68 FR 164 pgs. 51003-51004 - Deposting of Stockyards
Type: NOTICEVolume: 68Number: 164Pages: 51003 - 51004
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-21664 Filed 8-22-03; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Deposting of Stockyards
AGENCY:
Grain Inspection, Packers and StockyardsAdministration, USDA.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
We are deposting 77 stockyards. These facilities are no longer capable of being used as stockyards and, therefore, are no longer required to be posted.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
August 25, 2003.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) administers and enforces the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended and supplemented (7 U.S.C. 181-229) (PS Act). The PS Act prohibits unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent practices by livestock market agencies, dealers, stockyard owners, meat packers, swine contractors, and live poultry dealers in the livestock, poultry, and meatpacking industries.
Section 302 of the PS Act (7 U.S.C. 202) defines the term "stockyard" as follows:
* * * any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other inclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in commerce.
Section 302 (b) of the PS Act requires the Secretary to determine which stockyards meet this definition, and to notify the owner of the stockyard and the public of that determination by posting a notice in each designated stockyard. After giving notice to the stockyard owner and to the public, the stockyard is subject to the provisions of Title III of the PS Act (7 U.S.C. 201-203 and 205-217a) until the Secretary deposts the stockyard by public notice.
We depost a stockyard after the facility can no longer be used as a stockyard. Some of the reasons a facility can no longer be used as a stockyard include: the facility has been moved and the posted facility is abandoned, the facility has been torn down or otherwise destroyed, such as by fire, the facility is dilapidated beyond repair, or the facility has been converted and its function changed.
This document notifies the public that the following 77 stockyards no longer meet the definition of stockyard and that we are deposting the facilities.
| Facility No. | Stockyard name and location | Date posted |
|---|---|---|
| AL-106 | Athens-Limestone Stockyard, Athens, Alabama | November 16, 1971 |
| AL-127 | Geneva County Livestock, Geneva, Alabama | August 27, 1959 |
| AL-162 | Barrett Livestock Market, Inc., Wetumpka, Alabama | June 27, 1978 |
| AL-167 | Kenneth Hinckle Feeder Pig Sale, Piedmont, Alabama | August 28, 1986 |
| AL-186 | Wood's Livestock Market, Ohatchee, Alabama | December 1, 1991 |
| AL-188 | Centre Livestock Market, Inc., Centre Alabama | November 9, 1995 |
| AR-102 | Atkins Livestock Auction, Atkins, Arkansas | January 13, 1970 |
| AR-112 | Eudora Livestock Auction Company, Eudora, Arkansas | August 15, 1958 |
| AR-122 | Imboden Concentration Point, Imboden, Arkansas | February 18, 1970 |
| AR-151 | S S Livestock, Paragould, Arkansas | March 6, 1974 |
| AR-165 | Beebe Livestock Exchange, Beebe, Arkansas | April 1, 1991 |
| AR-167 | Dunn's Horse and Tack Sale, El Dorado, Arkansas | March 19, 1992 |
| AR-171 | Roden's Auction Service, DeQueen, Arkansas | May 1, 1996 |
| AZ-103 | Layton Livestock Auction, Inc., Tucson, Arizona | October 15, 1957 |
| CA-106 | Rebik Auction Yard, Brawley, California | January 11, 1959 |
| CA-115 | Dixon Livestock Auction Co., Dixon, California | October 6, 1959 |
| CA-172 | Western Auction Co., El Cajon, California | November 8, 1976 |
| CA-179 | Martins Dairy Stockyards, Chino, California | February 21, 1986 |
| CA-187 | Cash Carry Livestock Sale, Apple Valley, California | November 20, 1993 |
| CO-101 | Mile Hi Livestock Auction Co., Broomfield, Colorado | December 28, 1962 |
| CO-130 | Limon Cattle Auction, L.L.C., Limon, Colorado | March 6, 1957 |
| CO-150 | Monte Vista Livestock Auction, Inc. Ignaco, Colorado | May 8, 1981 |
| IA-188 | Monticello Sale Barn, Monticello, Iowa | October 13, 1965 |
| IA-215 | Sioux City Stock Yards, Sioux City, Iowa | November 1, 1921 |
| ID-105 | Coeur d'Alene Livestock, Inc., Couer d'Alene, Idaho | October 2, 1959 |
| ID-109 | Gooding Livestock Commission Co., Inc., Gooding, Idaho | February 28, 1950 |
| KS-125 | Emmett Livestock Sales, Emmett, Kansas | June 1, 1959 |
