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We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. You may
submit comments by any of the
following methods:
• E–Mail: comments.gipsa@usda.gov.
• Mail: H. Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
1654–S, Washington, DC 20250–3604.
• Fax: (202) 690–2755.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration (GIPSA) administers
and enforces the P&S Act of 1921 (7
U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 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 enclosures, and their
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
Proposed Posting, Posting, and
Deposting of Stockyards
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers
and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
is taking several actions to post and
depost stockyards under the Packers
and Stockyards Act (P&S Act).
Specifically, we are proposing that 23
stockyards now operating subject to the
P&S Act be posted. We are posting 12
stockyards that were identified
previously as operating subject to the
Act. Eleven other facilities, however,
were not posted because they were
found to be abandoned or no longer
functioning as a stockyard and no longer
operating subject to the P&S Act.
Finally, we are deposting 19 stockyards
that can no longer be used as
stockyards.
DATES: For the proposed posting of
stockyards, we will consider comments
that we receive by May 5, 2009.
For the deposted stockyards, the
deposting is effective on April 20, 2009.
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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 of Agriculture 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. Once the
Secretary provides notice to the
stockyard owner and 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.
To post a stockyard, we assign the
stockyard a facility number, notify the
stockyard owner, and send an official
posting notice to the stockyard owner to
display in a public area of the stockyard.
This process is referred to as ‘‘posting.’’
The date of posting is the date that the
posting notices are physically displayed
at the stockyard. A facility that does not
meet the definition of a stockyard is not
subject to the Act, and therefore cannot
be posted. A posted stockyard can be
deposted, which occurs when the
facility is no longer used as a stockyard.
We are hereby notifying stockyard
owners and the public that the
following 23 stockyards meet the
definition of a stockyard, and that we
propose to designate these stockyards as
posted stockyards.
Proposed facility no.
Stockyard name and location
AL–197 ........................................................................................
AR–182 ........................................................................................
Screamer 5L Auction, Abberville, Alabama.
R. Tucker, LLC, dba Madison County Livestock Auction, Inc., Huntsville, Arkansas.
Lyon County Livestock Sales & Services, LLC, dba Admire Livestock Auction,
Admire, Kansas.
Cattlemen’s Livestock Market, LLC, Rockfield, Kentucky.
Mill’s 31–E Auction Center, Scottsville, Kentucky.
Blue Grass South Livestock Market, LLC, Stanford, Kentucky.
Tom Moore Sales, Onsted, Michigan.
United Producers, Inc., St. Louis, Michigan.
United Producers, Inc., Manchester, Michigan.
United Producers, Inc., Cass City, Michigan.
Taylorsville Lions Club Alexander County Fair, Taylorsville, North Carolina.
Edward Johnson Auctioneers, Inc., dba Johnson’s Cattle Auction, Canton,
North Carolina.
Cow House Auction, Kirtland, New Mexico.
Larue Horse Sale, LLC, LaRue, Ohio.
Old Goat Enterprises, LLC, dba Countryside Auction, Chandler, Oklahoma.
Longhorn Auction Company and Livestock Sales, Mountain City, Tennessee.
James Linville, dba Scotts Hill Stockyard, Scotts Hill, Tennessee.
Tennessee Livestock Producers, Inc., Columbia, Tennessee.
Great Western Auctions, LLC, Magnolia, Texas.
Texas Cattle Exchange, Inc., Eastland, Texas.
Elkhart Horse Center, Elkhart, Texas.
Marion County Stockyards, Jefferson, Texas.
Victoria Livestock Market, Victoria, Virginia.
KS–209 ........................................................................................
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KY–182 ........................................................................................
KY–183 ........................................................................................
KY–184 ........................................................................................
MI–151 .........................................................................................
MI–152 .........................................................................................
MI–153 .........................................................................................
MI–154 .........................................................................................
NC–178 ........................................................................................
NC–179 ........................................................................................
NM–124 .......................................................................................
OH–153 .......................................................................................
OK–215 ........................................................................................
TN–200 ........................................................................................
TN–201 ........................................................................................
TN–202 ........................................................................................
TX–351 ........................................................................................
TX–352 ........................................................................................
TX–353 ........................................................................................
TX–354 ........................................................................................
VA–164 ........................................................................................
