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St. Joseph, MO    Thu, Feb 09, 2012    USDA Market News Service

NATIONAL DAILY SLAUGHTER CATTLE - COMMITTED AND DELIVERED CATTLE - Morning
For Primarily Wednesday Afternoon, 02/08/2012

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     56,081    53,689    62,377       238,677   235,046   262,873
Total Committed     27,476    23,627    38,799       175,913   179,148   146,623

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                              15,729        6,000         39
 Steer and Heifer                         15,729        5,961        100
 Other fed cattle                                          39

NEGOTIATED GRID                            615        2,511          6
 Steer and Heifer                            615        1,867         79
 Other fed cattle                                         644         21

FORMULA                                  6,095       20,486         47
 Steer and Heifer                          5,807       18,715         92
 Other fed cattle                            288        1,771          8

FORWARD CONTRACT                         1,964        2,216          8
 Steer and Heifer                            919        1,752         64
 Other fed cattle                          1,045          464         36

Packer Financing involved                             1,342          2
Delivered Location chosen by pack        7,928       27,696         64
Delivered Date chosen by packer         18,512       28,310         84

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - IMPORTED
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                                              116
 Steer and Heifer                                         116        100
 Other fed cattle

NEGOTIATED GRID
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT                                        349          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         349        100
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                       465          1
Delivered Date chosen by packer                         465          1

               DELIVERED CATTLE:
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                   13,990
Kansas                                   9,997
Nebraska                                13,123
Colorado                                 4,796
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  5,570
North plains/Eastern Mountain            4,447
Western States                           2,263
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,172
Northeast                                  258
Southeast
Canada                                     465

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               1,910                       7
 Steer and Heifer                          1,910                     100
 Other fed cattle

NEGOTIATED GRID                             32        1,231          5
 Steer and Heifer                             32          859         71
 Other fed cattle                                         372         30

FORMULA                                  1,847       18,872         75
 Steer and Heifer                          1,318       17,303         90
 Other fed cattle                            529        1,569         10

FORWARD CONTRACT                           236        1,826          8
 Steer and Heifer                            236          944         57
 Other fed cattle                                         882         43

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack          620       18,166         68
Delivered Date chosen by packer          1,238       17,832         69

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         422          2
 Steer and Heifer                                         422        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA                                               1,100          4
 Steer and Heifer                                       1,100        100
 Other fed cattle

FORWARD CONTRACT
 Steer and Heifer
 Other fed cattle

Packer Financing involved
Delivered Location chosen by pack                     1,522          6
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       1,522          6

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    7,416
Kansas                                   4,894
Nebraska                                 6,707
Colorado                                 1,053
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  1,166
North plains/Eastern Mountain              794
Western States                           2,845
Eastern Cornbelt                           824
Northeast                                  232
Southeast                                   23
Canada                                   1,522

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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