LM_CT130 
St. Joseph, MO    Wed, September 02, 2015    USDA Market News Service 
 
Morning National Slaughter Cattle Review for Tuesday, 9/1/2015 
 
Tuesay saw trading in the Southern Plains and Colorado at a standstill. In Nebraska 
trading was inactive on very light demand. In the Western Cornbelt trading was 
limited on light demand. In the Western Cornbelt a few live and dressed sales sold 
at 142.00 and 222.00, respectively. However, not enough sales in any feeding region 
for a full market trend. Last week in the Southern Plains live sales sold at 146.00 
with a light test. In Nebraska live sales sold from 144.00-147.00 and dressed sales 
at 228.00. In Colorado live sales sold from 147.00-148.00. In the Western Cornbelt 
live sales sold from 143.00-144.00 and dressed sales ranged from 224.00-228.00. 
 
Negotiated sales: 
Confirmed:    11,918    Week ago:              807    Year ago:              686 
Wk to Date:   13,060    Week ago to Date:    1,289    Year ago to Date:      686 
 
Negotiated, Formula and contract purchases delivered to packers today: 
Today:        75,400    Week Ago:           71,200    Year Ago:           87,900 
Wk to Date:  156,900    Week Ago to Date:  154,900    Year Ago to Date:   87,900 
 
Negotiated, Formula and contract commitments today: (generally for slaughter 
within 7 days) 
Today:        83,700    Week Ago:           54,700    Year Ago:          129,600 
Wk to Date:  159,100    Week Ago to Date:  113,300    Year Ago to Date:  129,600 
 
Negotiated: prices paid for Domestic Slaughter steers and heifers: 
(Information derived from the 5 area weighted average LM_CT100) 
 
Live basis                 Steers                     Heifers 
Over 80% Choice      140.00-143.00 avg 141.47   141.00-141.00 avg 141.00 
65 - 80% Choice      140.00-140.00 avg 140.00         -       avg 
35 - 65% Choice            -       avg                -       avg 
0 - 35% Choice             -       avg                -       avg 
Total all grades     140.00-143.00 avg 141.36   141.00-141.00 avg 141.00 
 
Dressed basis              Steers                     Heifers 
Over 80% Choice      222.00-225.00 avg 222.08   222.00-222.00 avg 222.00 
65 - 80% Choice      222.00-222.00 avg 222.00   222.00-222.00 avg 222.00 
35 - 65% Choice            -       avg                -       avg 
0 - 35% Choice             -       avg                -       avg 
Total all grades     222.00-225.00 avg 222.07   222.00-222.00 avg 222.00 
 
Formula purchases: prices established on previous reporting day for 
slaughtered cattle. 
 
Beef Type:                   Domestic: 
Head count priced today:        33,200 
Weighted avg weight:               875 
Weighted avg net price:         234.04 
 
Covers transactions reported at 2:00 pm today.  Comments and market conditions 
may include information gathered from voluntary sources, all prices, weights 
and head counts are only those gathered through the mandatory reporting system. 
 
Source:  USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO 
         (816)-676-7000 e-mail:  stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov 
         www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/lm_ct130.txt 
 
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