SJ_LS713 St. Joseph, MO Thu Dec 13, 2018 USDA Market News Service U.S. Federally Inspected Slaughter By Region Week Ending 12/01/2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard Cattle Calves federal ------------------------------------------------------------------- regions Total Dairy Other Total 1/ Steers Heifers cows cows Bulls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,000 head 1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 - - 0.1 2 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.7 - 0.1 3.0 3 21.1 7.0 0.3 10.5 2.6 0.7 2.2 4 12.1 0.9 0.3 3.1 6.4 1.3 - 5 65.1 28.7 (D) 18.1 8.9 (D) 6.7 6 111.5 56.4 31.4 7.0 14.8 1.9 - 7 288.1 160.2 114.5 1.4 10.7 1.3 - 8 71.8 43.2 (D) 1.9 5.5 (D) - 9 38.5 15.5 4.4 15.1 3.0 0.5 1.7 10 30.7 9.9 8.1 5.8 6.2 0.7 0.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 2/ 641.0 322.5 188.3 63.8 58.1 8.4 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard Hogs Sheep federal ------------------------------------------------------------------- regions Total Barrows Total Mature Lambs and 1/ and gilts Sows Boars sheep yearlings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,000 head 1 0.7 0.7 - - 0.6 - 0.6 2 2.4 2.4 - - 3.8 0.4 3.4 3 125.8 125.6 (D) (D) 2.6 0.2 2.4 4 (D) (D) (D) (D) 1.7 0.3 1.5 5 735.0 705.5 28.6 0.9 7.3 0.5 6.8 6 127.5 127.5 - - 0.8 0.1 0.7 7 1,062.4 1,045.9 12.9 3.6 0.2 - 0.2 8 (D) (D) 0.1 - 17.6 0.3 17.3 9 45.2 45.2 - - 6.4 0.1 6.2 10 7.1 7.1 - - 1.1 - 1.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 2/ 2,530.0 2,459.8 64.1 6.1 42.2 2.0 40.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ States included in regions are as follows 1- CT, ME, NH, VT, MA & RI; 2- NY & NJ; 3- DE-MD, PA, WV & VA; 4- AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC & TN; 5- IL, IN, MI, MN, OH & WI; 6- AR, LA, NM, OK & TX; 7- IA, KS, MO & NE; 8- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT & WY; 9- AZ, CA, HI & NV; 10- AK, ID, OR & WA. 2/ Totals may not add due to rounding. A region may not be published due to confidentiality, but is included in totals. Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO (816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls713.txt www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain