Direct Slaughter Cattle - Committed and Delivered Cattle - Afternoon

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St. Joseph, MO    Wed, Nov 14, 2012    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Afternoon
Reflecting Numbers So Far Today

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     20,936    20,326    19,124       193,876   191,580   186,544
Total Committed     18,317    23,203    21,440       184,575   185,530   135,296

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               2,534        1,740         20
 Steer and Heifer                          2,497        1,740         99
 Other fed cattle                             37                       1

NEGOTIATED GRID                            398        1,228          8
 Steer and Heifer                            398          984         85
 Other fed cattle                                         244         15

FORMULA                                  1,216        9,933         53
 Steer and Heifer                          1,032        9,625         96
 Other fed cattle                            184          308          4

FORWARD CONTRACT                           507        2,769         16
 Steer and Heifer                            305        2,373         82
 Other fed cattle                            202          396         18

Packer Financing involved                               787          4
Delivered Location chosen by pack        2,752       11,418         68
Delivered Date chosen by packer          4,431       13,059         84

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - IMPORTED
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         309          2
 Steer and Heifer                                         309        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT                                        302          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         302        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                       611          3
Delivered Date chosen by packer                         611          3

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    2,094
Kansas                                   3,869
Nebraska                                 5,068
Colorado                                 2,249
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  3,107
North plains/Eastern Mountain              489
Western States                           2,497
Eastern Cornbelt                           617
Northeast                                  335
Southeast
Canada                                     611

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                                  34           39
 Steer and Heifer                             28           39         92
 Other fed cattle                              6                       8

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         653          4
 Steer and Heifer                                         544         83
 Other fed cattle                                         109         17

FORMULA                                    863       14,524         84
 Steer and Heifer                            175       13,607         90
 Other fed cattle                            688          917         10

FORWARD CONTRACT                           600          441          6
 Steer and Heifer                            600          215         78
 Other fed cattle                                         226         22

Packer Financing involved                             3,810         21
Delivered Location chosen by pack          683       14,689         84
Delivered Date chosen by packer          1,497       15,657         94

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - IMPORTED
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

NEGOTIATED GRID                                          68
 Steer and Heifer                                          68        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA                                               1,095          6
 Steer and Heifer                                       1,095        100
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     1,163          6
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       1,163          6

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    6,560
Kansas                                   1,381
Nebraska                                 3,360
Colorado                                 1,040
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  3,669
North plains/Eastern Mountain              389
Western States                             383
Eastern Cornbelt                           324
Northeast                                   48
Southeast
Canada                                   1,163

CATTLE NUMBERS SCHEDULED TO BE SHIPPED OUT OF REGION FOR SLAUGHTER

REGION OF ORIGIN           NUMBER SHIPPED OUT OF REGION OF ORIGIN


Texas/Oklahoma/New Mexico           958
Kansas                              360
Nebraska                             82


Source:    USDA Market News Service, St. Joseph, MO
           816-238-0678  email:  stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov
           http://www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews

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