New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 32 - BRANDS, OWNERSHIP, AND TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS
Part 3 - TRANSPORTATION OF LIVESTOCK
Section 21.32.3.11 - INSPECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF BABY CALVES

A. Not withstanding the provisions of 21.32.3.9 NMAC, any owner of a dairy or feedlot may sell calves born to his or her cows and commit the calves to transportation without prior inspection by a duly authorized livestock inspector of the New Mexico livestock board, provided the conditions of this section (21.32.3.11 NMAC) are met.

B. All calves that are to be sold and moved under the provisions of this section shall be eartagged with an approved eartag, which shall clearly and conspicuously show the owner of the calf prior to sale. The owner may be shown by use of the actual name to which the brand is recorded, brand image or brand master number.

C. All calves that are to be sold and moved under the provisions of this section shall be eartagged and accounted for by eartag number on the approved bill of sale distributed by the New Mexico livestock board for dairy and feedlot calves. The bill of sale shall contain the information required by Section 77-9-22, NMSA 1978, and shall include the eartag number, description of the individual calf by sex, age, and breed (color). The bill of sale shall list the destination to which the calves are to be shipped, the fees charged for the New Mexico livestock board and the beef checkoff, a statement that the calf inspection/bill of sale form is not valid for shipment out of New Mexico, and the form will be serial numbered for accountability. An individual form showing the sale of calves shall be used for no more than one destination. Separate destinations shall not be mixed on one form.

D. The bills of sale used to document the sale of baby calves in accordance with this section, shall be obtained from the New Mexico livestock board inspector.

E. The eartagging of calves in accordance with this section shall occur prior to the calf's departure from the dairy or feedlot of origin.

F. The bill of sale required by this section shall be completed upon change of ownership and in no case after change of possession.

G. The approved eartags used to identify the dairy or feedlot of origin and the individual calf may be procured from any source provided the eartag meets the minimum requirements of information in Subsection B of 21.32.3.11 NMAC above.

H. The dairy or feedlot owner is responsible for maintaining the serial numbered forms and all monies collected for the month. The New Mexico livestock board inspector will meet with the dairy owner monthly to reconcile the month's activities, update the form inventory, and collect all monies accumulated for the preceding month.

I. The New Mexico livestock board inspector shall record the totals to their monthly report to the main office of the board and deposit, to the main office in the normal manner, all monies collected.

J. The New Mexico livestock board inspector is responsible for maintaining inventory accountability and ensuring the forms issued to the dairy or feedlot owner are listed by serial number sequence on an issue document signed by that dairy or feedlot owner and the inspector issuing the forms. The original of that issue document will be held by the inspector and a copy supplied to the dairy or feedlot owner.

K. A fee set by the New Mexico livestock board shall be charged for each calf tagged and forms inspected. The fees are payable at the time the inspector inspects the forms and accomplishes the monthly reconciliation with the dairy or feedlot owner.

L. The beef checkoff shall be collected in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations. The amount collected will be the amount set by federal mandate through the Beef Promotion and Research Act and order.

M. An EID tag will also be accepted as an alternate means of identification for cattle in New Mexico dairy and feed lot.