We are also notifying the public that
the stockyards listed in the following
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published a notice in the Federal
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Register (70 FR 15969–15970) of our
proposal to post these 12 stockyards.
Since we received no comments to our
proposal, we have now assigned the
stockyards a facility number, notified
the owner of the stockyard facilities,
and sent notices to the owner of the
stockyard to be displayed in public
Facility No.
AL–196
AR–172
AR–180
CO–156
GA–231
MS–176
NY–176
SC–162
TN–197
TN–198
areas of the stockyard. The table below
reflects the date of posting for each
stockyard.
Stockyard name and location
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TX–350 .....................................................
VA–148 .....................................................
Date of posting
Clay County Goat & Poultry Auction, Goodwater, Alabama .....................................
G.P. Rivers, dba Rivers Horse Center, Lewisville, Arkansas ....................................
King Livestock Goat and Sheep Auction, North Lonoke, Arkansas ..........................
Western Slope Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction, LLC, Loma, Colorado .....................
Thomas County Stockyards, Inc., Thomasville, Georgia ...........................................
Cuevas Auction, Picayune, Mississippi ......................................................................
Howard W. Visscher, Hilltop Dairy Auction, Savannah, New York ...........................
Claxton’s Auction Co., LLC, Ruffin, South Carolina ..................................................
Jimmy Brown, dba JB Livestock Auction, Gleason, Tennessee ...............................
Wallace P. Mitchell, dba Mitchell’s Trade Center & Auctions, Inc., Castalian
Springs, Tennessee.
Hereford Livestock Exchange, Hereford, Texas ........................................................
Blythe Livestock, LLC, Courtland, Virginia .................................................................
We are further notifying the public
that the following facilities, which met
the definition of a stockyard previously,
were not posted. We published notices
proposing to post these 11 stockyards in
the Federal Register on July 25, 2005,
(70 FR 42532–42533); April 5, 2006 (71
FR 17071–17072); and March 26, 2008,
(73 FR 15969–15970) respectively,
however, the facilities were not posted
July
July
July
July
July
July
July
July
July
July
11, 2008.
21, 2008.
16, 2008.
11, 2008.
7, 2008.
10, 2008.
16, 2008.
16, 2008.
16, 2008.
21, 2008.
July 11, 2008.
July 15, 2008.
because they no longer meet the
definition of a stockyard. The facilities
were either abandoned or underwent a
change such that they no longer
function as stockyards.
Proposed facility No.
Facility name and location
AL–195 ........................................................................................................
AR–178 ........................................................................................................
FL–138 ........................................................................................................
IN–167 .........................................................................................................
KY–180 ........................................................................................................
KY–181 ........................................................................................................
MO–288 .......................................................................................................
TN–196 ........................................................................................................
TN–199 ........................................................................................................
WI–150 ........................................................................................................
WV–120 .......................................................................................................
R&S Auctions, Clayton, Alabama.
B–B Livestock Auction & Sales, Inc., Beebe, Arkansas.
Col. Jerry Colvin, dba C.J. Auctions, Lamont, Florida.
Northern Indiana Collection Point, LLC, Shipshewana, Indiana.
Southern Kentucky Livestock Market, Inc., Rockfield, Kentucky.
Wigwam Livestock Market, Inc., Horse Cave, Kentucky.
CRS Sales, LLC, Highlandville, Missouri.
Country Horse Sales, LLC, Westmoreland, Tennessee.
Middle Tennessee Sheep and Goat Sale, LLC, Dickson, Tennessee.
Turenne Livestock Market, Thorp, Wisconsin.
Meadow View Farm, Thornton, West, Virginia.
reasons a facility can no longer be used
as a stockyard may include the
following: (1) The market agency has
moved and the posted facility is
abandoned; (2) the facility has been torn
down or otherwise destroyed, such as
by fire; (3) the facility is dilapidated
beyond repair; or (4) the facility has
been converted and its function has
changed.
Facility No.
Stockyard name and location
Date posted
AR–105 ..................................................
AR–131 ..................................................
AZ–116 ..................................................
CO–152 .................................................
ID–114 ...................................................
KS–108 ..................................................
KS–113 ..................................................
KS–137 ..................................................
KS–145 ..................................................
KS–169 ..................................................
KS–172 ..................................................
