CODE OF VIRGINIA DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-2100) As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:”Handler” means the operator of a stockyard, livestock dealership, slaughterhouse, packing plant, or livestock auction market, or any other person making a purchase from a sheep producer, at the point where the sheep is sold or traded.”Sheep” means sheep or lambs of all ages. HISTORY: 1995, c. 691, § 3.1-1065; 2008, c. 860.