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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — 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, ...

An online auction meant to help set prices in the volatile cattle market is in trouble. Superior Livestock Auction LLC launched the Fed Cattle Exchange last year to help guide the often opaque cattle ...

Live cattle futures were down $3.50 to $3.75 on Wednesday. A few cash sales in the north has been reported at $218-220 this ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday it will require meat packers to report cattle purchases they make through online auctions to the agency starting next week, a move ...

SAN DIEGO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - 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 ...

David King, a 10-year 4-H member, has had to do with local shows for his cattle, swine and goats. Normally this week, he would have been doing that at the Porter County Fair, which drew tens of ...

The coronavirus crisis is proving an unlikely boon for the Fed Cattle Exchange’s online auction. Volumes at some U.S. livestock auctions have dwindled in recent weeks as the virus kept buyers and ...

We have all been doing it this year—with a pandemic becoming a new way of life, fear of crowds and less options on store shelves, online shopping has just become the way we are getting through 2020.