KS–186 ..................................................
MO–100 .................................................
MO–152 .................................................
TX–280 ..................................................
UT–112 ..................................................
VA–133 ..................................................
VA–144 ..................................................
B–B Livestock Sales, Incorporated .......................................................................
Morrilton Livestock Auction, Morrilton, Arkansas .................................................
Arizona Livestock Auction, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona ...............................................
Garfield Livestock Market, Inc., Silt, Colorado .....................................................
Custer County Livestock Marketing Association, Inc., MacKay, Idaho ................
Cedar Vale Sale Barn, Inc., Cedar Vale, Kansas ................................................
Coldwater Livestock Sales Co., Inc., Coldwater, Kansas ....................................
Great Bend Livestock Sales, Inc., Great Bend, Kansas ......................................
Hutchinson Livestock Commission Co., Inc., Hutchinson, Kansas ......................
Onaga Livestock Auction, Inc., Wheaton, Kansas ...............................................
Franklin County Livestock Commission Co., Ottawa, Kansas .............................
Smith Center Livestock Auction, Smith Center, Kansas ......................................
South Central Stockyards, LLC, Alton, Missouri ..................................................
Licking Livestock Auction, Licking, Missouri .........................................................
Weatherford Stockyards Company, Mineral Wells, Texas ...................................
Spanish Fork Livestock Auction, Co., Spanish Fork, Utah ..................................
Smithfield Livestock, Inc., Smithfield, Virginia ......................................................
Abingdon Stockyard Exchange, Inc., dba Wytheville Stockyard, Wytheville, Virginia.
Central Virginia Livestock Market, Inc., Amherst, Virginia ...................................
February 16, 1959.
September 30, 1959.
May 13, 1997.
February 25, 1986.
August 22, 1961.
May 26, 1959.
April 12, 1950.
April 18, 1950.
April 10, 1950.
May 27, 1959.
February 12, 1963.
October 23, 1957.
April 21, 1960.
May 15, 1959.
August 12, 1960.
October 24, 1959.
March 9, 1959.
March 4, 1959.
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Finally, we are notifying the public
that the following 19 stockyards no
longer meet the definition of a stockyard
and they are being deposted. We depost
stockyards when the facility can no
longer be used as a stockyard. The
VA–149 ..................................................
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Effective Date
These depostings are effective upon
publication in the Federal Register
because they relieve 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.
Alan R. Christian,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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The CER considered the key findings
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Proposed Posting, Posting, and Deposting of Stockyards
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA) is taking several actions to post and depost stockyards under
the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act). Specifically, we are
proposing that 23 stockyards now operating subject to the P&S Act be
posted. We are posting 12 stockyards that were identified previously as
operating subject to the Act. Eleven other facilities, however, were
not posted because they were found to be abandoned or no longer
functioning as a stockyard and no longer operating subject to the P&S
Act. Finally, we are deposting 19 stockyards that can no longer be used
as stockyards.
DATES: For the proposed posting of stockyards, we will consider
comments that we receive by May 5, 2009.
For the deposted stockyards, the deposting is effective on April
20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may
submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-Mail: comments.gipsa@usda.gov.
Mail: H. Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 1654-S, Washington, DC 20250-3604.
Fax: (202) 690-2755.
Hand Delivery or Courier: H. Tess Butler, GIPSA, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 1654-S, Washington, DC 20250-3604.
Internet: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions for submitting comments.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration (GIPSA) administers and enforces the P&S Act of 1921 (7
U.S.C. 181 et seq.). 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
enclosures, 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 of Agriculture
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. Once the Secretary provides
notice to the stockyard owner and 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.
To post a stockyard, we assign the stockyard a facility number, notify
the stockyard owner, and send an official posting notice to the
stockyard owner to display in a public area of the stockyard. This
process is referred to as ``posting.'' The date of posting is the date
that the posting notices are physically displayed at the stockyard. A
facility that does not meet the definition of a stockyard is not
subject to the Act, and therefore cannot be posted. A posted stockyard
can be deposted, which occurs when the facility is no longer used as a
stockyard.
We are hereby notifying stockyard owners and the public that the
following 23 stockyards meet the definition of a stockyard, and that we
propose to designate these stockyards as posted stockyards.
