MINOT, N.D. - The only livestock auction company in Minot is going out of business, though a co-owner still hopes it can reopen somewhere else under new ownership.
Northern Livestock Auction has been a staple of the area ranching scene for more than half a century, but it's being forced to close to make way for new BNSF Railway tracks. Agweek reports that Northern Livestock held its final weekly auction on Jan. 29 and scheduled a sale of gates and other equipment Tuesday.
Co-owner Roger Sundsbak says a party whom he declined to identify is interested in buying the business and re-establishing it in a different location, but financing must be arranged. Sundsbak says he doesn't know if that will happen.
Northern Livestock has handled about 60,000 animals annually in recent years.
Northern Livestock Auction has been a staple of the area ranching scene for more than half a century, but it's being forced to close to make way for new BNSF Railway tracks. Agweek reports that Northern Livestock held its final weekly auction on Jan. 29 and scheduled a sale of gates and other equipment Tuesday.
Co-owner Roger Sundsbak says a party whom he declined to identify is interested in buying the business and re-establishing it in a different location, but financing must be arranged. Sundsbak says he doesn't know if that will happen.
Northern Livestock has handled about 60,000 animals annually in recent years.
