{"id":"2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade","canonicalSlug":"2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade","language":"en","title":"Unaizah camel auction draws livestock traders and visitors","summary":"The eight-day event at the 1.2-million-square-metre auction district began on 15 October, according to the SPA report.","body":["The third Unaizah Camel Auction was under way in Qassim Region when SPA reported on it on 19 October. The eight-day event began the preceding Thursday, 15 October, and brings camel owners, traders and visitors to the auction district.","SPA described the district as covering 1.2 million square metres and said its facilities support buying and selling, local tourism and cottage-industry vendors. The report gave no auction turnover, number of camels traded or participant count, so it does not establish the scale of commercial transactions."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Unaizah camel auction draws livestock traders and visitors\n\nThe eight-day event at the 1.2-million-square-metre auction district began on 15 October, according to the SPA report.\n\nThe third Unaizah Camel Auction was under way in Qassim Region when SPA reported on it on 19 October. The eight-day event began the preceding Thursday, 15 October, and brings camel owners, traders and visitors to the auction district.\n\nSPA described the district as covering 1.2 million square metres and said its facilities support buying and selling, local tourism and cottage-industry vendors. The report gave no auction turnover, number of camels traded or participant count, so it does not establish the scale of commercial transactions.","category":"business","region":"world","topics":["non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-15","eventDateBasis":"SPA said the eight-day auction began the preceding Thursday; 15 October 2026 was that Thursday. The source article was published 19 October.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T14:32:50Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:27:51Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-19","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:20:39Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705363","name":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA)","licence":"All rights reserved or no open reuse licence identified; original factual reporting, with no source prose or image reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705363","attribution":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA), source dated 2026-10-19. Wellficent independent factual reporting; no source prose or image reproduced.","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-unaizah-camel-auction-livestock-trade"},"corrections":[],"locations":[{"id":"sa-event-location","name":{"ar":"السعودية","en":"Saudi Arabia","es":"Arabia Saudí","fr":"Arabie saoudite","pt":"Arábia Saudita","ru":"Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Suudi Arabistan"},"type":"country","source":{"url":"https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2705363","name":"Saudi Press Agency (SPA)","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","publishedAt":"2026-10-19"},"context":{"ar":"موقع الحدث: السعودية","en":"Event location: Saudi Arabia","es":"Lugar del evento: Arabia Saudí","fr":"Lieu de l’événement: Arabie saoudite","pt":"Local do evento: Arábia Saudita","ru":"Место события: Саудовская Аравия","tr":"Etkinlik yeri: Suudi Arabistan"},"countryCode":"SA"}],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["industry-event"],"geographies":[{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":"SA-05"},{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation"],"measurementPeriod":null}}