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Proposed facility no. Stockyard name and location
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AL-197.................................... Screamer 5L Auction, Abberville, Alabama.
AR-182.................................... R. Tucker, LLC, dba Madison County Livestock Auction, Inc., Huntsville, Arkansas.
KS-209.................................... Lyon County Livestock Sales & Services, LLC, dba Admire Livestock Auction, Admire, Kansas.
KY-182.................................... Cattlemen's Livestock Market, LLC, Rockfield, Kentucky.
KY-183.................................... Mill's 31-E Auction Center, Scottsville, Kentucky.
KY-184.................................... Blue Grass South Livestock Market, LLC, Stanford, Kentucky.
MI-151.................................... Tom Moore Sales, Onsted, Michigan.
MI-152.................................... United Producers, Inc., St. Louis, Michigan.
MI-153.................................... United Producers, Inc., Manchester, Michigan.
MI-154.................................... United Producers, Inc., Cass City, Michigan.
NC-178.................................... Taylorsville Lions Club Alexander County Fair, Taylorsville, North Carolina.
NC-179.................................... Edward Johnson Auctioneers, Inc., dba Johnson's Cattle Auction, Canton, North Carolina.
NM-124.................................... Cow House Auction, Kirtland, New Mexico.
OH-153.................................... Larue Horse Sale, LLC, LaRue, Ohio.
OK-215.................................... Old Goat Enterprises, LLC, dba Countryside Auction, Chandler, Oklahoma.
TN-200.................................... Longhorn Auction Company and Livestock Sales, Mountain City, Tennessee.
TN-201.................................... James Linville, dba Scotts Hill Stockyard, Scotts Hill, Tennessee.
TN-202.................................... Tennessee Livestock Producers, Inc., Columbia, Tennessee.
TX-351.................................... Great Western Auctions, LLC, Magnolia, Texas.
TX-352.................................... Texas Cattle Exchange, Inc., Eastland, Texas.
TX-353.................................... Elkhart Horse Center, Elkhart, Texas.
TX-354.................................... Marion County Stockyards, Jefferson, Texas.
VA-164.................................... Victoria Livestock Market, Victoria, Virginia.
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We are also notifying the public that the stockyards listed in the
following table meet the P&S Act's definition of a stockyard and that
we have posted the stockyards. On March 26, 2008, we published a notice
in the Federal
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Register (70 FR 15969-15970) of our proposal to post these 12
stockyards. Since we received no comments to our proposal, we have now
assigned the stockyards a facility number, notified the owner of the
stockyard facilities, and sent notices to the owner of the stockyard to
be displayed in public areas of the stockyard. The table below reflects
the date of posting for each stockyard.
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Stockyard name and
Facility No. location Date of posting
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AL-196....................... Clay County Goat & July 11, 2008.
Poultry Auction,
Goodwater, Alabama.
AR-172....................... G.P. Rivers, dba July 21, 2008.
Rivers Horse
Center, Lewisville,
Arkansas.
AR-180....................... King Livestock Goat July 16, 2008.
and Sheep Auction,
North Lonoke,
Arkansas.
CO-156....................... Western Slope July 11, 2008.
Cattlemen's
Livestock Auction,
LLC, Loma, Colorado.
GA-231....................... Thomas County July 7, 2008.
Stockyards, Inc.,
Thomasville,
Georgia.
MS-176....................... Cuevas Auction, July 10, 2008.
Picayune,
Mississippi.
NY-176....................... Howard W. Visscher, July 16, 2008.
Hilltop Dairy
Auction, Savannah,
New York.
SC-162....................... Claxton's Auction July 16, 2008.
Co., LLC, Ruffin,
South Carolina.
TN-197....................... Jimmy Brown, dba JB July 16, 2008.
Livestock Auction,
Gleason, Tennessee.
TN-198....................... Wallace P. Mitchell, July 21, 2008.
dba Mitchell's
Trade Center &
Auctions, Inc.,
Castalian Springs,
Tennessee.
TX-350....................... Hereford Livestock July 11, 2008.
Exchange, Hereford,
Texas.
VA-148....................... Blythe Livestock, July 15, 2008.
LLC, Courtland,
Virginia.
