Cattle Empire announces sale of two locations to Friona Industries

Cattle Empire, LLC recently announced the sale of its Yard 1 and Yard 2 locations with a combined one-time capacity of 139,000 head of cattle in Haskell County, KS, to Amarillo, TX-based Friona Industries, L.P. The purchase by Friona boosts it to the nation’s second largest cattle feeding entity with a one-time capacity of 577,000 head in eight yards in Kansas and Texas. Cattle Empire will retain its Yard 3 and Yard 3 North locations near Satanta, KS with a combined one-time capacity of 51,500 head of cattle. “By retaining Yard 3, which has long been our main facility for customer cattle, we will be able to focus our efforts on improving and expanding that business,” said Roy Brown, CEO. “We will continue to use new technologies and progressive strategies to offer our customers marketing advantages and innovations to help their cattle and businesses thrive. We will use our 40 years of cattle feeding experience as one of the largest cattle feeders in the nation to provide customers with the strategy and efficiency of a large operation combined with the specialization and individual care of a small family feeder.” — WLJ