Uruguay's Plaza Rural 330th Livestock Auction to Trade 14,700 Cattle and 821 Sheep

en.Wedoany.com Reported - On November 3, the Uruguayan livestock auction platform Plaza Rural announced that it will hold its 330th livestock auction from November 5 to 6 at the Cottage Hotel in Montevideo, with plans to trade 14,749 cattle and 821 sheep. The event is organized in cooperation with the Plaza Braford brand. The auction transactions will receive financing support from the Bank of the Republic of Uruguay (BROU). Buyers can view livestock lots, breeds, and related information through the platform in advance and submit pre-bids.

The auction is divided into 247 trading lots in total, including 243 cattle lots and 4 sheep lots. Cattle are classified by age, sex, and production purpose, covering calves, fattening cattle, young bulls, young cows, dairy cows, cull cows, and breeding cows. Among them are 3,380 calves, 1,094 mixed-sex calves, and 1,645 fattening bulls aged 1–2 years; regarding cows and replacement heifers, there are 2,382 female calves, 1,967 young cows aged 1–2 years, and 787 pregnant cows. The sheep flock includes 235 lambs, 136 two-tooth young sheep, and 450 breeding ewes. The auctioneer will organize trading in time slots according to different livestock categories.

This transaction is jointly organized by several livestock brokerage companies under Plaza Rural. Buyers and sellers can view the auction catalog, livestock lots, and quality information through the online platform and submit pre-bids before the formal auction. The Bank of the Republic of Uruguay (BROU) provides financing support for the transactions to facilitate buyers' purchase of livestock.

2026 also marks the 25th anniversary of Plaza Rural's founding. To coincide with the anniversary, the platform has launched a special raffle, offering two brand-new BYD electric vehicles to customers who complete transactions through its auctions throughout the year, with one awarded to buyers and the other to sellers.