Livestock Counterparty Guard
Source-dated USDA Packers & Stockyards counterparty verification for livestock buyers, dealers, market agencies, and packers. Checks supported public USDA records for bond status, suspensions, and entity matches. Independent; not affiliated with USDA.
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Documentation
Know who you're dealing with before livestock or money changes hands.
Check livestock buyers, dealers, market agencies, and packers against official USDA Packers & Stockyards records. Get one structured result with bond evidence, suspension screening, match details, and source dates.
Run a counterparty check — $0.05
Official-source data USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
Source dates shown No hidden freshness assumptions
Conservative matching No silent fuzzy best guess
Fail-closed safeguards Stops when required checks fail
What you get
A decision-ready record check, not another spreadsheet.
Bonded-record evidence
Dealer, market-agency, and packer matches with published bond coverage when present.
Suspension screening
Current suspension windows and unresolved name matches that need human review.
Audit-ready provenance
Snapshot date, official source dates, match basis, and source-attributed records.
Batch verification
Paste up to 1,000 counterparties, one per line, or use the structured API batch format for automated workflows.
API-ready output
Use results through Apify API, OpenAPI, CLI, and supported agent integrations.
Clear uncertainty
Multiple possible matches are surfaced rather than hidden behind an opaque confidence guess.
Explore by need
Go straight to the type of record check you need.
Each guide explains the official USDA source behind the check, what the result can show, and where the evidence comes from.
Verify a buyer before sale
Check a livestock or cattle buyer against supported USDA bond and suspension records.
Bonded dealer lookup
Dealers and market agencies buying on commission.
Bonded packer lookup
Packer bond evidence and suspension screening.
Market agency bond check
Market agencies selling livestock on commission.
P&S suspension check
USDA suspension records alongside bonded evidence.
Seller protection guide
Bond, prompt-payment, claim, and violation-reporting resources in one place.
Batch counterparty screening
Paste a list of up to 1,000 livestock counterparties and screen them in one run.
API & AI-agent access
API, MCP, batch automation, and Apify agentic-payment access.
Coverage
One search across the USDA P&S sources we can validate responsibly.
The production snapshot contains 4,982 records. Each result keeps the underlying official source dates visible instead of making every source look equally new.
322 Bonded packers · 2026-09-22
3,419 Dealers / buying on commission · 2026-09-22
1,216 Market agencies selling · 2026-06-03
25 Suspension records
Why this matters
USDA treats bonding, prompt payment, and suspensions as real seller-protection issues.
USDA states that dealers and market agencies buying on commission must maintain bonds that protect livestock sellers, and that payment for livestock purchases is generally due by the close of the next business day. USDA also publishes a suspension list and warns that suspended businesses may present added risk.
Dealer & buying-on-commission rules
Bonding, prompt-payment, registration, and annual-report responsibilities.
Clause 1 bonding and custodial-account responsibilities for commission markets.
Bonding thresholds, prompt payment, and statutory trust information.
Suspension listing and administrative enforcement information.
Live example result
Clear enough for a person. Detailed enough to audit.
This example is generated from the same current production snapshot used by the verification service. It shows the evidence behind the match rather than presenting only a pass/fail label.
QUERYTyson Fresh Meats · AR
STATUSMATCH
LEGAL NAMETyson Fresh Meats
LOCATIONSpringdale · AR
RECORD TYPEbonded packer
MATCH BASISlegal exact
BOND COVERAGE$164,305,000
SUSPENSIONNo current resolved match
USDA SOURCE DATE2026-09-22
SNAPSHOT2026-10-06.auto · 4982 records
Simple pricing
$0.05 per completed verification
100 checks = $5. 1,000 checks = $50. Current checkout and execution are handled through Apify.
Mission
Make public livestock records easier to use before a transaction.
Our mission is to make USDA P&S evidence easier to find, easier to understand, and easier to automate without hiding uncertainty or overstating what the data proves.
Important: This is an independent factual USDA-record lookup, not a credit score, legal determination, recommendation, or guarantee of payment. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by USDA.
Questions
Built to be clear about both the evidence and its limits.
Is this an official USDA website?
No. Livestock Counterparty Guard is an independent tool that transforms public USDA AMS Packers & Stockyards records into a faster structured lookup. Official USDA sources remain the authority.
Does a MATCH mean the business is safe?
No. A match means the supplied name matched supported USDA records. It is not a credit rating, recommendation, legal conclusion, or guarantee of payment.
What if there are several similar names?
The system surfaces multiple possible matches instead of silently selecting a fuzzy best guess.
How current is the information?
Every result includes source dates. Different USDA lists can carry different official dates, so the service preserves those dates rather than presenting all sources as equally current.
Can a business check hundreds of counterparties?
Yes. In Apify Console, paste up to 1,000 businesses one per line, optionally adding a state after a | character. API users can submit the structured batch format instead.