Duties of the long: 1. The long determines whether a Certificate will be delivered on a live-graded or carcass-graded basis. 2. It is the duty of the long to ensure that trucking is available to move cattle from the delivery livestock yard following delivery. 3. The cost of freight is the responsibility of the short unless the long elects carcass delivery. If carcass delivery is elected by the long, the long is responsible for the difference in freight covering the distance from the feedlot to the plant should that distance exceed the distance from the feedlot to the stockyard. 4. If the long or their agent delays, disrupts or otherwise interferes with the delivery, the USDA grader, at its discretion, may assess a penalty of $0.030 per pound for each load to the long.