Monthly Archives for September 2013


September 30: Stockyards Open

On 30 October 1887, the first stockyard opened in South St. Paul, Minnesota. On its first day of business, 363 cattle were sold. From this beginning, South St. Paul would grow into a center of the livestock industry until 11April 2008 when the last roundup was held. Problems associated with livestock yards and slaughterhouses were […]