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

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

                 Confirmed  Week Ago  Year Ago  Week to Date  Week Ago  Year Ago
Total Delivered     76,846    77,189    85,528       238,677   235,046   262,873
Total Committed     48,671    46,556    50,013       175,913   179,148   146,623

                          DELIVERED TO PLANTS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                              18,326        8,144         34
 Steer and Heifer                         18,174        8,018         99
 Other fed cattle                            152          126          1

NEGOTIATED GRID                          1,054        3,147          6
 Steer and Heifer                          1,054        2,403         82
 Other fed cattle                                         744         18

FORMULA                                  9,137       30,843         52
 Steer and Heifer                          8,777       27,798         92
 Other fed cattle                            360        3,045          9

FORWARD CONTRACT                         2,303        3,427          8
 Steer and Heifer                          1,188        2,682         68
 Other fed cattle                          1,115          745         33

Packer Financing involved                             1,778          2
Delivered Location chosen by pack        9,718       39,043         64
Delivered Date chosen by packer         23,272       40,035         82

                          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                   17,775
Kansas                                  15,301
Nebraska                                15,359
Colorado                                 7,169
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  7,897
North plains/Eastern Mountain            4,829
Western States                           5,604
Eastern Cornbelt                         1,780
Northeast                                  667
Southeast
Canada                                     465

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER) - GENERALLY WITHIN 7 DAYS - DOMESTIC
                                               Head Count
                                            Live      Dressed    Percentage
NEGOTIATED                               2,419           87          5
 Steer and Heifer                          2,407                      96
 Other fed cattle                             12           87          4

NEGOTIATED GRID                             32        1,506          3
 Steer and Heifer                             32        1,134         76
 Other fed cattle                                         372         24

FORMULA                                  4,246       34,723         80
 Steer and Heifer                          3,717       32,471         93
 Other fed cattle                            529        2,252          7

FORWARD CONTRACT                         1,156        2,770          8
 Steer and Heifer                            523        1,888         61
 Other fed cattle                            633          882         39

Packer Financing involved                             4,461          9
Delivered Location chosen by pack        1,686       32,242         70
Delivered Date chosen by packer          2,304       31,943         70

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

NEGOTIATED GRID                                         632          1
 Steer and Heifer                                         632        100
 Other fed cattle

FORMULA                                               1,100          2
 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                     1,732          4
Delivered Date chosen by packer                       1,732          4

     COMMITTED (SCHEDULED FOR SLAUGHTER):
REGION OF ORIGIN                    Head Count
Texas/Okla/New Mexico                    7,857
Kansas                                  18,273
Nebraska                                 9,702
Colorado                                 3,635
Iowa/Minnesota/Missouri                  1,660
North plains/Eastern Mountain            1,635
Western States                           2,976
Eastern Cornbelt                           905
Northeast                                  273
Southeast                                   23
Canada                                   1,732

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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