Bulletin No.
454
Document Type
Bulletin
Department
Department of Agricultural Economics
Description
The livestock industry is the largest immediate source of cash farm income in South Dakota. Auctions are an important market for the state's livestock when one considers the number of animals sold by them or the proportion of farmers and ranchers who sell or buy livestock at auctions.
The number of livestock sold through auctions has been increasing steadily through the years. The increase from 1938 to 1954 was 317 percent. Livestock producers and feeders place enough importance in market news reports to warrant establishing an auction market news service in South Dakota. Auction market news is reported by the federal government and state governments in several states.
Keywords
market news service, Midwest market news service
Pages
22
Publication Date
12-1955
Type
text
Format
application/pdf
Language
en
Publisher
South Dakota Experiment Station, South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Recommended Citation
Nervik, O.; Marousek, G. E.; and Kristjanson, R. L., "A Market News Service for Livestock Auctions in South Dakota" (1955). Research Bulletins of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (1887-2011). 454.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_bulletins/454