The present study was to explore the supply-demand relation between the local cuisine and the meat market in Taiwan, particularly the issue of fluctuations of the wholesale mutton market after the measure of the public auction system was taken at the Shihu township of Changhua in 1991. A largescale mutton demand for the unique cuisine, the Mutton Hot Pot, originated in the Shihu township has had a great impact on the set-up of such a measure. This move has in turn initiated the first special butchery for goat in Taiwan, maintained the management and market of domestic lamb reproduction industry, and made the marketing value of our domestic mutton compatible with that of the imported ones.