§ 11-22-101 — Definitions; exceptions to provisions

(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Board" means the Wyoming livestock board;
(ii) "Livestock" means horses, mules, cattle, swine,
sheep and goats. Bison are considered livestock unless otherwise
designated by the board and the Wyoming game and fish
commission;
(iii) "Livestock market" means a place operated for
profit as a public market, consisting of pens or enclosures and
their appurtenances, in which livestock are received, held for
sale, sold or offered for sale at either public auction or
private sale, except that this act does not apply to:
(A) Any place used solely for a dispersal sale
of the livestock of a farmer, dairyman, livestock breeder or
feeder who is discontinuing business;
(B) Repealed by Laws 2006, Chapter 27, § 4.
(C) Any place where an association of breeders
of livestock assembles, offers for sale and sells under its own
management registered livestock or breeding sires, if the
association assumes all responsibility of the sale and
guarantees title to the livestock and arranges for the proper
inspection of all animals sold.
(iv) "Livestock dealer" means:
(A) Any person engaged in the business of buying
or selling livestock in commerce, either for his own account or
as an employee or agent of the seller or buyer; or
(B) Any person who engages in the regular
business of buying or selling livestock in commerce on a
commission basis as set forth in rules by the Wyoming livestock
board.
(v) "Livestock dealer" does not include any person
who buys or sells livestock as part of his own bona fide
breeding, feeding, showing, dairy, meat or wool production
operation; any person who takes a security interest, including
liquidation of that interest, in livestock in the ordinary
course of his business; or any person who buys occasionally but
not as a part of his regular business as set forth in rules
promulgated by the Wyoming livestock board;
(vi) "This act" means W.S. 11-22-101 through