Boxed Beef Cuts - Branded Product

LM_XB452
Des Moines, IA                  Mon, Oct 08, 2012               USDA Market News

NATIONAL WEEKLY BOXED BEEF CUTS FOR BRANDED PRODUCT - Negotiated Sales
Branded product in this report is limited to the Upper Two-Thirds of the USDA
Choice Grade

FOB Plant basis negotiated sales for delivery within 0-21 days including sales
since last report, Values reflect U.S. dollars per 100 pounds.

CURRENT VOLUME - (one load equals 40,000 pounds)

Loads:          125.03
Pounds:      5,001,053

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Branded Cuts, Fat Limitations 1-6     (IM) = Individual Muscle
IMPS/FL      Sub-Primal               # of      Total        Price      Weighted
                                    Trades     Pounds        Range       Average
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
109E  1  Rib, ribeye, lip-on, bn-in    68     111,805   612.96   766.00   680.03
112A  3  Rib, ribeye, bnls, light      19      20,003   748.00   887.00   817.62
112A  3  Rib, ribeye, bnls, heavy     107     170,443   684.96   845.00   761.87
113C  1  Chuck, semi-bnls, neck/off
114   1  Chuck, shoulder clod          12      12,544   219.00   243.00   227.06
114A  3  Chuck, shoulder clod, trmd    49     245,948   213.28   249.00   223.61
114D  3  Chuck, clod, top blade        12      16,438   268.50   348.75   286.39
114E  3  Chuck, clod, arm roast
114F  5  Chuck, clod tender (IM)       29      27,074   357.00   425.50   392.18
115   1  Chuck, 2-piece, boneless      16     122,491   211.00   254.00   240.92
116A  3  Chuck, roll, lxl, neck/off    88     317,396   286.50   330.00   302.76
116B  1  Chuck, chuck tender (IM)      43     119,243   235.00   276.50   242.06
      3  Chuck roll, retail ready       0           0
120   1  Brisket, deckle-off, bnls     80     394,278   201.00   243.00   216.72
120A  3  Brisket, point/off, bnls
123A  3  Short Plate, short rib        29      58,476   300.00   409.00   364.12
130   4  Chuck, short rib               9      12,843   233.00   271.00   252.71
160   1  Round, bone-in
161   1  Round, boneless
      3  Round, bnls/peeled heel-out    5       2,079   246.00   267.00   251.20
167A  4  Round, knuckle, peeled        68     127,618   233.75   264.00   250.03
168   1  Round, top inside round       27      88,283   196.00   219.10   208.38
168   3  Round, top inside round       61     346,871   200.00   233.00   220.68
169   5  Round, top inside, denuded    40      84,475   241.88   290.00   252.65
      3  Round, top inside, side off
170   1  Round, bottom gooseneck
171B  3  Round, outside round          93     384,954   230.00   264.00   244.92
171C  3  Round, eye of round (IM)      61      81,555   255.00   291.00   274.31
174   1  Loin, short loin, 2x3         10       8,485   481.36   553.00   537.14
174   3  Loin, short loin, 0x1         82     141,849   514.96   639.00   582.40
175   3  Loin, strip loin, 1x1         12      19,448   405.50   509.00   483.58
180   1  Loin, strip, bnls, heavy
      1  Loin, strip loin bnls. 1x1    11      14,615   513.00   571.00   546.44
180   3  Loin, strip, bnls, 0x1       112     266,715   517.00   635.00   571.68
184   1  Loin, top butt, bnls, heavy   18      22,667   302.00   326.00   312.39
184   3  Loin, top butt, boneless      92     305,996   296.50   352.00   311.84
185A  4  Loin, bottom sirloin, flap    42     116,552   335.00   455.00   367.52
185B  1  Loin, ball-tip, bnls, heavy   42      63,958   218.21   266.00   251.83
185C  1  Loin, sirloin, tri-tip (IM)   29      72,036   230.00   293.00   265.10
185D  4  Loin, tri-tip, pld (IM)       27      48,775   343.00   400.00   355.41
189A  4  Loin, tndrloin, trmd, heavy   80     123,922  1029.00  1200.00  1098.63
191A  4  Loin, butt tender, trimmed    11       7,345   990.00  1166.00  1092.37
193   4  Flank, flank steak (IM)       42      61,932   440.00   558.00   510.40
124   4  Rib, Back Ribs, Fresh
124   4  Rib, Back Ribs, Frozen
121D  4  Plate, Inside Skirt (IM)      15      43,946   337.00   369.00   343.94
121C  4  Plate, Outside Skirt (IM)     14      16,736   557.44   652.50   615.45
121E  6  Outside Skirt, pld (IM)
         Cap, Wedge Meat & (IM) Lean   22      64,358   234.00   286.00   258.93
         Pectoral Meat                  8      24,061   245.00   270.98   256.62
         Ground Chuck 80%              69     493,189   184.00   232.73   199.98
         Ground Round 85%              19     143,086   217.00   253.00   230.51
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FAT LIMITATIONS (FL) DESCRIPTION
Maximum Average Fat Thickness                         Maximum Fat at any point
1. 3/4" (19mm)                                        1.0"
2. 1/4" (6mm)                                         1/2"
3. 1/8" (3mm)                                         1/4"
4. Practically free (75% surface lean exposed)        1/8"
5. Peeled/Denuded                                     1/8"
6. Peeled/Denuded, surface membrane removed           1/8"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Items that have no entries indicate there were trades but not reportable
because they did not meet the weekly 3/70/20 guideline.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Source:  USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA
515-284-4460    email:  desm.lgmn@usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lm_xb452.txt
1000C






.

1. Ag markets diverged significantly Friday afternoon
2. Vilsack: Food, Farm and Jobs Bill critical for U.S. producers
3. Ag markets decidedly mixed on Friday morning
4. Dairy among best snacks for diabetics
5. Farmers dodge showers to plant corn at breakneck pace
6. Does farming make you fat?

1. Beware of the soy milk after-taste face
2. Monsters love milk, too
3. What sick day? Farmers take just three a year
4. Salma Hayek: Milk part of 'perfect' breakfast
5. Activists at the door
6. IDFA: Opposition to Dairy Supply Management mounts

1. Analysis: Dairy Security Act better for farmers, taxpayers
2. IDFA: Opposition to Dairy Supply Management mounts
3. World food supply depends on character, virtuous leadership
4. Commentary: Slanting the statistics
5. Cold spring stunts upper Midwest hay crop
6. Buffet concerned about soil and starvation