Fort Pierre Livestock Auction
Feb 11, 2010
The Fort Pierre Livestock Auction may be the unofficial capital of cowboy country on the Upper Missouri since its construction in 1947. Photos by Bernie Hunhoff.
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Friday cattle sales draw buyers and sellers from hundreds of miles in all directions. -
The barn's restaurant has gained a reputation for home cooking and good beef. "We get to serve the best people in the world," says Cheryl Schaefers, who has run the restaurant for the last 10 years. -
Fort Pierre Livestock may be the unofficial capitol of cowboy country on the Upper Missouri. -
Thousands of cattle and millions of dollars change hands on a typical sale day at Fort Pierre Livestock Auction. -
Johnny Smith is a partner and field man at the auction barn. He says of Fort Pierre: "I came here when I was four years old and it was a cow town then. It still is a good cow town. " -
Our March/April issue will feature Fort Pierre and the auction barn. -
Fort Pierre's cow town image extends to the rest of the town. There's a saddle shop, gun store, veterinary supply and two of West River's best-known watering holes, the Hopscotch and the legendary Chateau. -
Modern cowboy life is well-illustrated on the auction's bulletin board. We also found this sign: "Don't Steal: The Government Doesn't Like Competitors."
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In the early 1960's, I met Dr Robert (A?) Ray, a veterinarian testing some cattle at the Ft Pierre auction. I was about 12 or 13 and helped hold the animal in the restraint pen, while the doc got blood samples. Anyway, I'm 73 now and cannot find ANY info on whatever happened to him. There's no obituary listing of him in Pierre. I guess he was about 30-35 years old at the time.
He and another younger vet had an office on Pierre St across from the national
bank, as I recall answering the phone while they were out, and going on several road trips with Dr Ray, to make ranch & farm calls.
Just wonderin' if anyone, maybe an old timer, remembers this Dr and whatever
happened to him. TIA
bob
with an office on Pierre