Direct Slaughter Cattle - Committed and Delivered Cattle - Morning

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St. Joseph, MO    Wed, Apr 25, 2012    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Morning
For Primarily Tuesday Afternoon, 04/24/2012

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     65,003    59,717    65,704       185,736   175,550   173,304
Total Committed     47,694    41,009    48,922       169,584   173,862   261,238

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                              12,070        4,392         25
 Steer and Heifer                         11,731        4,280         97
 Other fed cattle                            339          112          3

NEGOTIATED GRID                            827        3,306          6
 Steer and Heifer                            731        2,767         85
 Other fed cattle                             96          539         15

FORMULA                                  6,382       25,312         49
 Steer and Heifer                          6,090       22,885         91
 Other fed cattle                            292        2,427          9

FORWARD CONTRACT                         2,377        9,128         18
 Steer and Heifer                          2,061        8,056         88
 Other fed cattle                            316        1,072         12

Packer Financing involved                             1,703          3
Delivered Location chosen by pack        5,031       34,195         60
Delivered Date chosen by packer         15,996       36,709         81

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         228
 Steer and Heifer                                         228        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA                                                  77
 Steer and Heifer                                          77        100
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT                                        904          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         904        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     1,209          2
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       1,209          2

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   19,322
Kansas                                  13,590
Nebraska                                14,776
Colorado                                 3,709
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  6,276
North plains/Eastern Mountain            2,705
Western States                           1,737
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,445
Northeast                                  234
Southeast
Canada                                   1,209

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               4,487        1,212         12
 Steer and Heifer                          4,189        1,212         95
 Other fed cattle                            298                       5

NEGOTIATED GRID                                       2,784          6
 Steer and Heifer                                       1,758         63
 Other fed cattle                                       1,026         37

FORMULA                                  3,529       26,326         63
 Steer and Heifer                          2,809       22,951         86
 Other fed cattle                            720        3,375         14

FORWARD CONTRACT                         2,811        5,503         17
 Steer and Heifer                          2,187        5,260         90
 Other fed cattle                            624          243         10

Packer Financing involved                               165
Delivered Location chosen by pack        5,641       30,757         76
Delivered Date chosen by packer          8,638       31,805         85

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         420          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         420        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA                                                 622          1
 Steer and Heifer                                          77         12
 Other fed cattle                                         545         88

FORWARD CONTRACT
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     1,042          2
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       1,042          2

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    8,169
Kansas                                   9,290
Nebraska                                13,300
Colorado                                 7,294
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  2,998
North plains/Eastern Mountain            2,343
Western States                           1,287
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,201
Northeast                                  730
Southeast                                   40
Canada                                   1,042

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         1,823
Kansas                              741
Nebraska                          6,003


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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