0050046 Beef Cattle Prices - NE

Project Code 173 QID 0050046 OMB No.0535-0003: Approval Expires 12/31/09

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

BEEF CATTLE PRICES

______________, 200__

Nebraska Field Office

P.O. Box 81069

Lincoln, NE 68501-1069

Phone 1-800-582-6443

Fax 1-888-814-6117

[email protected]

6

(Enter month and year to which data relate)

Please make corrections in name, address, and zip code if necessary.

Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. Your report will be kept confidential

and combined with others in preparing estimates for your state.

Enumerator: Are receipts for purchases directly from producers separated from other receipts?

YES - Enter 100% in items 1a - 1d

NO - Use all receipts

and use only these receipts.

If operation is terminal stockyard or auction enter 100% in items 1a - 1d and go to item 3.

1. During the past month, what per cent of the following livestock was purchased directly from producers?
a. All cattle and calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %
b. Cows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %	161
c. Steers and heifers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %	163
d. Calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %	164

ASK ITEM 2 ONLY IF OPERATION IS SLAUGHTERING PLANT

2. If this operation purchases beef cattle on a carcass weight basis, please report the dressing percentage for each of the following:	DRESSING PERCENTAGE
a. Cows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %
b. Steers and heifers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %
c. Calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %

3. Now I would like to list, by class, the number of head purchased, total live weight and the

gross amount paid to producers during the past month.

INSTRUCTIONS	Estimated number of records
1. Exclude bulls over 500 lbs.	Sampling Interval	170
2. Exclude cattle sold for breeding.	Random start
3. Exclude purebred livestock.

Page 01

L I N E N O	STEER AND HEIFERS			COWS
	Head	Total Live Weight	Gross to Producers	Head	Total Live Weight	Gross to Producers
	141 Number	142 Pounds	143 Dollars	Number	Pounds	Dollars
01				101	102	103
02				101	102	103
03				CALVES
04				151	152	153
05				151	152	153

ENUMERATOR_______________________________________________________________DATE____________________________________

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0535-0039. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

INSTRUCTIONS 1. Exclude bulls over 500 lbs. 2. Exclude cattle sold for breeding. 3. Exclude purebred livestock.

TABULATION OF BEEF CATTLE RECEIPTS

QID050046 BACK PAGE

FIRM NAME (Supplemental Sheets)____________________________________________Page No.______ of _______
P A G E N O	L I N E N O	STEERS AND HEIFERS			COWS			CALVES UNDER 500 POUNDS
		Head	Total Live Weight	Gross to Producers	Head	Total Live Weight	Gross to Producers	Head	Total Live Weight	Gross to Producers
		Number	Pounds	Dollars	Number	Pounds	Dollars	Number	Pounds	Dollars
	01	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	02	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	03	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	04	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	05	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	06	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	07	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	08	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	09	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	10	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	11	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	12	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	13	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	14	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	15	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	16	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	17	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	18	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	19	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	20	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	21	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	22	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	23	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	24	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	25	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
		CARCASS WEIGHT PURCHASES
		Head	Total Carcass Weight	Gross to Producers	Head	Total Live Weight	Gross to Producers	Head	Total Live Weight	Gross to Producers
		Number	Pounds	Dollars	Number	Pounds	Dollars	Number	Pounds	Dollars
	26	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	27	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	28	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	29	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153
	30	141	142	143	101	102	103	151	152	153