Buyers' pens at the Okeechobee Livestock Market.

Title

• Buyers' pens at the Okeechobee Livestock Market.

Image Number

• FS060835

Year

• 2004

Date Note

• Photographed in May 2004.

Series Title

• General: Folklife Collection

General Note

• Accompanying note: "About 2,500 head of cattle per week are auctioned, one at a time, at the Okeechobee Livestock Market. The cattle are then sorted into pens designated for each buyer. The day after an auction, the pens are emptied and the cattle are loaded into trucks and shipped."

Photographer/Personal Author

• Stone, Robert L., 1944-

Physical Description

• 1 digital image - col.

Subject Term

• Auctions--Florida--Okeechobee
• Markets--Florida--Okeechobee
• Agricultural industries--Florida--Okeechobee
• Animal industry--Florida--Okeechobee
• Meat industry and trade--Florida--Okeechobee
• Cattle trade--Florida--Okeechobee
• Farm produce--Purchasing
• Livestock--Purchasing
• Fences
• Corrals
• Cattle pens
• Cattle--Purchasing

Geographic Term

• Okeechobee County (Fla.)
• Okeechobee (Fla.)

Subject Corporate

• Okeechobee Livestock Market (Okeechobee, Fla.)

Shelf Number

• Location: 30096-F.

Learn more about the Folklife Collection »