| KS-140 | Hiawatha Auction Company, Hiawatha, Kansas | May 25, 1959 |
| KS-147 | Iola Community Sale, Iola, Kansas | May 28, 1959 |
| KS-153 | D. C. Livestock, Lawerence, Kansas | February 15, 1963 |
| KS-200 | Leavenworth Livestock Auction Company, Leavenworth, Kansas | February 7, 1975 |
| KS-206 | Sunflower Horse Auction, Chapman, Kansas | February 12, 1986 |
| KY-114 | Glasgow Livestock Market, Inc., Glasgow, Kentucky | December 11, 1959 |
| LA-107 | Clarks Livestock Auction, Inc., Benton, Louisiana | April 10, 1957 |
| LA-117 | Grand Cane Livestock Sales, Inc., Grand Cane, Louisiana | March 11, 1959 |
| LA-127 | Dominique's Livestock Market, Inc., Marksville, Louisiana | September 28, 1962 |
| MD-100 | Aberdeen Sales Co., Aberdeen, Maryland | October 27, 1959 |
| MN-140 | Princeton Livestock Market, Inc., Princeton, Minnesota | October 15, 1959 |
| MS-153 | E E Livestock, Inc., Tupelo, Mississippi | May 17, 1974 |
| MS-166 | Granger Trading Barn, Halzlehurst, Mississippi | February 21, 1993 |
| MS-168 | S S Sales, Mantachie, Mississippi | January 8, 1996 |
| MS-169 | McDermott Sale Company, Byhalia, Mississippi | October 24, 1996 |
| MT-104 | Montana Livestock Auction, Butte, Montana | February 14, 1950 |
| NC-126 | Stanley County Livestock Market, Norwood, North Carolina | March 31, 1961 |
| NC-161 | Mount Olive Livestock Market, Inc., Faison, North Carolina | February 2, 1990 |
| NY-100 | Empire Livestock Adams Sales, Adams, New York | August 4, 1960 |
| NY-106 | Sunny Acres Livestock Market, Bombay, New York | September 20, 1960 |
| NY-126 | Johnstown Livestock Sales, Inc., Johnstown, New York | June 14, 1965 |
| NY-130 | Thomas Commission Company, Malone, New York | December 7, 1960 |
| NY-131 | Milford Commission Sales Stables, Inc., Milford, New York | August 17, 1960 |
| NY-133 | Newman's Livestock Exchange, Inc., Newport, New York | September 15, 1962 |
| NY-136 | Empire Livestock Marketing Cooperative, Inc., Owego, New York | July 11, 1960 |
| NY-162 | Englan Select Sales, Inc., Madison, New York | June 30, 1981 |
| NY-165 | Angelica Feeder Sales Cooperative, Inc., Angelica, New York | September 5, 1986 |
| NY-169 | Baurer Horse and Tack Auction, Lyons, New York | October 24, 1989 |
| NY-172 | The Bar W Ranch Sales, Shushan, New York | November 11, 1994 |
| OK-106 | Ardmore Livestock Auction and Ringling Livestock Auction, Ardmore, Oklahoma | November 15, 1949 |
| OK-122 | Dewey Stockyards, Dewey, Oklahoma | August 31, 1964 |
| OK-145 | Marietta Livestock Auction Sale, Marietta, Oklahoma | April 7, 1959 |
| OK-159 | Perkins "Y" Livestock Auction, Inc., Perkins, Oklahoma | April 27, 1959 |
| OK-164 | Ringling Livestock Auction, Ringling, Oklahoma | March 6, 1950 |
| OK-197 | Alva Sales Company, Inc., Alva, Oklahoma | November 10, 1977 |
| OK-198 | Erin Springs Livestock Auction, Erin Springs, Oklahoma | November 25, 1978 |
| OR-103 | Corvallis Auction Yard, Inc., Corvallis, Oregon | September 22, 1959 |
| OR-116 | Portland Livestock Exchange, North Portland, Oregon | November 1, 1921 |
| OR-126 | Mikes Livestock Auction, Eagle Point, Oregon | January 1, 1996 |
| TN-113 | Covington Sales Company, Covington, Tennessee | June 19, 1959 |
| TN-157 | Scotts Hill Sales Barn, Scotts Hill, Tennessee | May 7, 1959 |
| TN-181 | Murfreesboro Livestock Market, Murfreesboro, Tennessee | October 27, 1983 |
| TN-189 | Middle Tennessee Horse Sale, Decherd, Tennessee | July 17, 1993 |
| TN-190 | H Bar M Horse Auction, Athens, Tennessee | September 13, 1993 |
| UT-101 | Delta Livestock Exchange L.L.C., Delta, Utah | January 28, 1955 |
| UT-117 | Parker Sales, Logan, Utah | June 18, 1992 |
| UT-118 | Ogden Livestock Auction, Inc., Farr West, Utah | January 27, 1994 |
| VT-102 | Thomas Hichack Company Commission Sales, Morrisville, Vermont | November 18, 1959 |
| VT-111 | Roberts Livestock and Auctioneering-Sales Auction Barn, Newport,Vermont | March 20, 1986 |
| WA-117 | Britton Brothers, Snohomish, Washington | September 22, 1959 |
Effective Date
This notice is effective upon publication in the Federal Register because it relieves a restriction and, therefore, may be made effective in less than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register without prior notice or other public procedure.
Authority:
7 U.S.C. 202.
Dated: August 20, 2003.
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-21664 Filed 8-22-03; 8:45 am]
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