1. (a) To be considered eligible livestock for livestock owners, the kind of livestock must be adult or non-adult alpacas, dairy cattle, beef cattle, beefalo, bison, buffalo, caribou, elk, equine, llamas, sheep, goats, swine, deer, or water buffalo; or emus, poultry, or ostriches; and meet all the conditions in paragraph (c) of this section.
2. (b) To be considered eligible livestock for contract growers, the kind of livestock must be poultry or swine and meet all the conditions in paragraph (c) of this section.

3. (c) To be considered eligible livestock for the purpose of generating payments under this subpart, livestock must have:

   1. (1) Died as a direct result of an eligible loss condition:

      1. (i) With the eligible loss condition occurring in the program year for which benefits are sought;
      2. (ii) No later than 30 calendar days for livestock, or 7 calendar days for newborn livestock, from the ending date of the eligible loss condition; or
   2. (2) Been injured and sold at a reduced price as a direct result of an eligible adverse weather event or eligible attack no later than 30 calendar days for livestock, or 7 calendar days for newborn livestock, from the ending date of the eligible adverse weather event or eligible attack.
   3. (3) Been produced or maintained for commercial use for livestock sale or the production of livestock products such as milk or eggs as part of a farming operation on the day they died or until the event that resulted in their sale at a reduced price; and

   4. (4) Not be produced or maintained for reasons other than commercial use for livestock sale or for the production of livestock products such as milk or eggs. Livestock excluded from being eligible include, but are not limited to:

      1. (i) Wild free roaming animals;
      2. (ii) Horses and other animals used or intended to be used for racing or wagering;
      3. (iii) Animals produced or maintained for hunting; and
      4. (iv) Animals produced or maintained for consumption by owner.

4. (d) The following categories of animals owned by a livestock owner are eligible livestock and calculations of eligibility for payments will be calculated separately for each producer with respect to each category:

   1. (1) Adult alpacas;
   2. (2) Adult beef bulls;
   3. (3) Adult beef cows;
   4. (4) Adult beefalo bulls;
   5. (5) Adult beefalo cows;
   6. (6) Adult buffalo or bison bulls;
   7. (7) Adult buffalo or bison cows;
   8. (8) Adult caribou;
   9. (9) Adult dairy bulls;
   10. (10) Adult dairy cows;
   11. (11) Adult deer;
   12. (12) Adult elk;
   13. (13) Adult equine;
   14. (14) Adult goats, bucks;
   15. (15) Adult goats, nannies;
   16. (16) Adult llamas;
   17. (17) Adult sheep, ewes;
   18. (18) Adult sheep, rams;
   19. (19) Adult swine, boars or barrows, 151 to 450 pounds;
   20. (20) Adult swine, boars or barrows, 451 pounds or more;
   21. (21) Adult swine, sows or gilts, 151 to 450 pounds;
   22. (22) Adult swine, sows or gilts, 451 pounds or more;
   23. (23) Adult water buffalo bull;
   24. (24) Adult water buffalo cow;
   25. (25) Chickens, broilers, pullets (regular size), 4.26 to 6.25 pounds;
   26. (26) Chickens, chicks;
   27. (27) Chickens, layers;
   28. (28) Chickens, pullets or Cornish hens (small size), less than 4.26 pounds;
   29. (29) Chickens, roasters, 6.26 to 7.75 pounds;
   30. (30) Chickens, super roasters or parts, 7.76 pounds or more;
   31. (31) Ducks;
   32. (32) Ducks, ducklings;
   33. (33) Emus;
   34. (34) Geese, goose;
   35. (35) Geese, gosling;
   36. (36) Non-adult alpacas;
   37. (37) Non-adult beef cattle, less than 400 pounds;
   38. (38) Non-adult beef cattle, 400 to 799 pounds;
   39. (39) Non-adult beef cattle, 800 pounds or more;
   40. (40) Non-adult beefalo, less than 400 pounds;
   41. (41) Non-adult beefalo, 400 to 799 pounds;
   42. (42) Non-adult beefalo, 800 pounds or more;
   43. (43) Non-adult buffalo or bison, less than 400 pounds;
   44. (44) Non-adult buffalo or bison, 400 to 799 pounds;
   45. (45) Non-adult buffalo or bison, 800 pounds or more;
   46. (46) Non-adult caribou;
   47. (47) Non-adult dairy cattle, less than 400 pounds;
   48. (48) Non-adult dairy cattle, 400 to 799 pounds;
   49. (49) Non-adult dairy cattle, 800 pounds or more;
   50. (50) Non-adult deer;
   51. (51) Non-adult elk;
   52. (52) Non-adult equine;
   53. (53) Non-adult llamas;
   54. (54) Non-adult goats, slaughter or goats or kids;
   55. (55) Non-adult sheet, lambs;
   56. (56) Non-adult swine, suckling or nursery pigs, less than 50 pounds;
   57. (57) Non-adult swine, lightweight barrows or gilts, 50 to 100 pounds;
   58. (58) Non-adult water buffalo, less than 400 pounds;
   59. (59) Non-adult water buffalo, 400 to 799 pounds;
   60. (60) Non-adult water buffalo, 800 pounds or more;
   61. (61) Ostriches;
   62. (62) Turkeys, poults; and
   63. (63) Turkeys, toms, fryers, and roasters.

