From Longman Business Dictionary
stockyardstock·yard /ˈstɒkjɑːdˈstɑːkjɑːrd/ noun [countableC] a place where cattle etc are delivered so that they can be sold, sent to an ABATTOIR (=place where animals are killed for their meat) etcDeliveries of cattle to Argentina’s biggest stockyard dropped by about 30% with the start of a two-day strike by farmers.