KS Daily Direct Slaughter Cattle - Negotiated Purchases - Afternoon

LM_CT120
St Joseph, MO    Wed Feb 27, 2013    USDA Market News Service

KANSAS 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:      392          Year ago:      119
Week to Date:     none            Week ago:      392          Year ago:    3,362

NEGOTIATED GRID BASE:
Confirmed:        none            Week ago:     none          Year ago:     none
Week to Date:      160            Week ago:      186          Year ago:      114


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.

KANSAS - KS

Source:    USDA Market News Service, St. Joseph, MO
         816-676-7000    email:  stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov
           http://www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews
1500C







.

1. Feeder cattle review: Choice beef prices keep rolling higher
2. Ag markets diverge just before the long holiday weekend
3. Armyworms eat fescue pastures, hayfields
4. Commentary: New rules un-COOL
5. Oil edges up on book squaring, but posts big weekly drop
6. Cattle theft and brands

1. Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
2. TSCRA works with sale barns to catch Houston cattle thief
3. Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
4. More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
5. Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
6. NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population

1. Commentary: In praise of animal foods
2. What’s on America’s grill this weekend?
3. Meat industry associations quick to attack the new MCOOL rule
4. Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
5. NASA backs 3D food printer to feed growing population
6. Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock