It was a day for Napa Valley children and teenagers to show off the results of months of raising pigs, goats, cattle, and sheep — and to bask in applause and rapid-fire bidding in the sawdust-scented ...

Gold Shaw Farm visits a livestock auction and offers tips for buying the right cow. What on Earth just happened to the stock ...

Gary Freeman stood in a bright orange shirt and a bright blue hat between the animals that were being sold and the crowd that was buying, waving his hands. Holding a rolled-up piece of paper in his ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. This winter, I attended a livestock auction on California’s remote ...