Title 7 › CHAPTER 9 — PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS › SUBCHAPTER III — STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS › § 201
Defines four key terms used in the chapter. A stockyard owner is anyone who runs a stockyard. Stockyard services are the things a stockyard offers to handle, care for, market, move, or weigh livestock for sale. A market agency is a business that buys or sells livestock for a commission or provides stockyard services; starting October 7, 2016, it also covers those who buy or sell livestock online, by video, or electronically for a fee when their average annual electronic sales exceed $250,000. A dealer buys or sells livestock for themselves or as an agent but is not a market agency.
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7 U.S.C. § 201
Title 7, Agriculture
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102