(2 Feb 2025)
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Oklahoma City – 13 January 2025
1. Various of auction at Oklahoma’s National Stockyards
2. Close of cattle being moved into facility
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jerry Reynolds, President, Oklahoma National Stockyards:
“The uniqueness of this place is you’ve got people who’ve been coming here since they were a kid. They came with their dad and they came with their grandad so there’s lot’s of tradition here."
4. Medium of people watching auction from stands
5. Medium of cow leaving auction
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Carver, Tourist, North Carolina:
“It’s a side of of America that we have. We don’t know a whole lot about. And we thought it would be really interesting to see how it works on a large scale."
7. Wide of entrance into stockyard facility with cars driving on the road
8. Various of cattle in barns
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jerry Reynolds, President, Oklahoma National Stockyards:
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“The ownership, just feels that it’s a good time to transition the ownership to to someone more local. A good percentage of those stockholders are out of state and a lot of them were original family members to the facility being built back in 1910 and have had a long tradition of Having ownership in the stockyards and a great relationship there. But those guys are are getting older and don’t have any family that’s interested in Carrying on that tradition. And so they just feel like it’s a good time to. Try to Find someone that can Continue carrying the torch.
10. Various of worker navigating cattle into auction area
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Baker, Stockyards Commission Firm Owner:
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“It’s very vital for my family. Due to, it’s our livelihood.”
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Baker, Stockyards Commission Firm Owner:
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"There’s there’s a little, little, little fear that, you know, somebody might buy it and do something else with it. Our hope is somebody that, you know, wants to continue doing business the way it’s always been done."
13. Close of people watching auction from stands
14. Close of cattle being auctioned
15. Close of nearby cattle waiting to be auctioned
STORYLINE:
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THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL STOCKYARDS IS PIECE OF WESTERN HERITAGE OVER A CENTURY OLD.
IT’S KNOWN AS AS ONE OF THE LARGEST STOCKER/FEEDER CATTLE MARKETS IN THE WORLD, WHERE THOUSANDS OF CATTLE ARE SHIPPED AND SOLD EVERY WEEK
BUT IT ALSO HOLDS DEEP ROOTS IN GENERATIONAL TRADITION.
[SOUNDBITE (English) Jerry Reynolds , President, Oklahoma National Stockyards:]
“The uniqueness of this place is you’ve got people who’ve been coming here since they were a kid. They came with their dad and they came with their grandad.
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IT’S NOT JUST LOCALS WHO COME HERE.
TOURISTS ALSO FLOCK TO GET A GLIMPSE OF AMERICA’S CATTLE HISTORY.
[SOUNDBITE (English) Chuck Carver , Tourist, North Carolina:]
“It’s a side of of America that we have. We don’t know a whole lot about. And we thought it would be really interesting to see how it works on a large scale. Yeah. Well, it’s amazing, you know, the the scale of it and it’s it’s yeah, it’s it’s amazing.”
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NOW, THE STOCKYARDS ARE AT A CROSSROADS.
THE CATTLE MARKET IS DEALING WITH DROUGHT, HIGH PRODUCTION COSTS, AND THE LOWEST CATTLE NUMBERS SINCE THE 1950S.
THE ENTIRE OPERATION AND ITS PROPERTY IS UP FOR SALE FOR $27 MILLION.
[Jerry Reynolds | President, Oklahoma National Stockyards]
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