Direct Slaughter Cattle - Committed and Delivered Cattle - Morning

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St. Joseph, MO    Fri, Nov 16, 2012    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Morning
For Primarily Thursday Afternoon, 11/15/2012

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     60,077    62,105    54,224       338,376   335,081   322,321
Total Committed     36,062    22,191    35,856       291,271   267,481   230,492

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               7,584        3,495         18
 Steer and Heifer                          7,584        3,363         99
 Other fed cattle                                         132          1

NEGOTIATED GRID                            252        4,152          7
 Steer and Heifer                            252        3,414         83
 Other fed cattle                                         738         17

FORMULA                                  6,845       23,481         51
 Steer and Heifer                          5,799       22,750         94
 Other fed cattle                          1,046          731          6

FORWARD CONTRACT                         2,669        9,765         21
 Steer and Heifer                          2,669        6,147         71
 Other fed cattle                                       3,618         29

Packer Financing involved                             2,611          4
Delivered Location chosen by pack        4,968       31,914         61
Delivered Date chosen by packer         10,632       35,922         78

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         801          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         801        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA                                                 809          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         604         75
 Other fed cattle                                         205         25

FORWARD CONTRACT                                        224
 Steer and Heifer                                         224        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     1,834          3
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       1,834          3

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   14,187
Kansas                                  10,648
Nebraska                                13,971
Colorado                                 3,861
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  7,036
North plains/Eastern Mountain            3,739
Western States                           3,477
Eastern Cornbelt                           829
Northeast                                  495
Southeast
Canada                                   1,834

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                                 963          978          5
 Steer and Heifer                            963          856         94
 Other fed cattle                                         122          6

NEGOTIATED GRID                            251        1,326          4
 Steer and Heifer                            251          848         70
 Other fed cattle                                         478         30

FORMULA                                  6,959       18,286         70
 Steer and Heifer                          6,854       16,550         93
 Other fed cattle                            105        1,736          7

FORWARD CONTRACT                         2,664        2,421         14
 Steer and Heifer                          2,664        1,168         75
 Other fed cattle                                       1,253         25

Packer Financing involved                               853          2
Delivered Location chosen by pack          998        8,213         26
Delivered Date chosen by packer          1,373       12,964         40

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                       2,214          6
 Steer and Heifer                                       2,214        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     2,214          6
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       2,214          6

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    5,604
Kansas                                  13,850
Nebraska                                 2,779
Colorado                                   805
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  4,491
North plains/Eastern Mountain            1,533
Western States                           3,361
Eastern Cornbelt                           975
Northeast                                  450
Southeast
Canada                                   2,214

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         4,564
Kansas                              342
Nebraska                          1,523


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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