TX-OK Daily Direct Slaughter Cattle - Negotiated Purchases - Afternoon

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St Joseph, MO    Tue May 01, 2012    USDA Market News Service

TX/OK/NM DAILY DIRECT SLAUGHTER CATTLE - NEGOTIATED PURCHASES - Afternoon
Trade so far today

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:        none            Week ago:     none          Year ago:   20,644
Week to Date:     none            Week ago:     none          Year ago:   20,644

NEGOTIATED GRID BASE:
Confirmed:        none            Week ago:      133          Year ago:      707
Week to Date:    1,012            Week ago:      496          Year ago:    1,097


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


 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.

TX/OK/NM - NM,OK,TX

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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