A lower tender sought by the farmer (9)

'farmer' is the definition.
(I know that cattleman is a type of stock raiser)

'a lower tender sought by the' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'clem' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?