cattle market

British

noun

slang a situation or place, such as a beauty contest or nightclub, in which women are felt to be, or feel themselves to be, on display and judged solely by their appearance

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cattle market

The U.S. cattle market was valued at about $113 billion in 2024, based on gross revenue ranchers received from cattle sales.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Among predator losses, wolves accounted for 2,040 adult cattle and 8,110 calves—small numbers in a national cattle market of tens of millions of animals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

"It was like a cattle market," he tells me.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023

He remembered it being "just a cattle market" and didn't like how the guests were corralled.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2022

The cattle market and slaughter-houses, both on an extensive scale, are in the east end of the city, not far from Camperdown Dock.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

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