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St. Joseph, MO    Thu, Jul 09, 2009    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Morning
For Primarily Wednesday Afternoon, 07/08/2009

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     68,454    67,353    67,046       263,278   280,942   282,828
Total Committed     36,979    26,930    48,908       200,707   190,031   243,375

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                              18,406       12,196         45
 Steer and Heifer                         18,374       12,144        100
 Other fed cattle                             32           52

NEGOTIATED GRID                            327        5,177          8
 Steer and Heifer                            327        4,583         89
 Other fed cattle                                         594         11

FORMULA                                  5,130       23,676         42
 Steer and Heifer                          4,146       21,873         90
 Other fed cattle                            984        1,803         10

FORWARD CONTRACT                         2,092          690          4
 Steer and Heifer                          1,763                      63
 Other fed cattle                            329          690         37

Packer Financing involved                             2,537          4
Delivered Location chosen by pack        8,345       36,330         65
Delivered Date chosen by packer         20,057       37,165         84

                          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                                    406                       1
 Steer and Heifer                            406                     100
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT                           354                       1
 Steer and Heifer                            354                     100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack          760                       1
Delivered Date chosen by packer            760                       1

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   18,752
Kansas                                  12,221
Nebraska                                14,906
Colorado                                 6,594
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  5,991
North plains/Eastern Mountain            3,297
Western States                           3,888
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,228
Northeast                                  614
Southeast                                  203
Canada                                     760

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               4,859        8,910         37
 Steer and Heifer                          4,827        8,865         99
 Other fed cattle                             32           45          1

NEGOTIATED GRID                            140        3,643         10
 Steer and Heifer                            140        2,394         67
 Other fed cattle                                       1,249         33

FORMULA                                  3,417       14,005         47
 Steer and Heifer                          2,146       11,723         80
 Other fed cattle                          1,271        2,282         20

FORWARD CONTRACT                           876          109          3
 Steer and Heifer                            876          109        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved                             1,929          5
Delivered Location chosen by pack        3,201       20,274         64
Delivered Date chosen by packer          6,270       20,998         74

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                          75
 Steer and Heifer                                          66         88
 Other fed cattle                                           9         12

FORMULA
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT                                        945          3
 Steer and Heifer                                         945        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     1,020          3
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       1,011          3

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    2,046
Kansas                                   8,776
Nebraska                                 8,573
Colorado                                   278
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  8,459
North plains/Eastern Mountain            1,512
Western States                           3,706
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,309
Northeast                                1,259
Southeast                                   41
Canada                                   1,020

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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