Direct Slaughter Cattle - Committed and Delivered Cattle - Afternoon

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St. Joseph, MO    Fri, Apr 13, 2012    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Afternoon
Reflecting Numbers So Far Today

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     23,816    23,261    20,354       357,867   382,320   384,772
Total Committed     12,621     8,146    68,510       358,418   358,619   396,325

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               4,524        2,576         30
 Steer and Heifer                          4,359        2,534         97
 Other fed cattle                            165           42          3

NEGOTIATED GRID                            568        1,116          7
 Steer and Heifer                            488          980         87
 Other fed cattle                             80          136         13

FORMULA                                    232       10,340         44
 Steer and Heifer                            232        9,579         93
 Other fed cattle                                         761          7

FORWARD CONTRACT                           675        3,785         19
 Steer and Heifer                            433        3,707         93
 Other fed cattle                            242           78          7

Packer Financing involved                             1,373          6
Delivered Location chosen by pack        2,549       14,202         70
Delivered Date chosen by packer          5,567       16,084         91

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

NEGOTIATED GRID
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

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

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    6,869
Kansas                                   2,409
Nebraska                                 4,999
Colorado                                 3,745
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  1,794
North plains/Eastern Mountain              583
Western States                           1,721
Eastern Cornbelt                           822
Northeast                                  731
Southeast                                  143
Canada

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               3,969          927         39
 Steer and Heifer                          3,943          765         96
 Other fed cattle                             26          162          4

NEGOTIATED GRID                            163          921          9
 Steer and Heifer                            163          777         87
 Other fed cattle                                         144         13

FORMULA                                               6,401         51
 Steer and Heifer                                       5,881         92
 Other fed cattle                                         520          8

FORWARD CONTRACT                           160           80          2
 Steer and Heifer                            160           44         85
 Other fed cattle                                          36         15

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack          382        3,131         28
Delivered Date chosen by packer          4,292        8,220         99

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

NEGOTIATED GRID
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

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

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    1,097
Kansas                                   7,539
Nebraska                                   634
Colorado                                    96
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  1,757
North plains/Eastern Mountain               86
Western States                           1,246
Eastern Cornbelt                           144
Northeast                                   22
Southeast
Canada

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                              909
Nebraska                             10


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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