Hwy 2 West, Rugby, ND 56368 - Pierce County

WRITTEN BID AUCTION

Turn-key Livestock Sale Barn Business and Property

Rugby Livestock Sales, Inc.

Rugby, ND

Written Bids Due:

Monday, June 30, 2014 before 5:00 p.m. (CT)

Auction Note: Once in a lifetime agricultural business opportunity! Located on the southern edge of Rugby ND, Rugby Livestock Sales, Inc. has been a staple of the Rugby, ND community for many years. After 18 years, the Thiel family is putting the business up for sale and taking written bids for the purchase of this profitable and engaging livestock business. This turn-key operation consists of 10.35 +/- acres of land, a sale barn, livestock pens and all the associated furniture and fixtures with the exception of all rolling stock and hay. Property is available for Immediate Possession!

Pifers is accepting written bids on this business opportunity. The bids are due by 5 p.m. on June 30, 2014 at Pifers Corporate Office in Moorhead MN. If you wish to obtain confidential financial information, contact Pifer's. Once you have signed a Confidentiality Statement, you will receive 3 years of financial statements including Profit and Loss Statements, Balance Sheets, and Tax Returns.

Driving Directions: Rugby Livestock Sales, Inc. is located on the South side of Hwy 2 in Rugby ND.

Property Details:

The 8,000 Sq. ft. sale barn was built in the 1960s and has been meticulously maintained and updated with high speed fiber optic Wi-Fi on site. The sales ring has a seating capacity of 200+ and the onsite lunch kitchen seats 35. The Cardinal weigh scale features a 15x34 deck with 40,000 lb. capacity.

The sale barn is heated by propane and electric heat and is surrounded by 105 buyer pens, 44 seller Pens (18 Large), with a total holding capacity of 3,500 - 4,000 head. There is an onsite vet shack and the floors are concrete and grooved to reduce slipping.

All furniture, fixtures & equipment is included as well as sale barn software Sale Day Auction Market System by Sargent Communications.

There is an additional storage/maintenance building available to rent adjacent to the sale barn. All rolling stock and hay are excluded.

Property Address:

Hwy 2 West - Rugby ND 56368

Acres : 10.35 +/-

Legal: Outlot 225 of NE ; Outlot 226 of NW less W25 of N180 of Outlot 226 in 11-156-73

Taxes (2013) : $1,623.12

OWNERS: Glen & Helga Thiel