Springfield Stockyard — Local services in Springfield

One day they'll take a few weekends and make it less dangerous, but the cow/goat/sheep area looks like it's falling down and the walkways are so uneven you're likely to end up with someone in your lap more often than not. Animals are frequently very, very ill or have visible deformities (the llama last week was in awful condition). They start everything at prices even billionaires couldn't dream of and end up working their way down to 50-100$, sell most of it to the buddies in the front row, and sneer at the audience constantly. This isn't usual auctioneer teasing, Nathan and his staff are very rude and cliquey, only really bothering with their favorites. Between the animals in deplorable shape (if it walks, it's getting sold and they will not turn anything away no matter how sick it is, which leads to outbreaks among the stock waiting to be sold) and the lousy attitudes of the staff, the fact that they are frequently auctioning guns that they don't have licenses to auction per the licenses on the walls of the office, and everything else?

Skip Springfield. Skip their cronies elsewhere, too. Most of the livestock markets in this area are trashy, run by trashy people who will scream "we got the goats" when all they have is a goat that can barely walk because it has mastitis so bad it's udder looks like it's about to rip right off the connective tissue as they run her around the ring and a bunch of extremely underfed, coccidia-ridden nigerian dwarves. And they all start at $250. And every country boy in the audience either isn't looking or is hee hawing right along with the auctioneer who made another politically-based joke for no reason.

Meanwhile, none of the pens have water on 115F days and the animals are gasping for breath so they slap them around a little in the ring to rile them up. I cannot tell you how many times they open a poultry box and say "oh two times your money-wait, no. one. one times your money" because one of the birds in there died from heatstroke.

If SC law required a vet out, Springfield would be shut down. Hopefully,...

‼️‼️‼️‼️So if I could give zero stars, I definitely would. We have been coming to this stockyard to sell our livestock animals and miscellaneous items for at least two years now. We're from GEORGIA and when we come, our animals are always the best looking, best paying. We have NEVER had an issue cashing a check... Until now. Owner was unreachable, so I had to do some research and find his wife 😆 no I'm not a stalker, but when It comes to my money and my family, I'm gonna find you lol. But I had two checks to cash from them from the Saturday before and the bank tells us that there isn't any money in that account. That the checks were not any good. After driving to the specified bank on the check, it was permanently closed. So had to drive another hour to another location for them to tell me this... After getting in touch with the wife, she was nice about it, but it isn't our fault for their "office errors". I should be able to cash my checks that Monday morning, because who doesn't make the deposit early Monday morning knowing you just gave out all of those checks the Saturday before? That's not how you run a business. But after the owner all of a sudden appeared beside her, he told her to bring us cash and for us to not come back to his sell? That's totally ridiculous. All because you got called out and you're embarrassed now? That's fine. Whole damn place is about to fall down anyways. That's what you should be embarrassed about. So many safety concerns if ya ask me 😆🤷

‼️‼️‼️YALL STOP SELLING YOUR ITEMS/ANIMALS HERE. GO VISIT METTER LIVESTOCK IN LYONS GEORGIA. YOULL NEVER HAVE...

Great auction for a variety of livestock and farm equipment. Friendly staff and nice little concession stand with hot dogs, boiled peanuts, and other snacks. The auctioneer had a sense of humor and communicated very clearly. Look at their Facebook page for a preview of what they'll have that week.

During my first visit, they had a peacock, puppies, the fluffiest bunny I've ever seen, and lots of other great animals. I left with 8 decent chickens for about $60. I would recommend to anyone looking for livestock and I will definitely be going back for more. Maybe I'll bring home some piglets next time!

A disclaimer for the not-so-country folk: there is no air conditioning or heat besides some fans. There is only one male and one female restroom. This place does smell like a petting zoo for a few minutes until you get used to it. Overall, it was a pretty awesome...