# C846 — Regenerate the complete clean category-order walk

## Question

Do declared category keys determine every source landing without selecting targets?

## Inputs

```json
{
  "anchor": 1896,
  "sort_keys": [
    "male before female",
    "goats sheep cattle"
  ]
}
```

## Sources

```json
[
  "File58 §13.3"
]
```

## Opened utc

2026-09-28T02:33:56.227359+00:00

## Results

```json
{
  "ordered_counts": [
    20,
    20,
    10,
    200,
    200,
    40
  ],
  "landings": [
    1876,
    1856,
    1846,
    1646,
    1446,
    1406
  ],
  "source_rows_used": [
    [
      "Goats",
      "male"
    ],
    [
      "Sheep",
      "male"
    ],
    [
      "Cattle",
      "male"
    ],
    [
      "Goats",
      "female"
    ],
    [
      "Sheep",
      "female"
    ],
    [
      "Cattle",
      "female"
    ]
  ]
}
```

## Finding

The predeclared male-first/species order yields all six source landings, including its intermediate boundaries. The result depends on category order in addition to the conserved490 total.

## Reassessment

Explain the female cumulative register without turning it into one date walk.

## Checks

```json
{
  "counts": true,
  "all_literal": true,
  "once_each": true
}
```

## Closed utc

2026-09-28T02:33:56.227713+00:00

## Record provenance

Exact record hash: `c6831951e812e6126c8a2bf920386cb1614a67f32972044f007a6fe7409d9926`

Source journal: `Research_Cycles/C0832_C0931/journal.json`