cattle trade
Selling beef animals
The cattle trade is the business of buying and selling cattle, particularly the large-scale movement and commerce of livestock for beef production.
Historically, it shaped economies and landscapes—the American cattle trade drove cowboys to move herds along trails to railheads.
The cattle trade made fortunes in the Old West.
The term sometimes appears in dark historical contexts referring to the slave trade.
- feedlotsCattle finishing facilities
- abattoirsLivestock killing facilities
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- penInk-filled writing tool
- loading chutePassage for boarding livestock
brokers · cow · export · breeding · herd · animal welfare · drover · seller · contracts · corral · transportation · steer · lot · livestock market · buyer · ring · market price · disease control
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- food tradealmonds, farm produce, walnuts, fresh produce, olive oil
- livestock tradepoultry market, livestock auctions, livestock auction, stockyard, sale barn
- rural commercefarm stand, farmers market, country store, general store, feed store
- livestock lawgrazing rights, ear tags, traceability, animal welfare
- Jewish livestockkosher animals, shechita, kosher slaughter, ritual slaughter, shochet
cattle tradedairy farming
Livestock husbandry for milk
dairy production · milk production · cattle ranching · animal husbandry · livestock breeding