Omaha Stockyards
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2017
- At its height, the Omaha Livestock Market hired 300 to 400 people to process six to seven million head of cattle, hogs and sheep a year. In this video podcast, both farmers and workers remember how the market operated and what it meant to them.
Thank you for some wonderful pictures of my Grandfather, his brothers and nephews. Berigan Brothers Livestock Commission.
I grew up in Bellevue, just south of Omaha (separated by a street sign). I loved the smell of the stockyards. Johnny's was the best restaurant.
We have an entire generation who have no memory of the stockyards in South Omaha now.
My grandfather, Roy Horstman, started working there at 13 years old, around 1915, and retired sometime around 1970. In that time, he eventually sold hogs for Stockmen's & Tagg R, Wellman & Sons, and then finally for Johnson Comission Co. I was so small I have few, but fond memories of visiting the yards. Thanks for preserving history!
Worked around our local stockyards for 30 some years. Saw lot of changes and lot of goings on..all the old ones are gone now..
Went there several times as a kid with my Dad. I remember the smell. Also, the Livestock building was beautiful. My father and his parents had a brokerage firm on the Chicago Mercantile though they lived in Omaha. I suppose my father had business down there. All you know as a kid is you got to tag along. It was a completely different world, magical almost.
I never knew about Johnny's Cafe when I lived in Omaha in the 1970's. I guess it had been around so long that many people did not realize the historical significance of the place. If still open, I intend to eat there someday.
Why do they call Ranchers farmers in this video?. There is a difference. Farmers raise hay. Ranchers raise cattle.
Awesome tribute to a time gone by! Thank you for this!
Awesome stuff. Brings back memories. My brother in law ran a stockyard just outside Papillion.
My mothers family , Mactier Bros was a great reputable company that’s was one of the oldest. They were from Elk city. My Dad sold Meat at swifts. I and two of my Brothers worked in the packing houses . I spent 3 summers herding cattle at the stock yards.
When we were boys back in the early 70s, we would go to the stockyards in Saint Joseph, MO., to get pigeons. We would climb around the cattle stalls and get up into the rafters, then get the pigeons out of their nest. Saint Jo, stockyards are close now for good.
I hope when I pass away, this is still showing .
Wow. What an incredible insight into a few of the different perspectives and people the Yards brought to South O. I am all too familiar with the historical value that the Livestock Exchange as a whole defined Omaha, Nebraska. My grandfather started there as a yard boy and retired as the Exchange Operations Manager, once they had gotten the Red Oak location up and running. It was truly heartbreaking to see the yards go and essentially the city of Omaha not really grasping what an important part the Yards had in developing what was once a booming business. I spent my summers in the alleys and chutes, although it was a far more scaled down operation it still was incredible to see. I always looked forward to auction day, I was fascinated by the auctioneers, but mostly anxious to make a few bucks serving the buyers coffee and hearing timeless stories. I’m so very grateful I was able to partake in the excitement, although I saw the demise of its heyday, the Yards were something that will forever hold a special place in my heart.
Amazing stores I loved it thank you
Back in the late sixties and early seventies it wasn't unusual to see a rancher with a side arm.
We took our cattle to Denver Stockyards, but we had a neighbor that went to Omaha with theirs.
Very nice video, must be from quite a few years ago...
How much were Steers bringing on the Hoof at that time???
Now that is over and done with. Hope the former workers found new employment.