03-21664. Deposting of Stockyards

AGENCY:

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, 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) (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.

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.