[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 2, Parts 200 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR201.49]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER II--GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
       (PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS PROGRAMS),DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 201--REGULATIONS UNDER THE PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 201.49  Requirements regarding scale tickets evidencing weighing of livestock, live poultry, and feed.

    (a) Livestock. When livestock is weighed for the purpose of purchase 
or sale, a scale ticket shall be issued which shall be serially numbered 
and used in numerical sequence. Sufficient copies shall be executed to 
provide a copy to all parties to the transaction. In instances where the 
weight values are automatically recorded directly on the account of 
purchase, account of sale or other basic record, this record may serve 
in lieu of a scale ticket. When livestock is purchased on a carcass 
weight or carcass grade and weight basis, the hot carcass weights shall 
be recorded using a scale equipped with a printing device, and such 
printed weights shall be retained as part of the person or firm's 
business records to substantiate settlement on each transaction. Scale 
tickets issued under this section shall show:
    (1) The names and location of the agency performing the weighing 
service,
    (2) The date of the weighing;
    (3) The name of the buyer and seller or consignor, or a designation 
by which they may be readily identified;
    (4) The number of head;
    (5) Kind of livestock;
    (6) Actual weight of each draft of livestock; and
    (7) The name, initials, or number of the person who weighed the 
livestock, or if required by State law, the signature of the weigher.
    (b) Poultry. When live poultry is weighed for the purpose of 
purchase, sale, acquisition, or settlement by a live poultry dealer, a 
scale ticket shall be issued which shall show:
    (1) The name of the agency performing the weighing service;
    (2) The name of the live poultry dealer;
    (3) The name and address of the grower, purchaser, or seller;
    (4) The name or initials or number of the person who weighed the 
poultry, or if required by State law, the signature of the weigher;
    (5) The location of the scale;
    (6) The gross weight, tare weight, and net weight;
    (7) The date and time gross weight and tare weight are determined;
    (8) The number of poultry weighed;
    (9) The weather conditions;
    (10) Whether the driver was on or off the truck at the time of 
weighing; and
    (11) The license number of the truck or the truck number; provided, 
that when live poultry is weighed on a scale other than a vehicle scale, 
the scale ticket need not show the information specified in paragraphs 
(b)(9)-(11) of this section. Scale tickets issued under this paragraph 
shall be at least in duplicate form and shall be serially numbered and 
used in numerical sequence. One copy shall be furnished to the

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grower, purchaser, or seller, and one copy shall be furnished to or 
retained by the live poultry dealer.
    (c) Feed. (1) Whenever feed is weighed by or on behalf of a 
stockyard owner, market agency, dealer, packer, or live poultry dealer 
where the weight of feed is a factor in determining payment or 
settlement to a livestock grower or poultry grower, a scale ticket shall 
be issued which shall show:
    (i) The name of the agency performing the weighing service or the 
name and location of the firm responsible for supplying the feed;
    (ii) The name and address of the livestock grower or poultry grower;
    (iii) The name or initials or number of the person who weighed the 
feed, or if required by State law, the signature of the weigher;
    (iv) The location of the scale;
    (v) The gross weight, tare weight, and net weight of each lot 
assigned to an individual grower, if applicable;
    (vi) The date and time gross weight and tare weight, if gross and 
tare weights are applicable, are determined;
    (vii) The identification of each lot assigned to an individual 
grower by vehicle or trailer compartment number and seal numbers, if 
applicable;
    (viii) Whether the driver was on or off the truck at the time of 
weighing, if applicable; and
    (ix) The license number or other identification numbers on the truck 
and trailer, if weighed together, or trailer if only the trailer is 
weighed, if applicable.
    (2) Scale tickets issued under this paragraph shall be at least in 
duplicate form and shall be serially numbered and used in numerical 
sequence. One copy shall be retained by the person subject to the P&S 
Act, and a second copy shall be furnished to the livestock grower or 
poultry grower.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
0580-0015)

[61 FR 36281, July 10, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 17762, Apr. 5, 2000]

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