The Packers and Stockyards Program will be implementing a new option for submitting Swine 

Contract Library Information. This new option will allow responding entities to submit their 

monthly reports and example contracts electronically using a custom application. In order to 

begin using this new application, responding entities will need to establish an E-Authentication 

account with USDA. An E-Authentication account is a way for you to interact with USDA 

websites online and allows you the ability to identify yourself to the USDA via your User ID and 

password. This is the same ID used to submit information to the Agriculture Marketing Service 

for Mandatory Price Reporting. More information about USDA's E-Authentication can be found 

at Https://www.eauth.usda.gov/. 

There are two levels of E-Authentication which include Level 1 and Level 2. In order to use the 

SCL application, entities will need Level 2 Access. An account with Level 2 access allows the 

user to enter USDA Web site portals and applications that have been determined to have the need 

of higher security requirements or restrictions and the need of a verified identity for each User ID 

and profile. In order to register for E-Authentication Level 2 access, please do the following:

STEP 1: Go to https://identitymanager.eems.usda.gov/registration/index.aspx to access the

CREATE AN ACCOUNT page. Once there, select the Register for a Level 2 Account.

STEP 2: You should complete the information on the new four screens to create a USDA 

EAuthentication account.

STEP 3: Once you completed this information, you will then receive a confirmation email from

USDA asking you to respond to the email to confirm your account within seven (7) days. If you

do not respond to this email asking you to confirm your account within seven (7) days, you will

have to restart the registration process by creating another profile and will need to select a new

User ID.

STEP 4: The next step in the Level 2 process is to make an appointment with a Local

Registration Authority (LRA) at a USDA Service Center. To locate a center convenient to you,

please go to http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?tvpe=lra.

STEP 5: Once your account has been verified, you need to register with the SCL application to 

begin the process of filing your information electronically.
To register with the new Swine Contract Library Application, choose one of two methods. (You 

must have a level 2 E-Authorization account with USDA to register.)

Method 1: (preferred method)

Step 1: Goto https://scl.gipsa.usda.gov login with the user ID and password you established for 

the USDA E-Authorization account.

Step 2: Select the Swine Contract Library Button

Step 3: Select the Request Access button

Step 4: Complete the Access Request Form. This information will be used to verify your access 

rights. When you select Request Access, this information and your E-Authorization information 

will be sent to the application administers.
Step 5: Wait for an email confirming registration has been successful. Once registered, you can 

submit information for the plants listed in your access request and review information submitted 

for those plants.

Method 2

Step 1: Send an email to SwineContractLibrary@usda.gov

The email must contain the following information

Your level 2 E-Authentication User ID

Your Name (first and Last) as registered in the USDA E-Authentication system

Contact phone number

Plants and company you are requesting access for

Your work address with city state and zip code

Step 2: Wait for an email confirming registration has been successful. Once registered, you can 

submit information for the plants listed in your access request and review information submitted 

for those plants.
Submitting Swine Contract Library Information

NOTE: The SCL Application does not play well with other applications. For best results, close 

all other browser sessions while using this application.

Step 1: Goto https://scl.gipsa.usda.gov login with the user ID and password you established for 

the USDA E-Authorization account.

Step 2: Select the Swine Contract Library Button [NOTE: If your wish to create a shortcut or 

bookmark, do so at this point.]

Step 3: Select Monthly Swine Estimates or Swine Contracts
Submitting New Monthly Report: Estimates of Swine to be Delivered Under Contract

Step 1: Select Add

Step 2: Complete Section 1 of the report

A: Enter Report Date (Select Month, day and year will fill in)

B: Enter the Federal Inspection Number of the Plant for which you are submitting 

information

C: Enter the Packer for which you are submitting information

D: Select the Plant for which you are submitting information:

Selecting the plus sign will show a list of the plants for which you are registered, 

select one from the list.

E: Enter Certifier/Contact Name – First and Last 

F: Enter Certifier/Contact Title 

G: Enter Certifier/Contact Telephone number
Step 3: Select Section 2 from the tabs at the top, then select the type of contract from the list

Step 4: 

A: Enter the estimates. The months will begin in the month following the report month. 

B: Select Yes or No if this type of contract is currently available. This is a slider box that 

shows either Yes or No.

C: Select the Check Mark when finished.
Step 5: Select Section 3 from the tabs at the top, then select the type of contract from the list

Step 6: 

A: Enter the estimates. The months will begin in the month following the report month. 

B: Select Yes or No for each type of expansion clause. These are slider boxes that shows 

either Yes or No.

C: Select the Check Mark when finished.
Step 7: Select the save icon when you have finished entering information. You may save your 

report at any point and return later to finish the report. Once started, SCL staff can review the 

report. To close the report without saving, select the X icon.

Editing an Existing Monthly Report: Estimates of Swine to be Delivered Under Contract

Step 1: Select Report
Step 2: Select Edit, continue as under submitting 

a new report. You can also review submitted 

information by selecting sections 2 and 3 without 

going into edit mode.


Submitting a New Example Contract

Step 1: Select Add

Step 2: You must complete Initial Information, Contracts Received and Uploaded Files sections. 

The remaining sections are completed by SCL staff in the process of creating the summary 

reports released to the public.
Step 3: Initial Information. 

A: Select Plant for which the contract is valid. IF the contract is valid for more than one 

plant, indicate so in the submitted documentation and choose one of the plants 

here. 

B: Select Contract Category. This will be that same category that the hogs delivered 

under the contract are reported for Mandatory Price Reporting purposes.

C: Select Submission type (New, Replacement, Expiration, Withdrawal of Offer)

D: Verbal Contract: Yes or No. This is a Slide Box

E: Contract Name

F: Previously Existing Contract Name (for Replacement Expiration, Withdrawal of 

Offer)

G: Certifier/Contract Name (First and Last)

H: Certifier/Contact Title
A. Selecting Plants from list: Selecting 

the plus symbol in the Plant search 

box will bring up a list of the plants 

for which you are registered. Select 

the plant for which you wish to 

submit a contract.

B. Selecting contract category from list: 

C. Selecting submission type

D. Operating Verbal Contract slide box
Step 4: Contracts 

Received: Enter contract 

file name. This may 

differ from contract 

name in initial 

information or it may be 

the same. This should 

be the main file name to 

be uploaded in step 5

Step 5: Add files containing example contracts and attachments here. The application will 

accept almost any type of file. To add a file, select the Add a file button, then the Browse button. 

Navigate to the file in your system and select open. The application will list the Name of the file 

and the content type.

Navigating to a file in a windows operating system.
Step 6: When you have all the information entered and uploaded, select the save icon. You may 

save your submission at any point and return later to complete it. Once started, the SCL staff 

may review the submission. 
Editing an Existing Example Contract Submission

Step 1: Select Submitted Example Contract

Step 2: Select Edit, then continue as under submitting a new example contract. You can also 

review submitted information by selecting sections across the top without going into edit mode.