A professional who sells livestock at stockyards as agent for owner. Responsibilities include:

• Receives, appraises, and sorts livestock according to factors, such as weight, sex, age, and appearance, to determine value and facilitate sale.
• Contacts purchasing agents and informs them of livestock available for sale.
• Shows livestock to buyers and receives bids.
• Informs interested buyers of other bids received.
• Sells livestock to highest bidder.
• May purchase livestock as agent for farmer.
• May specialize in purchase of one species of livestock.