Yes. A stockyard or livestock market would be required to register (unless an exemption in 21
CFR 1.226 applies) if they are holding live animals for human or animal consumption.
Generally, stockyards and livestock markets consist of a series of pens or yards where market
animals are collected and held. These animals are either sold to feedlots/veal finishing farms or
purchased by packing houses for slaughter. Neither a livestock market nor a stockyard is a
“farm” as defined in 21 CFR 1.227, because they do not raise animals.
