livestock auction
Cattle trading event
A livestock auction is a public sale where farm animals—cattle, sheep, pigs, horses—are sold to the highest bidder.
Buyers and sellers gather at auction houses or stockyards, and an auctioneer calls out bids in rapid patter.
Animals are typically sold by weight or by the head: We bought three heifers at the livestock auction last week.
- bidderOne who makes offers
- cash buyerOne who pays outright
- auctioneerConducts public sales
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
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livestock auctionconsignment
Batch delivered for selling
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