Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Agriculture and Food
Title R58 - Animal Industry
Rule R58-7 - Livestock Markets, Satellite Video Livestock Market, Livestock Sales, Dealers, and Livestock Market Weighpersons
Section R58-7-6 - Responsibilities of a Bonded and Licensed Weighperson

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 58-7-6

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1)

(a) A Stockyard owner, market agency, or dealer shall employ only competent, licensed, and bonded weighpersons of good character and known integrity to operate scales for weighing livestock to purchase or sell.

(b) The department shall remove any weighperson found to be operating scales incorrectly, carelessly, in violation of instructions, or in a manner as to favor or injure any group or agency through incorrect weighing or incorrect weight recording from weighing duties.

(2)

(a) The primary responsibility of a weighperson is to determine and accurately record the weight of a livestock draft without prejudice or favor to any person or agency and without regard for livestock ownership, price condition, fill, shrink, or other considerations.

(b) A weighperson may not permit the representations or attitudes of any persons or agencies to influence their judgment or action in performing their duties.

(3)

(a) A weighperson may not leave any unused or partially executed scale tickets without a printed weight value exposed or accessible to unauthorized personnel.

(b) Each weighperson shall keep tickets under lock when the weighperson is not at their duty station.

(4) Accurate weighing and correct weight recording require that a weighperson not permit the operations to be hurried to the extent that inaccurate weights or incorrect weight records may result.

(5) A weighperson shall:

(a) weigh each draft of livestock accurately by indicating or recording the nearest minimum weight value; and

(b) perform any manual operations connected with balancing, weighing, and recording with the care necessary to prevent damage to the accurately machined and adjusted part of weigh-beams, poses, and printing devices.

(6)

(a) A weighperson shall permit livestock owners, buyers, or others having a legitimate interest in a livestock draft to observe the balancing, weighing, and recording procedures, and a weighperson may not deny them that right or withhold from them any information pertaining to the weight of that draft.

(b) Owners, buyers, or others shall check the scale's zero balance or reweigh a livestock draft when requested by the parties.

(7) A weighperson's responsibilities for balancing the empty scale shall include:

(a) balancing the empty scale each day before weighing begins and maintaining the scale in correct balance while weighing operations continue;

(b) verifying the zero balance at intervals of not more than 15 drafts or 15 minutes, whichever is first; and

(c) verifying the zero balance of the scale when:
(i) the weighperson resumes weighing duties after an absence from the scale; and

(ii) when the weighperson weighs a load exceeding half the scale capacity or 10,000 pounds, whichever is less, and the following load is fewer than 1,000 pounds;

(d) recording the time at which the weighperson balances the empty scale or verifies its zero balance and shall record it on scale tickets or other permanent records; and

(e) filing balance tickets with other scale tickets issued on that date.

(8) When a load exceeding half of the scale capacity has been weighed, followed by a load of fewer than 1,000 pounds, verification shall occur before weighing a load of fewer than 1,000 pounds.

(9)

(a) Before balancing the empty scale, the weighperson shall close or verify that the scale gates are closed and that a person or animal is not on the scale platform or in contact with the stock rack, gates, or platform.

(b) If the weighperson balances the scale with persons on the scale platform, the weighperson shall verify the zero balance when there is a change in persons.

(c) When the scale is properly balanced and ready for weighing, the weighperson shall show an appropriate signal.

(10) Before weighing a draft of livestock, the weighperson shall verify that the entire draft is on the scale platform with the gates closed and that any person or animal off the scale is not in contact with the platform, gates, or stock rack.

(11)

(a) Any person selling livestock sold by weight through a satellite video livestock market shall sell the livestock based on the weight of the livestock on the day of delivery.

(b) A weighperson shall weigh livestock sold by weight on scales that the Division of Weights and Measures has tested and inspected in the manner prescribed by law.

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