It’s a heart wrenching story to tell.
Thousands of cattle are moving from the pasture to the sale barn due to a lack of rain.
Cattle producers spend their lifetime building a cattle herd, now many of those cows have to be sold because the pastures are drying up and the hay crop is short.
Larry Schnell with Stockmen’s Livestock Exchange in Dickinson says they have been selling 400-600 pairs each week for the past month.
Schnell says as of right now they are having 1 sale a week, but they may need to move to 2 sales each week during the summer.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor Map currently all of North Dakota is abnormally dry with areas of south central North Dakota experiencing a moderate drought.