In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Commissioner" means the agriculture commissioner or the commissioner's designee.

2. "Internet livestock auction" means a place or establishment conducted or operated for compensation or profit as a public market where livestock located in this state is sold or offered for sale at a facility or website within or outside the state through the use of the internet.

3. "Livestock" means horses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep, farmed elk, and goats.

4. "Representative" means a dealer licensed under chapter 4.1-83 or a livestock auction market licensed under chapter 4.1-27.

5. "Video livestock auction market" means a place or establishment conducted or operated for compensation or profit as a public market where livestock located in this state is sold or offered for sale at a facility within or outside the state through the use of video at a public auction.