Source registry
Source classes, evidence fields, and citation boundaries for Anymal OS World cattle-market answers.
Source boundaries
Anymal OS World uses 14 source-registry entries with explicit citation boundaries so cattle-market claims can be cited without being overstated.
public-market-report
Auction price, receipt, weight-class, volume, and market-report signals for cattle sale barns and regional price pages.
Citation boundary: A reported auction-price signal for the report date and venue, not a guaranteed current transaction price or promise of future bid.
agricultural-context
Feed, crop, inventory, and agricultural context used to frame cattle-market operating conditions.
Citation boundary: A public agricultural context source, not a parcel-level feed-cost quote or individual operation certification.
public-market-report
Verified breed, class, volume, and buyer-demand signals where USDA MARS publishes cattle market report detail.
Citation boundary: A reported market-news signal for a report window, not a guaranteed real-time bid or packer commitment.
animal-health-signal
Disease alert and animal-health context that may affect movement, buyer demand, and operational risk routing.
Citation boundary: A disease and regulatory signal, not a veterinary diagnosis, herd-health determination, or movement permit.
risk-signal
Regional drought and forage-stress context for timing, liquidation, feed, and supply pressure questions.
Citation boundary: A regional drought-stress signal, not parcel-level forage, water, or supply certification.
weather-signal
Weather alert and forecast context used to frame hauling, sale timing, and regional operating risk.
Citation boundary: A weather signal, not a guarantee that conditions are safe for a specific route, load, sale, or property.
market-context
Feeder cattle, live cattle, corn, and related futures signals used as market background.
Citation boundary: A market-context indicator, not financial, trading, hedging, or investment advice.
cost-signal
Diesel and fuel-cost context used in hauling and market-access reasoning.
Citation boundary: A regional fuel-cost signal, not a carrier quote, delivered fuel invoice, or route-specific cost guarantee.
regulatory-context
CAFO permit, facility, and environmental-compliance context that may affect operation footprint and diligence questions.
Citation boundary: A public regulatory screening signal, not a final environmental, legal, or agency determination.
location-context
Location, road, boundary, parcel, and nearby-place context used to anchor maps, barn profiles, and county routing.
Citation boundary: A location anchor, not title work, ownership certification, survey, or official parcel determination.
derived-dataset
County, state, barn, freshness, and route-level rollups computed from public-feeds inputs and static launch exports.
Citation boundary: A derived market-intelligence rollup; cite with the underlying source lineage and do not treat it as an official agency record.
regulatory-reference
State-specific brand inspection, ownership-transfer, sale, and cattle-movement references cited by learn pages.
Citation boundary: A pointer to authoritative agency rules, not a real-time Anymal feed or legal determination; verify current requirements with the agency.
regulatory-reference
State agriculture and livestock pages used as reference material for cattle movement, inspection, and market context.
Citation boundary: A reference to agency-published material, not a guarantee that a user-specific sale, movement, or document is compliant.
editorial-reference
Non-feed reference pages cited by learn and insight content, including USDA explainers, CME educational material, NOAA/NCEI pages, and sale-format references.
Citation boundary: A contextual reference source, not a live Anymal feed, official current quote, or substitute for checking the primary source.
Evidence contract
The answer-evidence contract has 14 fields, and unknown provenance dates stay unknown instead of being replaced by build time.