Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§206 Rates and Charges Generally; Discrimination
Title 7 › CHAPTER 9 — PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS › SUBCHAPTER III — STOCKYARDS AND STOCKYARD DEALERS › § 206
Summary
Stockyard owners and market agencies must charge fair, reasonable fees for services at the stockyard and must not favor some customers over others. Charging fees as a percentage of the livestock sale price is allowed and not illegal just because it uses percentages instead of a per‑head charge.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §206
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
All rates or charges made for any stockyard services furnished at a stockyard by a stockyard owner or market agency shall be just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory, and any unjust, unreasonable, or discriminatory rate or charge is prohibited and declared to be unlawful: Provided, That rates and charges based upon percentages of the gross sales prices of livestock shall not be prohibited merely because they are based upon such percentages rather than on a per head basis.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1978—Pub. L. 95–409 inserted proviso that rates and charges based upon percentages of gross sales of livestock shall not be prohibited merely because based on such percentages rather than on a per head basis.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 206
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102