Terms of use
Version 2026-07-v1 · Last updated 29 July 2026
These terms govern your use of the The Cattle Exchange website. They are distinct from our terms of sale, which govern the purchases you make; this document concerns the use of the site itself.
About The Cattle Exchange
The Cattle Exchange (Pty) Ltd (registration 2016/453432/07) is the company behind The Cattle Exchange, through which we sell livestock across South Africa. We sell live animals; where slaughter and cutting are offered, they are optional services carried out, for your own use, on animals you have already bought. We are not a supplier of meat.
Using the site
You are welcome to browse the site without registering. To make a purchase, you may create an account or check out as a guest by providing your contact details. In using the site, you agree to give accurate information, to keep your account credentials secure, and not to misuse the site, interfere with its operation, or use it for any unlawful purpose. We reserve the right to suspend any account that is used fraudulently or abusively, and we will exercise that right where the circumstances warrant it.
Listings, descriptions and pricing
We take care to describe each animal accurately, and the weights, ages and condition scores shown are given in good faith as estimates rather than as guarantees. Prices are quoted in South African Rand and include value-added tax where it applies. The way in which pricing works, including pricing by live weight, is explained in our pricing and weigh-in policy.
Intellectual property
The site, together with its design, its text and the photography that appears on our listings, belongs to The Cattle Exchange or is used with permission. None of it may be copied, extracted or republished without our written consent.
Availability and liability
We work to keep the site accurate and available, but we do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted or free of error. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any liability that may not lawfully be excluded or limited. Subject to that, our liability arising from your use of the site is limited to the amount paid in respect of the order to which any claim relates.
Changes to these terms
We may revise these terms from time to time. The version in force is always the one published here, identified by its version number and the date on which it took effect. Your continued use of the site following a change constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.