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Union stockyards in the United States were centralized urban livestock yards where multiple rail lines delivered animals from ranches and farms for slaughter and meat packing. A stockyard company managed the work of unloading the livestock, which was faster and more efficient than using railway staff. [ 1 ]
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Union Stock Yards Company Limited was established in 1900 and began operating in The Junction area of West Toronto in 1903. [ 2 ] Toronto Municipal Abattoir was opened in 1914 next to the Western Cattle Market site at the foot of Tecumseth Street [ 5 ] or Western Cattle Market
After a downturn in the market and changes in the livestock industry, the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha lost value through the 1960s. In 1973 the Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha was sold to the Canal Capital Corporation of New York. In 1999 the Union Stockyards were closed by the City of Omaha, and replaced with a business park. [9]
Auctioneers from McLaughlin & Co. held the online auction for the land, which is part of the 1,440-acre former air base in Weymouth, Rockland and Abington now called Union Point. The auction ...
Hillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Highland County, Ohio, United States, [5] approximately 35 miles (56 km) west of Chillicothe and 50 miles (80 km) east of Cincinnati. The population was 6,481 at the 2020 census .
The World Livestock Auctioneer Championship is an annual competition of livestock auctioneers who practice the auction chant typical of rural areas in the United States and Canada. The competition is sponsored by the Livestock Marketing Association and was first held in 1963. [1] Brian Curless won the competition in 2017.
A fierce rival of Chicago's Union Stock Yards, the Omaha Union Stockyards were third in the United States for production by 1890. [2] In 1947 they were second to Chicago in the world. Omaha overtook Chicago as the nation's largest livestock market and meat packing industry center in 1955, a title which it held onto until 1971. [ 3 ]