Decline in Texas cattle auctions an expected development

Following multiple years of drought and serious culling of Texas cattle herds, it should come as no surprise that the number of cattle auction markets has declined as the result of consolidation and closures. According to recent research from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, not only are the number of cattle auction markets down, chances are good they may not increase to pre-drought numbers in the foreseeable future. But Texas AgriLife Extension Service Livestock Specialist Dr. Joe Paschal, who has been serving 37 counties in South Texas for over 30 years from the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center in Corpus Christi, is not worried about the decline and says a viable system of live cattle auction markets will always be available across the state...more