A long-time Sioux Center institution has shut down. Tri-State Livestock held its last cattle auction last week. The Sioux Center News reports that changes in the livestock industry forced the closure. The larger dairy farms in the area are raising their own replacements, and there’s less business for the auction. The hog industry has seen the same trend. Tri-State quit auctioning hogs in 2011. The owners also own auction barns in Sheldon and Worthing, South Dakota. Tri-State Livestock was founded nearly 100-years ago. The present facility in North Sioux Center was built in 1963. The facility will be sold, with the understanding that it won’t be used for livestock sales.
