Gauchos mourn as Buenos Aires cattle market set to close Issued on: 22/07/2021 - 03:20 The Liniers Cattle Market in Buenos Aires will soon be just a memory RONALDO SCHEMIDT AFP 3 min Buenos Aires (AFP) Arriving on horseback and wearing the typical gaucho beret and boots, Argentines young and old spend the night bringing bulls, cows and calves to their respective pens. It's an age-old tradition at the Buenos Aires cattle market that dates back to 1889 when the southern Mataderos neighborhood was still fields. But a page is turning as by the end of the year, the 33-hectare Liniers cattle market will leave Buenos Aires for a new, modern installation 60 (40 miles) kilometers away in Canuelas.