[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51003-51004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21664]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Deposting of Stockyards
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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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)
(P&S Act). The P&S 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 P&S 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 P&S 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 P&S 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.
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Facility No. Stockyard name and location Date posted
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AL-106.................................. Athens--Limestone Stockyard, November 16, 1971
Athens, Alabama.
AL-127.................................. Geneva County Livestock, Geneva, August 27, 1959
Alabama.
AL-162.................................. Barrett Livestock Market, Inc., June 27, 1978
Wetumpka, Alabama.
AL-167.................................. Kenneth Hinckle Feeder Pig Sale, August 28, 1986
Piedmont, Alabama.
AL-186.................................. Wood's Livestock Market, December 1, 1991
Ohatchee, Alabama.
AL-188.................................. Centre Livestock Market, Inc., November 9, 1995
Centre Alabama.
AR-102.................................. Atkins Livestock Auction, January 13, 1970
Atkins, Arkansas.
AR-112.................................. Eudora Livestock Auction August 15, 1958
Company, Eudora, Arkansas.
AR-122.................................. Imboden Concentration Point, February 18, 1970
Imboden, Arkansas.
AR-151.................................. S & S Livestock, Paragould, March 6, 1974
Arkansas.
AR-165.................................. Beebe Livestock Exchange, Beebe, April 1, 1991
Arkansas.
AR-167.................................. Dunn's Horse and Tack Sale, El March 19, 1992
Dorado, Arkansas.
AR-171.................................. Roden's Auction Service, May 1, 1996
DeQueen, Arkansas.
AZ-103.................................. Layton Livestock Auction, Inc., October 15, 1957
Tucson, Arizona.
CA-106.................................. Rebik Auction Yard, Brawley, January 11, 1959
California.
CA-115.................................. Dixon Livestock Auction Co., October 6, 1959
Dixon, California.
CA-172.................................. Western Auction Co., El Cajon, November 8, 1976
California.
CA-179.................................. Martins Dairy Stockyards, Chino, February 21, 1986
California.
CA-187.................................. Cash & Carry Livestock Sale, November 20, 1993
Apple Valley, California.
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CO-101.................................. Mile Hi Livestock Auction Co., December 28, 1962
Broomfield, Colorado.
CO-130.................................. Limon Cattle Auction, L.L.C., March 6, 1957
Limon, Colorado.
CO-150.................................. Monte Vista Livestock Auction, May 8, 1981
Inc. Ignaco, Colorado.
IA-188.................................. Monticello Sale Barn, October 13, 1965
Monticello, Iowa.
IA-215.................................. Sioux City Stock Yards, Sioux November 1, 1921
City, Iowa.
ID-105.................................. Coeur d'Alene Livestock, Inc., October 2, 1959
Couer d'Alene, Idaho.
ID-109.................................. Gooding Livestock Commission February 28, 1950
Co., Inc., Gooding, Idaho.
KS-125.................................. Emmett Livestock Sales, Emmett, June 1, 1959
Kansas.
KS-140.................................. Hiawatha Auction Company, May 25, 1959
Hiawatha, Kansas.
KS-147.................................. Iola Community Sale, Iola, May 28, 1959
Kansas.
KS-153.................................. D. C. Livestock, Lawerence, February 15, 1963
Kansas.
KS-200.................................. Leavenworth Livestock Auction February 7, 1975
Company, Leavenworth, Kansas.
KS-206.................................. Sunflower Horse Auction, February 12, 1986
Chapman, Kansas.
KY-114.................................. Glasgow Livestock Market, Inc., December 11, 1959
Glasgow, Kentucky.
LA-107.................................. Clarks Livestock Auction, Inc., April 10, 1957
Benton, Louisiana.
LA-117.................................. Grand Cane Livestock Sales, March 11, 1959
Inc., Grand Cane, Louisiana.
LA-127.................................. Dominique's Livestock Market, September 28, 1962
Inc., Marksville, Louisiana.
MD-100.................................. Aberdeen Sales Co., Aberdeen, October 27, 1959
Maryland.
MN-140.................................. Princeton Livestock Market, October 15, 1959
Inc., Princeton, Minnesota.
