NE Daily Direct Slaughter Cattle - Negotiated Purchases - Morning

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St Joseph, MO    Fri May 11, 2012    USDA Market News Service

NEBRASKA DAILY DIRECT SLAUGHTER CATTLE - NEGOTIATED PURCHASES - Morning
Primarily trade from previous afternoon

Domestic source only. Live sales based on net weights FOB the feedlot after a
3-4% shrink. Dressed sales based on hot carcass weights delivered to the plant.

NEGOTIATED CASH:
Confirmed:         921            Week ago:      512          Year ago:    6,983
Week to Date:    1,150            Week ago:   11,067          Year ago:   37,400

NEGOTIATED GRID BASE:
Confirmed:        none            Week ago:      144          Year ago:    1,864
Week to Date:      151            Week ago:      648          Year ago:    9,131


NEGOTIATED CASH SALES
(Includes all transactions regardless of delivery day)

                     Head    Wtd Avg    Avg Wt    Wtd Avg      Price     Wtd Avg
                    Count   Dress Pct    Range     Weight      Range      Price
STEER - LIVE - FOB
 No reportable trade.
STEER - DRESSED - DELIVERED
 Over 80% Choice                          -                      -
 65 - 80% Choice      469     64.0     800-896      865.2  188.00-188.00  188.00
 35 - 65% Choice                          -                      -
  0 - 35% Choice                          -                      -
 Total all grades     469     64.0     800-896      865.2  188.00-188.00  188.00
HEIFER - LIVE - FOB
 No reportable trade.
HEIFER - DRESSED - DELIVERED
 Over 80% Choice                          -                      -
 65 - 80% Choice      101     64.0     768-768      768.0  188.00-188.00  188.00
 35 - 65% Choice      100     64.0     768-768      768.0  188.00-188.00  188.00
  0 - 35% Choice                          -                      -
 Total all grades     201     64.0     768-768      768.0  188.00-188.00  188.00
MIXED STEER/HEIFER - LIVE - FOB
 No reportable trade.
MIXED STEER/HEIFER - DRESSED - DELIVERED
 Over 80% Choice                          -                      -
 65 - 80% Choice      251     64.0     800-800      800.0  188.00-188.00  188.00
 35 - 65% Choice                          -                      -
  0 - 35% Choice                          -                      -
 Total all grades     251     64.0     800-800      800.0  188.00-188.00  188.00
ALL BEEF TYPE STEERS AND HEIFERS - LIVE - FOB
 Total all grades                         -                      -
ALL BEEF TYPE STEERS AND HEIFERS - DRESSED - DELIVERED
 Total all grades     921     64.0     768-896      826.2  188.00-188.00  188.00
DAIRYBRED STEER/HEIFER 
 No reportable trade.
MIXED STEER/HEIFER/COW 
 No reportable trade.

NEGOTIATED GRID BASE PRICE SALES: FINAL NET PRICES TO BE DETERMINED LATER AND
SHOWN ON THE LM_CT109 FORMULATED PURCHASES REPORT
(Includes all transactions regardless of delivery day)

 No reportable trade.

NEBRASKA - NE

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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