1.   Alfred Neuberger and his son Alan had bought cattle through Young for a dozen years.

2.   Cattle could fall after feedlots bought more cattle than expected last month, increasing future supplies of market-ready animals.

3.   Doumos said he wants to buy cattle for delivery in June, when supplies are expected to be lower than they are today.

4.   He would buy cattle for clients, then arrange to have them fattened and sold, splitting the profits with his clients.

5.   He would buy cattle for clients, then arrange to have them fattened and later sold, splitting the profits with his clients.

6.   In a dozen years of buying cattle from George L. Young, Alfred Neuberger believed they had developed more than a business relationship.

7.   Meatpackers, after holding off from buying cattle recently, have begun accepting prices offered by feedlots to maintain supplies.

8.   Previously, feedlots, where cattle gain weight before going to packing plants, had to buy cattle one at a time at auction.

9.   Ralston-Purina, which produced the tainted feed eaten by the Texas herd, agreed to buy the cattle and keep them out of the human feed chain.

10.   The company bought cattle for investors, arranged to have them moved to feedlots and then sold them to meat processors when they reached a certain weight.