5. (e) The following categories of animals are eligible livestock for contract growers and calculations of eligibility for payments will be calculated separately for each producer with respect to each category:

   1. (1) Adult swine, boars or barrows, 151 to 450 pounds;
   2. (2) Adult swine, boars or barrows, 451 pounds or more;
   3. (3) Adult swine, sows or gilts, 151 to 450 pounds;
   4. (4) Adult swine, sows or gilts, 451 pounds or more;
   5. (5) Chickens, broilers, pullets (regular size), 4.26 to 6.25 pounds;
   6. (6) Chickens, chicks;
   7. (7) Chickens, layers;
   8. (8) Chickens, pullets or Cornish hens (small size), less than 4.26 pounds;
   9. (9) Chickens, roasters, 6.26 to 7.75 pounds;
   10. (10) Chickens, super roasters or parts, 7.76 pounds or more;
   11. (11) Ducks;
   12. (12) Ducks, ducklings;
   13. (13) Geese;
   14. (14) Non-adult swine, suckling or nursery pigs, less than 50 pounds;
   15. (15) Non-adult swine, lightweight barrows or gilts, 50 to 150 pounds;
   16. (16) Turkeys, poults; and
   17. (17) Turkeys, toms, fryers, and roasters.
6. (f) To be eligible for unborn death loss compensation in accordance with § 1416.306(h), eligible livestock includes adult female livestock that were gestating on the date of death and that died as a direct result of an eligible loss condition in the program year for which benefits are sought. Eligible adult livestock categories for unborn death losses include alpacas, beef cattle, beefalo, buffalo, bison, caribou, dairy cattle, deer, elk, equine, goats, llamas, sheep, swine, water buffalo, and any other livestock determined eligible by CCC, excluding poultry. Losses must have been incurred on or after January 1, 2024, and calculations of eligibility for payments will be determined separately for each producer.
7. (g) Ineligible livestock for the purpose of generating payments under this subpart include those livestock that died due to disease that is not an eligible disease; eligible livestock suffering injury due to disease or eligible disease which are sold for reduced price; and any eligible livestock that died or were injured by anything other than an eligible loss condition. Ineligible livestock for unborn death loss compensation include injured livestock that were sold due to an eligible livestock condition and livestock that are stillborn or aborted from adult females that did not die as a result of an eligible loss condition.

[83 FR 49469, Oct. 2, 2018, as amended at 85 FR 10966, Feb. 26, 2020; 88 FR 1891, Jan. 11, 2023; 91 FR 42327, July 9, 2026]