By Tesia Galvan
Staff Writer 

Sold! Worland Livestock Auction busy on Thursdays selling cattle

 

February 23, 2016

Tesia Galvan

Stacy Newby and Adam Redland auction livestock at the Worland Livesock Auction recently.

WORLAND – Every Thursday at 11 a.m. the Worland Livestock Auction is open for business and it's not unusual to see 100 cattle or steer up for auction.

Jim Newby started running the livestock auction in 2008. In 2011 he married Stacy and they've been running it together since.

"We are here to support and consign cattle for our smaller producers," Stacy Newby said.

Newby said their livestock auction collectively works like this: "The sellers bring their cattle in with the faith in us that we'll get them sold at a fair marketable price. The buyers come knowing we'll be fair and honest across the board."

"We're basically a broker between the two," Newby said.

While animals are sold for slaughter or breeding purposes, the Newby's do have a number of rescued animals they keep around as pets.

Lonesome, an 8-year-old Australian shepherd, is one of those animals. She's a friendly dog and got her name because as a puppy, she did not enjoy being alone and would continuously cry when no one was near.

"Lonesome is our greeter for anyone who comes in," Newby said.

Sales

Thursday is sale day, Newby said. Wednesday's they usually receive cattle and other animals from sellers.

Last week, Newby said she was expecting some bulls and cows from the Thermopolis areas.

November through January is usually feeder special months because that's when cattle are weaned off their mothers and ready for sale, Newby said.

During feeder months the Worland sale barn has up to 500 - 600 cattle from several sellers, Newby said.

Though cattle are a popular sale animal, it's not all the livestock auction sells. The Worland Livestock Auction sells cattle, bull, sheep, goats and pigs, but they do not have horse sales, Newby said.

Sales work pretty simple.

A seller can pull up to the "inside" of the barn pens and unload their livestock, Newby said.

Then they open the mailbox and grab a ticket with a carbon copy back and fill out what kind of animals they have.

If the seller isn't from Washakie County Newby has to make sure they have a G4 form, which allows sellers to travel over county lines with their livestock.

Precaution when buying animals is taken.

Wyoming Law requires animals bought from Park County to be tested for brucellosis, Newby said.

Brucellosis is a disease elk have and could be crossed over to cattle. If an animal gets contaminated with brucellosis it can cause cattle to abort their babies, Newby said.

Brucellosis testing is done by drawing blood from animal's tails and is required for Park County animals because Park County is under designated surveillance for brucellosis.

Testing for brucellosis depends on the age, Newby said. "If they're sexually intact and they can potentially have a baby, and depending on their age, is when we have to bleed them," Newby said. Twelve months is usually the age when they have to start testing them, she added.

Though there have been no positives for brucellosis testing in recent years, Newby said the testing is done for traceability so if an animal tests positive the rest of the herd from that seller can be quarantined.

Worland Livestock Auction Supports Community

Every year at the Washakie County Fair, local kids show and sell steers they have raised in the Junior Livestock Sale.

Jim and Stacy Newby have bought at least one locally raised steer since 2009 to support the local community.

 
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