More than double the usual livestock sales in Devils Lake, North Dakota
7/28/2021 12:00:00 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
AFFECTED AREAS:
North Dakota
Eddy County, ND
Griggs County, ND
Kidder County, ND
Morton County, ND
Mandan, ND
Pierce County, ND
Devils Lake, ND
Start Date: 7/3/2021
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Livestock sales at Lake Region Livestock Co. in Devils Lake was selling 800 to 1,000 head weekly, more than twice the number sold twice per month before the drought. Ranchers began selling replacement quality heifers in May. Demand for the cattle is good, so the prices were decent.
A rancher from the Rugby area sold a bull and 50 heifers so far because his pasture was dry and his hay yield was 100 bales, or less than 15% of normal.
Grand Forks Herald (N.D.), July 3, 2021
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