Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Livestock market reopens Wednesday

'Hay,' we're back in business
Kentuckiana Livestock Market at Marion re-opens Wednesday. The local market has been closed for more than a year. It will host a sale the second Wednesday of each month starting tomorrow.

The livestock auction – formerly known as West Kentucky Livestock Market – closed in October 2010 after the collapse of Eastern Livestock Company.

The facility northeast of Marion sold to Riley Livestock Company of Mayfield last summer.

Pictured here are (foreground) Jason Curneal, new manager of the local market, and Adam Sanders. They were unloading hay today to get ready for this week's livestock.

Sales start at noon and cattle and other livestock are accepted starting the day before each sale.