This is typically a semi-formal value chain because prices are more attractive with a shorter value chain than those offered by processors. The animals may be slaughtered by the farmer himself and sold to a meat trader who will then sell it to a grocer or a restaurant. Cattle traders also buy live animals and organise slaughter. Individual farms sell cattle to feedlots and meat processing plants, and, like household producers, sell meat on the domestic market directly or through intermediaries.