Atlantic Stockyards Limited is Atlantic Canada's Livestock Marketing Centre. We are located just outside Truro, Nova Scotia, the site of the former Maritime Cattle Market.

We market cattle, sheep, goats, horses, chickens and hogs. We also hold equipment auctions. Regular auctions are held every Thursday.

Note to producers - ASL urges all producers bringing livestock to the sale to do so by noon time on sale days or Wednesday evening - for sheep and goats by 1pm.

For sale privately - 300 wrapped 4x4 hard core, haylage round bales, asking $25 per bale, email or call Sean for contact info.

For Thursday February 9, 2012

We will have 30 round bale straw on site, they are 4x5 good quality bales net wrapped and line wrapped in plastic, we will initially offer 5 bales for Thursday.

Balamore Farm and ASL 3rd Annual Beef Open Heifer Sale

Approximately 110 open heifers, bred cows and select 2 year Charolais bulls on offer Saturday March 31, 2012 at Balamore Farm in Great Village N.S.

This sale will be by silent auction with minumums on all heifers and bulls. Facilities for parking and loading on site. Follow this link information is now available.

Dairy breeding stock will be featured the last Thursday of every month at 1pm at our regular sale.

We will be accepting open, bred, springing heifers and cows, dairy bulls, grades and purebreds.

Producers with consignments are encouraged to contact Sean by email, phone or fax to pre register entries by Tuesday of the sale week.

Entries will be advertised on www.atlanticstockyards.com by Tuesday evening for buyer viewing. See our contact tab for contact numbers.

Winter / Spring 2012 Feeder Sale Dates

Thursday January 19 - 1pm start

Thursday February 16 - 1pm start

Thursday March 15 - 1pm start

Saturday April 14 - 10am start

Saturday May 5 - 10am start

Spring Equipment Sale Date

Saturday April 21, 2012, 10am start

** Watch for upcoming herd dispersals at our Thursday sales.

Producers with cattle to consign to breeding stock, feeder sales or weekly sales should contact Sean at the numbers above.

Click on the tabs above to access more information on market reports, sale dates, and forms for for sale entries.

** Notice of Pregnancy Checking Fees

effective February 1, 2011 ASL will charge a flat fee of $3 per head for all bred heifers and cows sold as stock breeding animals, the fee will also apply to breeding soundness evaluation for open heifers. This fee will appear on the sellers settlement sheet.

** Notice on NSCP Levy Collection

as of Thursday July 7, 2011 ASL will be collecting check off for the NSCP. Producers wishing to partcipate in the herd renewal program will be required to have paid check off, ASL will do this on producers behalf.

** Note on Sheep Tagging **

There are no sheep tagging sites off the farm of origin that can legally apply sheep tags. ASL is a licensed tagging station for cattle but not for sheep, all sheep and lambs must be tagged with a CSIP approved tag when they leave the flock of origin. Current CFIA fines for untagged sheep are $1300 for the producer, $1300 for the transporter and $1300 for ASL (for accepting untagged sheep). Please take a moment when loading sheep and lambs to ensure that all sheep are tagged.

** CCIA Tag Changes Coming in July 2010**

OTTAWA, May, 28, 2010: Effective July 1, 2010, all cattle must be tagged with an approved Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag prior to moving from their current location or leaving their farm of origin. These tags will replace the bar-coded dangle tags.

Producers cannot remove older bar code tags already in the ears of cattle leaving the farm - RFID (button) tags must be added in addition to already in place dangle tags.

Sellers and Buyers please note; as of June 1, Canada Post will not be delivering any mail without full civic address; producers are encouraged to contact ASL and provide full mailing information to avoid processing delays.

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