Direct Slaughter Cattle - Committed and Delivered Cattle - Morning

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St. Joseph, MO    Wed, Jan 16, 2013    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Morning
For Primarily Tuesday Afternoon, 1/15/2013

***This report will not be released on Monday, January 21, 2013 as our offices
will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.  This
report will be released on Tuesday, January 22.  If you have any questions or
concerns, please contact us at mpr.lgmn@ams.usda.gov.***

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     59,853    63,107    57,945       174,465   174,829   170,639
Total Committed     38,737    51,670    45,282       169,809   188,242   132,451

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               5,739        6,287         20
 Steer and Heifer                          5,729        6,183         99
 Other fed cattle                             10          104          1

NEGOTIATED GRID                            413        3,929          7
 Steer and Heifer                            413        3,707         95
 Other fed cattle                                         222          5

FORMULA                                  6,560       27,794         57
 Steer and Heifer                          6,296       26,011         94
 Other fed cattle                            264        1,783          6

FORWARD CONTRACT                           346        8,297         14
 Steer and Heifer                            310        6,662         81
 Other fed cattle                             36        1,635         19

Packer Financing involved                               508          1
Delivered Location chosen by pack        3,527       36,221         66
Delivered Date chosen by packer          8,707       42,016         85

                          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                                        488          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         488        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                       488          1
Delivered Date chosen by packer                         488          1

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   16,042
Kansas                                  12,010
Nebraska                                15,391
Colorado                                 5,213
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  5,905
North plains/Eastern Mountain            1,986
Western States                           1,717
Eastern Cornbelt                           764
Northeast                                  337
Southeast
Canada                                     488

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                                 833          439          3
 Steer and Heifer                            823          375         94
 Other fed cattle                             10           64          6

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         848          2
 Steer and Heifer                                         608         72
 Other fed cattle                                         240         28

FORMULA                                  9,686       23,552         86
 Steer and Heifer                          8,015       21,919         90
 Other fed cattle                          1,671        1,633         10

FORWARD CONTRACT                         1,652        1,393          8
 Steer and Heifer                          1,652        1,065         89
 Other fed cattle                                         328         11

Packer Financing involved                             1,646          4
Delivered Location chosen by pack        4,026       18,303         58
Delivered Date chosen by packer          5,831       20,590         68

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                          33
 Steer and Heifer                                          33        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT                                        301          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         301        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                       334          1
Delivered Date chosen by packer                         334          1

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   13,596
Kansas                                   7,267
Nebraska                                10,865
Colorado                                 2,379
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  1,765
North plains/Eastern Mountain              949
Western States                             473
Eastern Cornbelt                           826
Northeast                                  283
Southeast
Canada                                     334

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         5,940
Kansas                              474
Nebraska                          4,102


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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