0 a place or occasion where cows and bulls (= male cows) are bought and sold:
1 a place or situation in which there are a lot of people who are looked at, treated, or moved around as if they were animals, especially a place where people try to find sexual partners:
Inspectors at cattle markets were told to watch for symptoms of the disease.
Cities such as Wolverhampton, Bristol, and Liverpool built new cattle markets close to railway stations.
The announcement spooked cattle markets and sent beef prices tumbling.
In the fashion industry people treat models like livestock. It's like a cattle market.
We all went to the club, we were just going for a joke because you know it's a cattle market.
It was like a cattle market. The reps herded us round their properties but they didn't show us many nice places.
