Packers and Stockyards Programs Publications

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P&SP Annual Reports

• 2011 Annual Report (PDF; 521KB)
• 2010 Annual Report (PDF; 741KB)
• 2009 Annual Report (PDF; 798KB)
• 2008 Annual Report (PDF; 917KB)

P&SP Statistical Reports

Packers and Stockyards Program publishes Statistical Reports that contain data on livestock marketing, meat packing, industry concentration, plant size, volume of packer feeding, packer financial performance, number of animals purchased by source of supply (public market versus direct purchase), and method of procurement.

Download or view electronic copies of Statistical Reports by clicking on the reporting year below:

• 2007*
• 2006 (PDF; 399KB)
• 2005 (PDF; 707KB)
• 2004 (PDF; 672KB)
• 2003 (PDF; 481KB)
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997 (PDF; 187KB)
• 1996 (PDF; 281KB)
• 1995

* Beginning in reporting year 2007, key data previously published in the Annual Statistical Report will be published in the Packers and Stockyards Program Annual Report.

Brochures

• Packers and Stockyards Program (PDF; 169KB)
• Market Guide to Custodial Accounts (PDF; 224KB)
• Custodial Accounts (PDF; 222KB)
• How to File a Bond Claim (PDF; 252KB) (Print Version) (PDF; 476KB)
• How to File a Bond Claim - Spanish version (PDF; 268KB) (Print Version) Spanish version (PDF; 504KB)
• Live Poultry Growers' and Sellers' Rights Under P&S Trust Provisions (PDF; 235KB)
• Responsibility for Accurate Scales and Livestock Weights (PDF; 248KB)
• Responsibility for Accurate Scales and Live Poultry Weights (PDF; 247KB)
• Livestock Sellers' Rights Under P&S Trust Provision (PDF; 217KB)
• Prompt Payment for Livestock Purchases (PDF; 153KB) (Print Version)(PDF; 177KB)
• Prompt Payment for Livestock Purchases -Spanish Version (PDF; 140KB) (Print Version)(PDF; 170KB)
• The Packers and Stockyards Act (PDF; 185KB)
• Understanding Reparation Proceedings (PDF; 237KB)

Instructions

• Instructions for Testing Livestock and Animal Scales (PDF; 2353KB)
• Instructions for Weighing Livestock (PDF; 708KB)
• Instructions for Weighing Live Poultry (PDF; 1221KB)

Industry Research

• Assessments of the Cattle and Hog Industries
• Livestock and Meat Marketing Study
• Captive Supply of Cattle and GIPSA's Reporting of Captive Supply
• Concentration in the Red Meat Packing Industry (PDF; 388KB)
• Concentration Study Technical Reports
• Packers Forward Purchase of Fed Cattle (PDF; 15KB)
• Texas Panhandle Fed Cattle Investigation
• Millennium Conference 2000
• Peer Review of Major Investigations of Competitive Behavior in Meatpacking
• WORC Petition