Livestock auction market
Contributors: United States. Agricultural Marketing Service
Series: Photo series -- no. 10; Photo series (United States. Department of Agriculture) -- no. 8.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Office of Information
Published: 1958
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Marketing; Transportation; Livestock; Auctions; Pictorial works
Notes: Caption title.

"USDA photographs showing unloading, sorting, and auctioning of livestock at a Maryland market. This market was built in 1954. The livestock to be auctioned is brought by truck, principally from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the Carolinas. Like other eastern markets, this is a "covered" or "roofed" market, as contrasted with the "open" markets in the West. The livestock sold is bought by farmers, packers, and others. These photographs were taken for the Agricultural Marketing Service."

22 captioned photographs.

"July 1958."