Direct Slaughter Cattle - Committed and Delivered Cattle - Summary

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

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Summary
For Primarily Tuesday, 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     86,420    87,951    80,647       174,465   174,829   170,639
Total Committed     86,679    96,186    67,042       169,809   188,242   132,451

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               7,326        9,340         19
 Steer and Heifer                          7,198        9,236         99
 Other fed cattle                            128          104          1

NEGOTIATED GRID                            626        5,772          7
 Steer and Heifer                            626        5,276         92
 Other fed cattle                                         496          8

FORMULA                                  8,377       42,339         59
 Steer and Heifer                          8,113       39,640         94
 Other fed cattle                            264        2,699          6

FORWARD CONTRACT                           382       10,154         12
 Steer and Heifer                            310        7,459         74
 Other fed cattle                             72        2,695         26

Packer Financing involved                               508          1
Delivered Location chosen by pack        4,876       48,627         62
Delivered Date chosen by packer         11,514       59,856         83

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         374
 Steer and Heifer                                         374        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA                                               1,049          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         567         54
 Other fed cattle                                         482         46

FORWARD CONTRACT                                        681          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         653         96
 Other fed cattle                                          28          4

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     2,104          2
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       2,104          2

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   22,830
Kansas                                  16,977
Nebraska                                19,294
Colorado                                 7,902
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  8,480
North plains/Eastern Mountain            2,173
Western States                           4,452
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,520
Northeast                                  688
Southeast
Canada                                   2,104

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               1,785          944          3
 Steer and Heifer                          1,764          880         97
 Other fed cattle                             21           64          3

NEGOTIATED GRID                                       1,486          2
 Steer and Heifer                                       1,186         80
 Other fed cattle                                         300         20

FORMULA                                 24,098       51,586         87
 Steer and Heifer                         21,143       47,322         91
 Other fed cattle                          2,955        4,264         10

FORWARD CONTRACT                         2,655        3,791          7
 Steer and Heifer                          2,619        2,623         81
 Other fed cattle                             36        1,168         19

Packer Financing involved                             2,287          3
Delivered Location chosen by pack       12,830       42,520         64
Delivered Date chosen by packer         16,126       44,924         70

     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
 Steer and Heifer                                         301        100
 Other fed cattle

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

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   37,849
Kansas                                  19,691
Nebraska                                13,396
Colorado                                 4,484
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  3,185
North plains/Eastern Mountain            2,466
Western States                           3,633
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,220
Northeast                                  421
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        10,731
Kansas                            7,607
Nebraska                          5,733


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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