Direct Slaughter Cattle - Committed and Delivered Cattle - Morning

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St. Joseph, MO    Fri, Feb 01, 2013    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Morning
For Primarily Thursday Afternoon, 01/31/2012

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     56,121    61,863    45,681       341,106   349,507   303,049
Total Committed     23,718    80,952    28,823       282,148   359,725   242,625

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               5,865        7,869         25
 Steer and Heifer                          5,827        7,782         99
 Other fed cattle                             38           87          1

NEGOTIATED GRID                            379        1,742          4
 Steer and Heifer                            379        1,232         76
 Other fed cattle                                         510         24

FORMULA                                  6,351       27,797         61
 Steer and Heifer                          6,197       26,485         96
 Other fed cattle                            154        1,312          4

FORWARD CONTRACT                         2,586        2,888         10
 Steer and Heifer                          2,550        1,829         80
 Other fed cattle                             36        1,059         20

Packer Financing involved                             2,596          5
Delivered Location chosen by pack        8,387       31,444         71
Delivered Date chosen by packer         11,400       37,020         86

                          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                                        644          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         644        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                       644          1
Delivered Date chosen by packer                         644          1

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   19,629
Kansas                                   8,489
Nebraska                                16,227
Colorado                                 2,295
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  4,930
North plains/Eastern Mountain            1,387
Western States                           1,346
Eastern Cornbelt                           871
Northeast                                  303
Southeast
Canada                                     644

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               4,169        1,091         22
 Steer and Heifer                          4,064        1,005         96
 Other fed cattle                            105           86          4

NEGOTIATED GRID                          1,047        1,856         12
 Steer and Heifer                            947        1,445         82
 Other fed cattle                            100          411         18

FORMULA                                  1,230        9,848         47
 Steer and Heifer                            892        8,397         84
 Other fed cattle                            338        1,451         16

FORWARD CONTRACT                           116        1,841          8
 Steer and Heifer                            116          445         29
 Other fed cattle                                       1,396         71

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack        1,308       10,275         49
Delivered Date chosen by packer          6,424       12,834         81

     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                                                 520          2
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle                                         520        100

FORWARD CONTRACT                                      2,000          8
 Steer and Heifer                                       2,000        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     2,520         11
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       2,520         11

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    2,985
Kansas                                   2,908
Nebraska                                 4,311
Colorado                                 1,909
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  3,150
North plains/Eastern Mountain            1,787
Western States                           3,090
Eastern Cornbelt                           547
Northeast                                  511
Southeast
Canada                                   2,520

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           353
Kansas                              476
Nebraska                          1,594


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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