Direct Slaughter Cattle - Committed and Delivered Cattle - Morning

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St. Joseph, MO    Thu, May 31, 2012    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Morning
For Primarily Wednesday Afternoon, 05/30/2012

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     66,004    64,045    65,597       189,254   268,888   191,321
Total Committed     56,968    48,850    80,418       170,784   286,299   330,274

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                              11,542        4,371         24
 Steer and Heifer                         10,966        4,246         96
 Other fed cattle                            576          125          4

NEGOTIATED GRID                            944        2,201          5
 Steer and Heifer                            732        1,963         86
 Other fed cattle                            212          238         14

FORMULA                                  5,756       33,236         59
 Steer and Heifer                          5,614       30,380         92
 Other fed cattle                            142        2,856          8

FORWARD CONTRACT                         1,386        6,329         12
 Steer and Heifer                          1,232        5,104         82
 Other fed cattle                            154        1,225         18

Packer Financing involved                             2,181          3
Delivered Location chosen by pack        5,865       35,693         63
Delivered Date chosen by packer         14,066       41,287         84

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - IMPORTED
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                                               38
 Steer and Heifer                                          38        100
 Other fed cattle

NEGOTIATED GRID
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT                                        201
 Steer and Heifer                                         201        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                       239
Delivered Date chosen by packer                         239

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   16,355
Kansas                                  14,545
Nebraska                                16,650
Colorado                                 5,866
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  5,948
North plains/Eastern Mountain            2,238
Western States                           3,117
Eastern Cornbelt                           733
Northeast                                  313
Southeast
Canada                                     239

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               1,032        1,139          4
 Steer and Heifer                          1,010        1,139         99
 Other fed cattle                             22                       1

NEGOTIATED GRID                                       2,958          5
 Steer and Heifer                                       2,283         77
 Other fed cattle                                         675         23

FORMULA                                  4,062       40,050         77
 Steer and Heifer                          3,915       32,161         82
 Other fed cattle                            147        7,889         18

FORWARD CONTRACT                         2,012        4,493         11
 Steer and Heifer                          2,012        3,451         84
 Other fed cattle                                       1,042         16

Packer Financing involved                             4,363          8
Delivered Location chosen by pack        6,415       41,616         84
Delivered Date chosen by packer          6,882       46,563         94

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         694          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         694        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA                                                 528          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         528        100
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     1,222          2
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       1,222          2

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   14,977
Kansas                                   8,521
Nebraska                                12,422
Colorado                                 4,653
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  6,012
North plains/Eastern Mountain            2,820
Western States                           3,346
Eastern Cornbelt                         2,475
Northeast                                  301
Southeast                                  219
Canada                                   1,222

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             0
Kansas                            1,394
Nebraska                          4,108


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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