SDPB Documentaries
Last Bid at the Sioux Falls Stockyards
Special | 56m 36s
Last Draft, Last Bid: 92 Years at the Sioux Falls Stockyards
On June 25, 2009, 21 black heifers were herded into the arena show ring at the Sioux Falls Stockyards. Offered for sale as a group, or draft, this consignment of cattle would be the last sold at the Sioux Falls Stockyards. A final bid was made and after 92 years of cattle sales at the facility, the auctioneer's gavel sounded for the last time at was once the busiest livestock market in the nation.
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SDPB Documentaries
Last Bid at the Sioux Falls Stockyards
Special | 56m 36s
On June 25, 2009, 21 black heifers were herded into the arena show ring at the Sioux Falls Stockyards. Offered for sale as a group, or draft, this consignment of cattle would be the last sold at the Sioux Falls Stockyards. A final bid was made and after 92 years of cattle sales at the facility, the auctioneer's gavel sounded for the last time at was once the busiest livestock market in the nation.
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Sioux Falls Stockyards - History Lost... and Found
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Clip: Special | 1m 38s | A 1917 photo of the Stockyards was lost for 63 years but found in an odd place. (1m 38s)
Sioux Falls Stockyards - The Beginning
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Clip: Special | 1m 21s | How the construction of a large livestock facility was possible in Sioux Falls. (1m 21s)
Sioux Falls Stockyards - The Long Heydey
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Clip: Special | 2m 38s | At one time, the Sioux Falls Stockyards were the 10th largest in the U.S. (2m 38s)
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