Jul. 8—WILMONT — When brothers Russ and Brian Penning started Summit Lake Livestock about 15 years ago, they did so as a way to get their own start on the larger Penning Farms operation ...

The Pennings use two other former hog barns — 40-foot-wide curtain barns from the 1990s — for finishing cattle. On those buildings, the south walls were removed to make way for feed bunks and ...

Meanwhile, cattle numbers at the sale barn had been dwindling since the 1990s, dropping from 150,000 per year to between 60,000 and 80,000 per year. The last in-person sale at Shasta Livestock ...

Rugby Livestock owner Glen Thiel said his sales barn has plenty of room. He said he sells about 1,500 to 1,800 cattle each week. In years past, he’s been able to handle 3,000 and has even sold ...

GLENWOOD CITY, Wis. -- After a full day of work at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds last month, Mark Goodrich went home to his ranch outside Glenwood City to check on the cattle.

By dropping the curtains on the barn, he keeps the cattle dry and sheltered from extreme weather. Haywood built his first 40' deep monoslope facility, which houses 450 head, in 2001.

After a full day of work at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds last month, Mark Goodrich went home to his ranch outside Glenwood City, Wis., to check on the cattle.

Many cattle producers are better equipped than others to keep their livestock cool. Tanner Rowe, ... The typical hoop barn for feeding cattle costs around $200,000. Share this: ...

The Napoleon barn ranks second or third among the state’s livestock barns for cattle sold, Paul said. This summer the barn held sales every Thursday except the Fourth of July. In many years they ...