Northwestern Livestock Commission Company originated fifty years ago with the Frank Wink Family. A fire in 1966 destroyed the buildings, but it was rebuilt and continued to provide livestock sales, being purchased in 1980 by Gary and Rhonda Miller.

Every Tuesday NWLCC conducts a cattle sale. Until a few years ago, most of the dairy business in Oregon was in the western part of the state; however, since 2000 there have been numerous dairies developed within a fifty mile radius. Now over 30,000+ head of cows are being milked daily in this area.

The Tillamook Cheese Factory is currently processing over 1,000,000 pounds of product annually in Boardman, Oregon, which is sixteen miles west of the sale yard on highway I-84.

The "Hermiston Extravaganza" are a catalogued sale held the third weekend of February, May, and October. Customers come from the Continental United States, Hawaii, and Canada to purchase horses at what have become the largest horse sales on the West Coast.