7 U.S.C. § 211 — Order of Secretary as to charges or practices; prescribing rates and practices generally

This section applies after a full hearing — either on a complaint filed under section 210 of this title, or one the Secretary starts on their own, either as an extension of a pending complaint or without any complaint at all — if the Secretary decides that a stockyard owner's or market agency's rate, charge, regulation, or practice for stockyard services violates section 205, 206, or 208 of this title. (a) The Secretary can set, following the standard in section 206, what the rate or charge should be going forward — as a maximum, a minimum, or both — and can decide what regulation or practice would be just, reasonable, and non-discriminatory. The Secretary must let the stockyard owner or market agency choose whether the rate is set on a percentage basis, a per-head basis, or another basis they pick, unless the Secretary finds that other basis also violates section 206. (b) The Secretary can also order the owner or operator to: (1) stop the violation, to the extent the Secretary found it exists or will happen; (2) stop publishing, demanding, or collecting any rate other than the one the Secretary just prescribed; and (3) conform to and follow the regulation or practice the Secretary prescribed.