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Listen: The Latin ProgramBuyers' pens at the Okeechobee Livestock Market.
Image Number
FS060835
Photographer
Stone, Robert L., 1944-
Date
2004
Date Note
Photographed in May 2004.
Rights
Collection
Folklife collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Auctions--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Markets--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Agricultural industries--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Animal industry--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Meat industry and trade--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Cattle trade--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Farm produce--Purchasing
Livestock--Purchasing
Fences
Corrals
Cattle pens
Cattle--Purchasing
Markets--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Agricultural industries--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Animal industry--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Meat industry and trade--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Cattle trade--Florida--Okeechobee County--Okeechobee
Farm produce--Purchasing
Livestock--Purchasing
Fences
Corrals
Cattle pens
Cattle--Purchasing
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 digital image - col.
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."
Buyers' pens at the Okeechobee Livestock Market.
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