Citations.

A citation should travel with the number: LMP's permanent report page, the exact primary source, sale date, release, method, and whether the value was reported or calculated.

Exact LMP record

Producers Livestock Auction, San Angelo, Texas · comparison benchmark

These examples are generated from the current reviewed report, sale dated Oct 20, 2026.

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Primary source

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

LMP preserves the source's reported classes, units, dates, and qualifiers; attribution does not turn upstream material into LMP's original reporting.

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Reported observations

Copy a citation format

These examples identify the report's values as reported source observations normalized by LMP, not as an LMP estimate.

Plain text

Useful in notes, prose, and systems without Markdown support.

Livestock Market Prices. Producers Livestock Auction livestock report, sale 2026-10-20. https://livestockmarketprices.com/markets/us/tx/producers-livestock/reports/2026-10-20 Based on USDA Agricultural Marketing Service: https://marsapi.ams.usda.gov/services/v1.2/reports/2014?q=report_begin_date%3D10%2F20%2F2026&allSections=true Dataset release automatic-2026-10-17-aedc6233e3970a92; methodology publication-policy-0.1. Data aggregated and normalized by Livestock Market Prices from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service; each published record must link its exact USDA source report and identify its sale date.

Markdown

Includes linked LMP and primary-source records.

[Producers Livestock Auction livestock report, sale 2026-10-20](https://livestockmarketprices.com/markets/us/tx/producers-livestock/reports/2026-10-20) — Data aggregated and normalized by Livestock Market Prices from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service; each published record must link its exact USDA source report and identify its sale date. [Primary source: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service](https://marsapi.ams.usda.gov/services/v1.2/reports/2014?q=report_begin_date%3D10%2F20%2F2026&allSections=true). Dataset release `automatic-2026-10-17-aedc6233e3970a92`; methodology `publication-policy-0.1`.

Structured JSON

Preserves machine-readable source, release, method, rights, and statistic identity.

{
  "publisher_name": "Livestock Market Prices",
  "canonical_url": "https://livestockmarketprices.com/markets/us/tx/producers-livestock/reports/2026-10-20",
  "primary_sources": [
    {
      "publisher_name": "USDA Agricultural Marketing Service",
      "report_url": "https://marsapi.ams.usda.gov/services/v1.2/reports/2014?q=report_begin_date%3D10%2F20%2F2026&allSections=true"
    }
  ],
  "sale_dates": [
    "2026-10-20"
  ],
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-22T11:17:55.772Z",
  "dataset_revision": "automatic-2026-10-17-aedc6233e3970a92",
  "methodology_version": "publication-policy-0.1",
  "statistic_type": "reported_range",
  "attribution_text": "Data aggregated and normalized by Livestock Market Prices from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service; each published record must link its exact USDA source report and identify its sale date.",
  "rights_url": "https://www.nal.usda.gov/web-policies-and-important-links",
  "use_requirements": {
    "source_attribution_required": true,
    "source_link_required": true,
    "claim_as_original_data_prohibited": true,
    "terms_url": "https://livestockmarketprices.com/terms#terms-sources"
  }
}

Source-specific use remains subject to the applicable rights guidance. A citation does not grant rights the source has not provided.