• CHANGE IN STANDARD FREIGHT RATE FOR LIVE CATTLE CARCASS GRADED DELIVERIES TO $4.50 PER MILE FOR 2012

      • To
      • Members, Member Firms and Market Users
      • From
      • Market Regulation Department
      • #
      • SER-6098
      • Notice Date
      • 25 January 2012
      • Effective Date
      • 03 February 2012
    • 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 2011, the rate was $4.00 per mile per contract.

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