MS-153.................................. E & E Livestock, Inc., Tupelo, May 17, 1974
Mississippi.
MS-166.................................. Granger Trading Barn, February 21, 1993
Halzlehurst, Mississippi.
MS-168.................................. S & S Sales, Mantachie, January 8, 1996
Mississippi.
MS-169.................................. McDermott Sale Company, Byhalia, October 24, 1996
Mississippi.
MT-104.................................. Montana Livestock Auction, February 14, 1950
Butte, Montana.
NC-126.................................. Stanley County Livestock Market, March 31, 1961
Norwood, North Carolina.
NC-161.................................. Mount Olive Livestock Market, February 2, 1990
Inc., Faison, North Carolina.
NY-100.................................. Empire Livestock Adams Sales, August 4, 1960
Adams, New York.
NY-106.................................. Sunny Acres Livestock Market, September 20, 1960
Bombay, New York.
NY-126.................................. Johnstown Livestock Sales, Inc., June 14, 1965
Johnstown, New York.
NY-130.................................. Thomas Commission Company, December 7, 1960
Malone, New York.
NY-131.................................. Milford Commission Sales August 17, 1960
Stables, Inc., Milford, New
York.
NY-133.................................. Newman's Livestock Exchange, September 15, 1962
Inc., Newport, New York.
NY-136.................................. Empire Livestock Marketing July 11, 1960
Cooperative, Inc., Owego, New
York.
NY-162.................................. Englan Select Sales, Inc., June 30, 1981
Madison, New York.
NY-165.................................. Angelica Feeder Sales September 5, 1986
Cooperative, Inc., Angelica,
New York.
NY-169.................................. Baurer Horse and Tack Auction, October 24, 1989
Lyons, New York.
NY-172.................................. The Bar W Ranch & Sales, November 11, 1994
Shushan, New York.
OK-106.................................. Ardmore Livestock Auction and November 15, 1949
Ringling Livestock Auction,
Ardmore, Oklahoma.
OK-122.................................. Dewey Stockyards, Dewey, August 31, 1964
Oklahoma.
OK-145.................................. Marietta Livestock Auction Sale, April 7, 1959
Marietta, Oklahoma.
OK-159.................................. Perkins ``Y'' Livestock Auction, April 27, 1959
Inc., Perkins, Oklahoma.
OK-164.................................. Ringling Livestock Auction, March 6, 1950
Ringling, Oklahoma.
OK-197.................................. Alva Sales Company, Inc., Alva, November 10, 1977
Oklahoma.
OK-198.................................. Erin Springs Livestock Auction, November 25, 1978
Erin Springs, Oklahoma.
OR-103.................................. Corvallis Auction Yard, Inc., September 22, 1959
Corvallis, Oregon.
OR-116.................................. Portland Livestock Exchange, November 1, 1921
North Portland, Oregon.
OR-126.................................. Mikes Livestock Auction, Eagle January 1, 1996
Point, Oregon.
TN-113.................................. Covington Sales Company, June 19, 1959
Covington, Tennessee.
TN-157.................................. Scotts Hill Sales Barn, Scotts May 7, 1959
Hill, Tennessee.
TN-181.................................. Murfreesboro Livestock Market, October 27, 1983
Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
TN-189.................................. Middle Tennessee Horse Sale, July 17, 1993
Decherd, Tennessee.
TN-190.................................. H Bar M Horse Auction, Athens, September 13, 1993
Tennessee.
UT-101.................................. Delta Livestock Exchange L.L.C., January 28, 1955
Delta, Utah.
UT-117.................................. Parker Sales, Logan, Utah....... June 18, 1992
UT-118.................................. Ogden Livestock Auction, Inc., January 27, 1994
Farr West, Utah.
VT-102.................................. Thomas Hichack Company November 18, 1959
Commission Sales, Morrisville,
Vermont.
VT-111.................................. Roberts Livestock and March 20, 1986
Auctioneering--Sales & Auction
Barn, Newport, Vermont.
WA-117.................................. Britton Brothers, Snohomish, September 22, 1959
Washington.
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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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