• CHANGE IN LIVE CATTLE STANDARD FREIGHT RATE TO $4.00 PER MILE FOR 2011

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-5600
      • Notice Date
      • 01 February 2011
      • Effective Date
      • 01 February 2011

    • The Standard Freight Rate is used in carcass graded deliveries of Live Cattle to compensate the seller when the buyer requests delivery at a packing plant that is farther from the feedyard than the delivery point stockyards. In accordance with Live Cattle Rule 10103.C.8., this rate is set annually by the Exchange. For 2010, the rate was $3.75 per mile per contract.

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