Underweight cattle wait in a pen to be auctioned at the Gillespie Livestock Company in Fredericksburg, Texas, on August 10, 2011. Due to an extreme drought in Texas, ranchers were forced to sell their herds because they could not afford hay for their cattle or could not find it to buy. 2011 was the driest year ever recorded in Texas. Livestock and agricultural losses were $5.2 billion.