Direct Slaughter Cattle - Committed and Delivered Cattle - Morning

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St. Joseph, MO    Tue Jan 08, 2013    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Morning
For Primarily Previous Afternoon

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     60,283              59,642        86,878    16,869    88,508
Total Committed     57,038              38,489        92,056    16,453    66,174

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               9,234        5,268         24
 Steer and Heifer                          9,143        5,258         99
 Other fed cattle                             91           10          1

NEGOTIATED GRID                          1,095        3,296          7
 Steer and Heifer                          1,023        2,740         86
 Other fed cattle                             72          556         14

FORMULA                                 10,361       26,176         61
 Steer and Heifer                          9,957       25,092         96
 Other fed cattle                            404        1,084          4

FORWARD CONTRACT                         1,751        2,210          7
 Steer and Heifer                          1,393        1,799         81
 Other fed cattle                            358          411         19

Packer Financing involved                             1,532          3
Delivered Location chosen by pack        7,429       28,167         59
Delivered Date chosen by packer         16,609       32,837         82

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

NEGOTIATED GRID
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT                                        892          2
 Steer and Heifer                                         892        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                       892          2
Delivered Date chosen by packer                         892          2

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   12,667
Kansas                                  14,052
Nebraska                                15,391
Colorado                                 4,986
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  6,653
North plains/Eastern Mountain            1,584
Western States                           2,578
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,321
Northeast                                  159
Southeast
Canada                                     892

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                                 386          141          1
 Steer and Heifer                            361           91         86
 Other fed cattle                             25           50         14

NEGOTIATED GRID                            665        4,215          9
 Steer and Heifer                            665        3,625         88
 Other fed cattle                                         590         12

FORMULA                                  3,652       34,247         66
 Steer and Heifer                          3,059       32,356         93
 Other fed cattle                            593        1,891          7

FORWARD CONTRACT                           197       13,369         24
 Steer and Heifer                            197       11,736         88
 Other fed cattle                                       1,633         12

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack          910       46,052         82
Delivered Date chosen by packer          1,680       49,091         89

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

NEGOTIATED GRID
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA                                                 166
 Steer and Heifer                                         166        100
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                       166
Delivered Date chosen by packer                         166

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   22,433
Kansas                                   5,869
Nebraska                                11,138
Colorado                                 6,886
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  5,304
North plains/Eastern Mountain              159
Western States                           3,230
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,152
Northeast                                  701
Southeast
Canada                                     166

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         2,397
Kansas                              409
Nebraska                          2,106


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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