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The Auction Mart on New Market Street in Castle Douglas is an octagonal building, constructed around 1900 as a cattle market, and used for that purpose since its construction. It is owned by Wallets Marts, a firm that has operated a cattle market on the site since 1888. It was designated a Category A listed building in 1990.
The Forum Boarium (Classical Latin: [ˈfɔrʊm‿boˈaːriʊ̃], Italian: Foro Boario) was the cattle market or forum venalium of ancient Rome.It was located on a level piece of land near the Tiber between the Capitoline, the Palatine and Aventine hills.
Workers and cattle in a slaughterhouse in 1942. In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (/ ˈ æ b ə t w ɑːr / ⓘ), is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a meat-packing facility.
Beastmarket Hill derives its name from being the site of the cattle market. [2] It is bounded by St James’ Street to the north west and Friar Lane to the south east. Notable buildings
[13] [14] The Junction Railway Company took over the stock yard platforms, chutes, chute pens, facilities for feeding, resting and watering livestock in 1941. [15] Beginning during World War II, stockmen began selling their animals directly to packers, and the industry shifted more generally to using trucks, rather than rail, for transport.
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Matadero Madrid is the site of a former slaughterhouse, the El Matadero y Mercado Municipal de Ganados (English: Municipal Slaughterhouse and Cattle Market) in the Arganzuela district of Madrid. Today, it is a contemporary arts centre.
Of all the cattle ever landed at Deptford market, the largest proportion came from the U.S.A. [85] The practice started in 1878 when American cattle and pigs were "scheduled" for port slaughter. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] By 1913, when Deptford closed, 3,144,400 American cattle had been landed there, besides sheep and pigs.