Boneless Cow Beef & Trimmings - Formulated Sales

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NATIONAL WEEKLY FORMULATED BONELESS COW BEEF & BEEF TRIMMINGS - Formulated Sales

FOB Plant basis formulated sales, U.S. dollars per 100 pounds.

Information in this report represents the volume reported on a formulated
marketing arrangement for the week of: Apr 30, 2012

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National                      342.93   loads                13,717,343   pounds
Central                       235.82   loads                 9,432,804   pounds
East Coast                     52.61   loads                 2,104,476   pounds
West Coast                     54.50   loads                 2,180,063   pounds
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Central Region - (one load equals 40,000 pounds)
 Lean %                    Pounds               Loads             Wtd Average
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92-94%                  1,094,547               27.36               235.96
90%                     2,344,041               58.60               224.92
85%                     2,903,826               72.60               212.44
81%                       184,032                4.60               185.75
75%                        87,851                2.20               165.70
73%                       225,062                5.63               163.05
65%                     2,593,445               64.84               117.04
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National Region - (one load equals 40,000 pounds)
 Lean %                    Pounds               Loads             Wtd Average
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92-94%                  1,240,947               31.02               236.11
90%                     3,797,095               94.93               225.64
85%                     4,852,967              121.32               213.29
81%                       245,628                6.14               188.56
75%                       172,822                4.32               168.87
73%                       238,053                5.95               163.04
65%                     3,169,831               79.25               117.29
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East Coast Region - (one load equals 40,000 pounds)
 Lean %                    Pounds               Loads             Wtd Average
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92-94%                    146,400                3.66               237.24
90%                       779,744               19.49               227.67
85%                     1,016,926               25.42               216.21
81%                        40,000                1.00               204.50
75%                        22,406                0.56               188.23
73%                             
65%                        99,000                2.48               118.30
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West Coast Region - (one load equals 40,000 pounds)
 Lean %                    Pounds               Loads             Wtd Average
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92-94%                        
90%                       673,310               16.83               225.83
85%                       932,215               23.31               212.76
81%                        21,596                0.54               183.00
75%                        62,565                1.56               166.39
73%                        12,991                0.32               163.00
65%                       477,386               11.93               118.43
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Regional Breakdown:
  Central - AR,CO,IA,IL,IN,KS,KY,LA,MI,MO,MN,MT,ND,NE,NM,OH,OK,SD,TN,TX,WI.
  National - all states
  East Coast - AL,CT,DC,DE,FL,GA,MA,MD,ME,MS,NC,NH,NJ,NY,PA,RI,SC,VA,VT,WV.
  West Coast - AK,AZ,CA,HI,ID,NV,OR,UT,WA,WY.
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