesday, October 28 (featuring Angus and Hereford) and Friday, October 30 (featuring Angus), all starting at 9AM. The source lists these dates without a year, so none qualifies as a complete calendar date.

Upcoming auctions include Regular Cattle and Cross-Bred Sales on Tuesdays Oct 27, Nov 3, Nov 10 and Nov 17, Sheep, Goat & Calf Sales on Wednesdays Oct 28 and Nov 11, and Bred Cow Sales on Saturdays Oct 31 and Nov 14, with the weekday and month-day listings given without a year.

Upcoming auctions include regular cattle sales on Oct 22, Oct 29, and Nov 5 (the Nov 5 sale starts at 8:00 am), plus a special cattle sale on Nov 9, with feeder cattle, bred cows, fat cattle, weigh cows, bulls, and hay among the offerings. Consignment machinery auctions are also held twice a year, but the source does not list specific dates for them.

Upcoming auctions include the next regular sale on October 28, 2026, which runs as a Wednesday presort and regular sale with feeder steers and heifers, slaughter cows and bulls, and cow-calf pairs. Presort cattle must be booked and in the yards by 4:00 pm on the Monday or Tuesday before, butcher cattle are received Tuesdays, and all cattle need CCIA tags or the sellers will be charged tagging fees.

Middleburg Livestock Auction is holding a Special Graded Feeder Sale on October 3. Upcoming auctions include Farmers and Flea Markets, Hay Sales, Small Animal Sales, and Livestock Auctions on October 6, 13, 20, and 27. An Equipment Consignment Sale is scheduled for October 10, and a Feeder Cattle Sale will take place on October 16.

Upcoming auctions include a Cattlemen's Feeder Sale on Friday, October 23, mostly home-raised cattle with shot records and an expected 1,000 to 1,200 head, followed by a bred stock sale alongside the regular slaughter and feeder sale on Monday, October 26. A New Crop Calves and Yearling Feeder Sale, with 1,000-plus head expected, is set for Friday, November 6.

Cattlemen's Livestock Market in Galt, California, is a livestock auction house focused on cattle, serving buyers from California, Nevada and Oregon and drawing buyers from across the western United States. It is northern California's only Wednesday auction market, and it highlights customers' genetic and cattle health programs. The house stresses care and presentation of its livestock, and it streams sales live online through cci.live.

Livestock auction house Mid Missouri Stockyards runs a weekly Thursday cattle sale at its Lebanon sale barn in Laclede County, Missouri, with a special cow sale also on the calendar. Cattle consignments are accepted on Wednesdays for the Thursday sales, and the operation offers farm visits, market updates and trucking. The business, run by Zach and Casey Cox, marks ten years in operation this year and says its facility can handle large numbers of cattle.

Escalon Livestock Market Inc is holding auctions on Monday for butcher cattle and light weight feeder cattle, Wednesday for dairy fresh and springing heifers, open and bred heifers, breeding bulls, and slaughter cattle, and Friday for pigs, butcher cows, feeders, goats, sheep, and small animals.

Livestock is the core of this Gainesville, Texas sale barn, which runs weekly cattle sales and a separate hog, goat, and sheep sale. The house, established in 2007 and built in 1949 as a historic landmark, also offers a drop-off option for cattle after hours, monitored on camera. Its on-site grill, known for hamburgers, has drawn generations of visitors, according to the site.

Petaluma Livestock Auction Yard, Inc. is holding regular Monday sales at 11 AM, which include hogs, goats, calves, springers, bred cows, feeder cattle, bulls, cows, and sheep. Additionally, sheep sales are held seasonally on Thursdays at 1:00 PM.

Carnew Mart specialises in livestock sales, with its calendar built around cattle, sheep and calf auctions run ringside and online, and it notes a specialism in restricted cattle. The site lists a weanling sale that includes a Limousin show and sale, alongside Thursday sheep sales and Saturday cow, general cattle and calf sales. Its online auctions cover livestock and machinery, and a calf collection service is offered for buyers.

Clare Marts is holding a run of sales in the window: bullocks on Friday October 23 (84 pens booked), weanling bull and heifer sales at Kilfenora on October 24 and the Bank Holiday Monday October 26, and a Tuesday October 27 Ennis session featuring 40 in-calf Continental cross heifers at 1.30pm alongside runner bulls, weanlings, runner heifers and suckler cows. Further sales follow on Wednesday October 28 (general cattle, 11am), Saturday October 31 (a Commercial Shorthorn sale and organic section at Kilfenora and a general sale with weanlings at Scariff, both at 11am), and Monday November 16 (general cattle including weanlings at 5pm at Kilfenora).

Sleepy Eye Auction Market is a livestock and hay auction house, selling cattle weekly including fat cattle, cows, bulls, and feeder calves, plus hay by the round and square bale. Its feeder specials and annual Pride of the Midwest bull sale anchor the calendar, with recent consignments including Holstein steers, Angus bulls, Jersey steers, and Hereford feeders. The family-owned operation, which has served south central Minnesota for 75 years, also streams sales online through DVAuction.com.

Upcoming auctions include the Annual Show & Sale of Suffolk Females on Saturday 7 November, with the sale starting at 11.00am and the catalogue available online. Craven Cattle Mart's Autumn Sale of pedigree Beef Shorthorn, Aberdeen Angus and British Blue cattle follows on Wednesday 11 November, with entries going to the mart office.

Tama Livestock Auction is holding a fats, cows, and bulls sale on Wednesday, October 28, followed by a special cattle sale on Monday, November 2 and another fats, cows, and bulls sale on Wednesday, November 4.

Upcoming auctions include livestream broadcasts listed for "Tuesday 10.26.26" and "Tuesday 10.27.26," but the dates conflict: October 26, 2026 falls on a Monday, so the source's date and weekday cannot both be right. Regular sales run every Monday and Tuesday at noon, with cattle drop-off on Sundays from 1pm to 8pm.

Dunlap Livestock Auction, Inc. is holding a Special Bred Cattle sale on Tuesday, October 20th, followed by Calf/Yearling auctions on Friday, October 23rd and Friday, October 30th. In November, there will be Special Bred Cattle sales on Tuesday, November 3rd, and Calf/Yearling auctions on Friday, November 6th and Friday, November 13th.