### Question
What does dealer mean?


### Answer
**Dealer** has the following meaning in *7 U.S.C. § 201*:

> any person, not a market agency, engaged in the business of buying or selling in commerce livestock, either on his own account or as the employee or agent of the vendor or purchaser

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 201*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 9-PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS > SUBCHAPTER III-STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS**

