1.   At a cattle auction, the rough men under the cowboy hats shrug their shoulders.

2.   Just like a cattle auction, the women parade themselves around the stage, making their cosmetic surgeons proud with cleavage aplenty.

3.   That raises the possibility that prime cattle auctions could become purchase points for buyers from other EC countries.

4.   A cattle auction in Monteria, Colombia.

5.   College basketball coaches often sound like meat merchants at a cattle auction.

6.   Sitting outside a dusty livestock pen in eastern Colorado watching cattle auctions, rancher Dale Lasater figured he was seeing the first signs cattle prices could start to rise.

7.   The city has long thought of itself as a sophisticated, international metropolis, not a center for cattle auctions any more.

8.   The parties at Happy Cove often were linked to his cattle auctions, where thousands of guests feasted on barbecue, guzzled beer and bid on prize animals.

9.   Prices dropped sharply at cattle auctions, wiping out any profits for farmers.