TV_LS134                               
Thomasville, GA   Fri Nov 6, 2009    USDA-GA Dept Ag Market News

        SOUTHERN DIRECT SLAUGHTER COW AND BULL CARCASS REPORT
                           Plant Delivered

                                            Bulls
Slaughter for previous day:              5,700  13%
For the week:				       29,100  12%
One year ago:                            26,500  10%

Compared to Previous Day: Cows steady to 3.00 lower, bulls steady.

On Thursday Des Moines reported 90% boneless selling unevenly steady at 126.88 and 85% 
sold unevenly steady at 115.92. The cutter cow carcass cutout value settled down .13 at 
102.26. Beef trimmings trended generally steady on moderate demand and offerings.

For the week: Cows steady to 4.00 lower, bulls 2.00 lower.

                          SLAUGHTER COW CARCASSES
                     Lean               Boners            Breakers
                   90 Pct Lean        85 Pct Lean         75 Pct Lean
550 lbs and up    83.00 -  91.00    80.00 -  92.00      65.00 -  80.00
400-500 lbs       81.00 -  87.00    78.00 -  88.00      63.00 -  76.00
350-400 lbs       78.00 -  84.00    75.00 -  85.00      60.00 -  73.00
300-350 lbs       73.00 -  79.00    70.00 -  80.00      55.00 -  68.00 
200-300 lbs       63.00 -  69.00

                        SLAUGHTER BULL CARCASSES
                             92 Pct Lean

600 lbs and up     94.00-104.00   
under 600 lbs*     86.00-96.00 
*includes low yielding and fat bulls

Source:  USDA-GA Dept of Ag Market News, Thomasville, GA 
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/TV_LS134.txt

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