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We are further notifying the public that the following facilities,
which met the definition of a stockyard previously, were not posted. We
published notices proposing to post these 11 stockyards in the Federal
Register on July 25, 2005, (70 FR 42532-42533); April 5, 2006 (71 FR
17071-17072); and March 26, 2008, (73 FR 15969-15970) respectively,
however, the facilities were not posted because they no longer meet the
definition of a stockyard. The facilities were either abandoned or
underwent a change such that they no longer function as stockyards.
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Proposed facility No. Facility name and location
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AL-195.......................................... R&S Auctions, Clayton, Alabama.
AR-178.......................................... B-B Livestock Auction & Sales, Inc., Beebe, Arkansas.
FL-138.......................................... Col. Jerry Colvin, dba C.J. Auctions, Lamont, Florida.
IN-167.......................................... Northern Indiana Collection Point, LLC, Shipshewana, Indiana.
KY-180.......................................... Southern Kentucky Livestock Market, Inc., Rockfield, Kentucky.
KY-181.......................................... Wigwam Livestock Market, Inc., Horse Cave, Kentucky.
MO-288.......................................... CRS Sales, LLC, Highlandville, Missouri.
TN-196.......................................... Country Horse Sales, LLC, Westmoreland, Tennessee.
TN-199.......................................... Middle Tennessee Sheep and Goat Sale, LLC, Dickson, Tennessee.
WI-150.......................................... Turenne Livestock Market, Thorp, Wisconsin.
WV-120.......................................... Meadow View Farm, Thornton, West, Virginia.
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Finally, we are notifying the public that the following 19
stockyards no longer meet the definition of a stockyard and they are
being deposted. We depost stockyards when the facility can no longer be
used as a stockyard. The reasons a facility can no longer be used as a
stockyard may include the following: (1) The market agency has moved
and the posted facility is abandoned; (2) the facility has been torn
down or otherwise destroyed, such as by fire; (3) the facility is
dilapidated beyond repair; or (4) the facility has been converted and
its function has changed.
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Facility No. Stockyard name and location Date posted
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AR-105.................................. B-B Livestock Sales, February 16, 1959.
Incorporated.
AR-131.................................. Morrilton Livestock Auction, September 30, 1959.
Morrilton, Arkansas.
AZ-116.................................. Arizona Livestock Auction, Inc., May 13, 1997.
Phoenix, Arizona.
CO-152.................................. Garfield Livestock Market, Inc., February 25, 1986.
Silt, Colorado.
ID-114.................................. Custer County Livestock August 22, 1961.
Marketing Association, Inc.,
MacKay, Idaho.
KS-108.................................. Cedar Vale Sale Barn, Inc., May 26, 1959.
Cedar Vale, Kansas.
KS-113.................................. Coldwater Livestock Sales Co., April 12, 1950.
Inc., Coldwater, Kansas.
KS-137.................................. Great Bend Livestock Sales, April 18, 1950.
Inc., Great Bend, Kansas.
KS-145.................................. Hutchinson Livestock Commission April 10, 1950.
Co., Inc., Hutchinson, Kansas.
KS-169.................................. Onaga Livestock Auction, Inc., May 27, 1959.
Wheaton, Kansas.
KS-172.................................. Franklin County Livestock February 12, 1963.
Commission Co., Ottawa, Kansas.
KS-186.................................. Smith Center Livestock Auction, October 23, 1957.
Smith Center, Kansas.
MO-100.................................. South Central Stockyards, LLC, April 21, 1960.
Alton, Missouri.
MO-152.................................. Licking Livestock Auction, May 15, 1959.
Licking, Missouri.
TX-280.................................. Weatherford Stockyards Company, August 12, 1960.
Mineral Wells, Texas.
UT-112.................................. Spanish Fork Livestock Auction, October 24, 1959.
Co., Spanish Fork, Utah.
VA-133.................................. Smithfield Livestock, Inc., March 9, 1959.
Smithfield, Virginia.
VA-144.................................. Abingdon Stockyard Exchange, March 4, 1959.
Inc., dba Wytheville Stockyard,
Wytheville, Virginia.
VA-149.................................. Central Virginia Livestock April 13, 1976.
Market, Inc., Amherst, Virginia.
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Effective Date
These depostings are effective upon publication in the Federal
Register because they relieve 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.
Alan R. Christian,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-9012 Filed 4-17-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-KD-P
