Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022 directed USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to create a Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program to increase market transparency for cattle producers.

Cattle Contracts Library Summary

• Cattle Contracts Library Summary Dashboard
• Cattle Contracts Library Report (pdf)
• Cattle Contracts Library Explanatory Document (pdf)

Submission Form

To facilitate the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program data collection process, subject packers submit contract and volume information to AMS using a series of data collection forms identifying required information. The following document details the required entry fields found in each of the 5 forms.

• Cattle Contracts Information Data Submission Fields (pdf)

Regulation

• December 7, 2022 - Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program Final Rule

Notices to Trade

• April 11, 2024 USDA Publishes Kansas State University Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program Assessment Report
• October 4, 2023 - USDA Continues the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program
• May 31, 2023 - AMS Announces June 2023 Dates for Cattle Industry Listening Sessions on the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program
• April 27, 2023 - USDA Continues to Host Listening Sessions on Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program; First in Series of New Sessions Set for Thursday, May 18, 2023
• December 7, 2022 - USDA Publishes Final Rule for Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program
• September 22, 2022 - Update on USDA’s Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program
• April 11, 2022 - USDA to Host Listening Session on Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program Development

Special Report

• Kansas State University Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program Assessment Report - Assessing the Cattle Contracts Library & Fed Cattle Market Transparency (pdf)

Past Listening Sessions

• June 27, 2023 Session –  AMS hosted a cattle industry listening session regarding the latest on the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program at the historic Santa Fe Depot in Dodge City, KS.
  • Webinar Recording
• June 23, 2023 Session –  AMS hosted a cattle industry listening session regarding the latest on the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program at the St Onge Livestock Co. in St Onge, South Dakota.
  • Webinar Recording
• June 16, 2023 Session – AMS hosted a cattle industry listening session regarding the latest on the Cattle Contract Library Pilot Program, during the most recent USDA Cattle & Carcass Training Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • Webinar Recording
• June 14, 2023 Session – AMS hosted a cattle industry listening session regarding the latest on the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program at the Iowa State University Wallace Foundation Learning and Outreach Center in Lewis, Iowa.
  • Webinar Recording
• May 18, 2023 Session – AMS hosted a cattle industry listening session regarding the latest on the Cattle Contract Library Pilot Program, during the most recent USDA Cattle & Carcass Training Center in West Texas A&M University, Canyon.
  • Webinar Recording
• April 21, 2022 Session -  AMS hosted a cattle industry listening session to inform the development of the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program on April 21, 2022.  
  • Written Feedback
  • Webinar Recording
• February 8, 2023 - AMS hosted a cattle industry session to discuss the Cattle Contracts Library Pilot Program after its public release to help stakeholders better understand how to use the pilot library.
  • Webinar Recording

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