Sidney Livestock Market Center Open For Business

Wednesday is “Sale Day” in Sidney. For many, many years Wednesday was the day to come to town, go to the livestock sale and then shop and conduct other business, before enjoying a great dinner and heading home. With the purchase of Yellowstone Livestock, Prewitt & Co. is hoping to bring those days back to Sidney.

The Montana Board of Livestock approved the purchase August 1 and the new Sidney Livestock Market Center, LLC held its first sale August 8.

Tim and Kristin Larson will manage the Center, while Christy Albin will stay as office manager. Field man Roger Nygaard, as well as the crew at the yards have stayed on as well. Plans include hiring another field man. Superior Livestock sales will continue.

While there are no big plans as yet, there are lots of ideas. “We want to run a good, honest, aggressive market center,” co-owner Rod Prewitt emphasized. Tim Larson added, ”We want it to be a competitive, fantastic market like it’s always been.” Kristin Larson explained that the main reason they decided to purchase the business was the fear of losing everything the livestock center brought to Sidney. “Everybody came to town on sale day, it was a community day. There was commerce all over town with a lot of it caused by the livestock sale. We want to get the sales back up to where they used to be. We have the opportunity to have Ag at the forefront of the community again with a viable sale barn.”

Ground has been broken at the livestock yard to house the new offices of Prewitt & Co, and separately, Sidney Livestock Market Center.

Larson will be visiting with farmers and ranchers in the area and welcomes calls concerning all the services Sidney Livestock Market Center has to offer. “We will try to help market your animals to the best of our ability,” he stated. Call 406-482-3513 during the day, or call Tim any time at 406-480-2666.