PUBLIC LAW 109–296—OCT. 5, 2006
120 STAT. 1467
and gilts slaughtered during the applicable reporting period; ‘‘(VIII) the average lean percentage, which shall be equal to the average percentage of the carcass weight comprised of lean meat for the barrows and gilts slaughtered during the applicable reporting period, except that when a packer is required to report the average lean percentage under this subclause, the packer shall make available to the Secretary the underlying data, applicable methodology and formulae, and supporting materials used to determine the average lean percentage, which the Secretary may convert to the carcass measurements or lean percentage of the barrows and gilts of the individual packer to correlate to a common percent lean measurement; and ‘‘(IX) the total slaughter quantity, which shall be equal to the total number of barrows and gilts slaughtered during the applicable reporting period, including all types of purchases and barrows and gilts that qualify as packer-owned swine; and ‘‘(iii) packer purchase commitments, which shall be equal to the number of barrows and gilts scheduled for delivery to a packer for slaughter for each of the next 14 calendar days. ‘‘(D) PUBLICATION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall publish the information obtained under this paragraph in a prior day report— ‘‘(I) in the case of information regarding barrows and gilts purchased or priced, not later than 8:00 a.m. Central Time, and ‘‘(II) in the case of information regarding barrows and gilts slaughtered, not later than 10:00 a.m. Central Time, on the reporting day on which the information is received from the packer. ‘‘(ii) PRICE DISTRIBUTIONS.—The information published by the Secretary under clause (i) shall include a distribution of net prices in the range between and including the lowest net price and the highest net price reported. The publication shall include a delineation of the number of barrows and gilts at each reported price level or, at the option of the Secretary, the number of barrows and gilts within each of a series of reasonable price bands within the range of prices. ‘‘(2) MORNING REPORT.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The corporate officers or officially designated representatives of each packer processing plant that processes barrows or gilts shall report to the Secretary not later than 10:00 a.m. Central Time each reporting day— ‘‘(i) the packer’s best estimate of the total number of barrows and gilts, and barrows and gilts that qualify as packer-owned swine, expected to be purchased
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