Instructions to Complete 

Supplement to Annual Report of Packers 

Form PSD 3005 

As a packer, if you slaughter at more than one plant, you must submit a separate Form PSD 3005 

for each plant, in addition to Form PSD 3004. The total values reported in Section 3 of each form 

PSD 3005 will be combined and reported as the totals in Section 3 of Form PSD 3004 

All items must be completed on this form, in its entirety, before submitting the form. Failure 

to do so will result in the form being returned as incomplete. 

For questions about Form PSD 3005, or additional copies of the form, please contact the PSD 

Central Reporting Unit at 303-375-4264 or PSD-CRU@usda.gov. Forms and instructions are 

also located on PSD's website at https://www.ams.usda.gov/resources/forms. Please fax the 

completed form to the Central Reporting Unit at 314-457-4421/844-303-0332, email to PSDCRU@usda.gov or mail to: 

USDA PSD 

P.O. Box 110639 

Aurora, CO 80042 

SECTION-BY-SECTION INSTRUCTIONS 

FORM HEADER – BUSINESS ENTITY ID 

Business Entity ID should be completed using information on the attached annual report letter. 

Line No. Subject Instruction 

GENERAL INFORMATION - SECTION 

101 

a and b 

Reporting Period The reporting year covers the period of time operated the 

previous year, either calendar year or fiscal year. (FROM: 

should be the beginning of your reporting year; TO: should 

be the end of your reporting year, i.e., 01/01/20YY to 

12/31/20YY) 

If you recently registered, please enter the date you started 

operating (FROM) and the end of your reporting year (TO). 

If you cease operations and go inactive, the end of your 

reporting year (TO) will be the last date of operation. 

102 Entity Name Enter the name under which you are registered with PSD. 

103 Trade Name Enter the trade name under which you operate. This is the 

name the business uses, if applicable. 

104 

and 

105 

Mailing Address Enter your mailing address. Enter street, city, state, and zip 

+4 code. This is the address where all correspondence from 

the Packers and Stockyards Division should be sent. 

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Line No. Subject Instruction 

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE – SECTION 2 

201 Own or Operate a Scale Check the appropriate box to indicate if this entity owns or 

operates a livestock scale. 

202a. 

through 

202c. 

Manufacturer, Model, 

Serial Number 

If 201 is yes, list the a. manufacturer, b. model, and c. serial 

number of each scale the entity operates. 

203 Payment Check the appropriate box to indicate the basis of payment 

for the majority of livestock sold. 

204 Electronic Evaluation 

Device 

Check the appropriate box to indicate whether or not you use 

any type of electronic evaluation device (other than scale) 

for payment determination. If yes, enter the type of 

equipment and the manufacturer on line 205. 

205 Manufacturer of 

Electronic Device 

List the manufacturer and type of instrument used to 

measure carcass characteristics to determine payment to 

sellers. 

LIVESTOCK FEEDING OPERATIONS, PROCUREMENT, SLAUGHTER, 

AND MEAT PROCESSING – SECTION 3 

301 Plant Name Enter the name of plant used for your slaughter operation. 

302 

and 

303 

Mailing Address 

(number and name), and 

city, state and zip +4 

Enter the mailing address of the plant. Enter street, city, 

state, and zip +4 code. This is the address where all 

correspondence to the plant from Packers and Stockyards 

Division will be sent. . 

304 

And 

305 

Operating Address Enter the physical address of the plant if it is different from 

the mailing address. Enter street, city, state, and zip + 4. 

306 Federal or State 

Inspection 

Select the highest level of inspection provided at the plant. 

307 FSIS or State Inspection 

Number 

Enter the inspection number assigned to the plant. 

308 Own or Lease Check the ownership status. “Neither” indicates the plant 

only performs custom slaughter. 

309 

through 

312 

Custom Slaughter 

Entities 

Enter the name and address (street, city, state, and zip +4), 

for each entity for which you slaughtered 100 head or more 

on a custom basis at this plant during the reporting period. 

Add additional pages, as necessary. 

313 

through 

319 

Number of head of 

livestock custom 

slaughtered 

For each of the entities listed on lines 309-312, enter total 

number of head of each category of livestock slaughtered by 

you on a custom basis during the reporting period. Add 

additional pages, as necessary. Enter custom slaughter 

numbers of head for all others that were listed on separate 

pages on line 317. Enter the total number of head for those 

entities for whom you slaughter less than 100 head on line 

318. Enter sum totals of lines 313 through 318 on line 319, 

for each category livestock reported. 

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Line No. Subject Instruction 

For lines 320 through 323 committed supply arrangements include marketing agreements, forward 

contracts, and formula contracts agreed on more than 14 days before slaughter. The term “formula 

contract” means the commitment of livestock for slaughter by any means other than through a 

negotiated purchase or a forward contract, using a method for calculating price in which the price 

is determined at a future date. Committed supply arrangements also include written and verbal 

agreements on delivery volume and pricing terms in some combination agreed on more than 14 days 

before slaughter, or to those commitments that only specify number of livestock delivered or 

commitments that only specify how price will be settled if livestock are delivered. 

320 Packer Owned Enter all livestock slaughtered that were owned, in whole or 

in part, more than 14 days by your firm or its subsidiaries, 

your firm’s parent or ultimate parent firm, or another firm 

owned, in whole or in part, by your firm’s parent or ultimate 

parent firm. 

321 From other packers Enter all livestock slaughtered that were procured from other 

packers through committed supply arrangements more than 

14 days before slaughter. 

322 All other committed 

sources 

Enter all other livestock slaughtered that were procured 

through committed supply arrangements more than 14 days 

before slaughter, not entered in lines 320 or 321. 

323 Total Committed 

Procurement 

Enter column totals of lines 320 through 322. 

324 From Other Packers Enter all livestock slaughtered that were procured from other 

packers through non-committed supply arrangements, which 

procure 14 days or less before slaughter. 

325 Direct Enter the number of head procured directly at the packing 

plant, buying stations, feedlots, etc., from non-committed 

supply arrangements, which procure 14 days or less before 

slaughter. 

326 Through Public Markets Enter the number of head procured through public markets 

from non-committed supply arrangements, which were 

procured 14 days or less before slaughter. 

327 Total Non-Committed 

Procurement 

Enter column totals of lines 324 through 326. 

328 Livestock Sold For each category of livestock procured but not slaughtered, 

enter the number of head sold during the reporting period. 

329 Dead or Condemned For each category of livestock procured but not slaughtered, 

enter the number of head that died or were condemned 

during the reporting period. 

330 Total Adjustments Enter column totals of lines 328 and 329. 

331 Total Slaughter For each category of livestock, add lines, 319, 323, and 327, 

then subtract line 330; enter as Total Slaughter. 

332 Number Paid on 

Carcass Basis/Dressed 

Weight 

For each category of livestock, enter total number of 

livestock slaughtered that were purchases and paid for on a 

dressed weight or a carcass merit basis (i.e., other than liveweight purchases) 

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