Horse Market Collapses
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Horse prices are "ugly…terrible," says Diane Givan, office manager of Kist Livestock, Mandan, N.D. Colts are bringing as little as $10-$50 per head. They used to sell for $200 to $500. Working horses are selling for about half of what they used to. Owners of older horses sometimes can't sell their horses at all or end up in the hole after paying the auction house's commission...