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Title: Livestock Auction Markets
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Description:

Permitted livestock auction markets serve Minnesota and out-of-state producers by providing a location for buying and selling livestock which contributes to the state’s agricultural economy. The markets are required to have well-maintained grounds and equipment. The market manager ensures that all livestock meet identification requirements for sale in addition to record keeping. Market managers also employ an official veterinarian, and both work to make sure that the livestock sold is healthy. Minnesota Board of Animal Health (BAH)


Subject: Animals
Livestock
Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:14:31 PM
Modification Date: 7/22/2024 12:58:46 PM
Agency Name: Animal Health (BAH), Minnesota Board of
Agency URL: https://www.bah.state.mn.us
Agency Description: The mission of the Minnesota Board of Animal Health (BAH) is to protect the health of the state’s domestic animals through education and cooperation with veterinarians, producers, owners and communities. is to protect the health of the state’s domestic animals through education and cooperation with veterinarians, producers, owners and communities.
Agency Phone: 651-296-2942
Agency Fax: 651-296-7417
Agency URL: https://www.bah.state.mn.us
Agency Address:
625 Robert Street North

St. Paul
MN
55155
Division Name: Email
Division URL:
Division Description:
Division Phone: Division Fax: Division URL:
Unit Name: Livestock Auction Markets and Community Sales Permit
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: 651-201-6826
Unit Fax: Contact person(s): Unit URL:
Audience: Hold Application URL: https://www.bah.state.mn.us/exhibition-veterinarian-authorization-form
Renewal URL:
Versa URL:
Requirements:

Review Livestock Auction Markets

Permitted livestock auction markets serve Minnesota and out-of-state producers by providing a location for buying and selling livestock which contributes to the state’s agricultural economy.

The markets are required to have well-maintained grounds and equipment. The market manager ensures that all livestock meet identification requirements for sale in addition to record keeping. Market managers also employ an official veterinarian, and both work to make sure that the livestock sold is healthy.

Livestock auctions vs exhibitions
  • “Community sales” means the public sale of livestock or poultry for purposes other than immediate slaughter, from any location in Minnesota where two or more persons who own livestock offer the livestock for   public sale. “Community sales” includes regularly scheduled livestock auction markets, consignment sales of livestock, and street markets of livestock.
  • “Exhibition” means bringing livestock or poultry owned by two or more persons to one location in Minnesota for judging or for display to the public, except when there is only one animal of each species exhibited.

Rules: 1721.0080 - .0090

Statutes: 35.03

Forms: Sales and Exhibition Application
Fees:

No fee.


Period of Issuance:

Annual, July 1 - June 30.


Length of Determination: Variable.
Other Info:
Activity: Livestock
Animals
License Detail URL:

Livestock Auction Markets

Minnesota Board of Animal Health


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