SJ_LS714 St. Joseph, MO Thu Mar 14, 2019 USDA Market News Service Cow Slaughter Under Federal Inspection By Region and U.S. Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week ending-03/02/2019 Week ending-03/03/2018 -------------------------------------------------------------- Dairy All Dairy All Region cows cows cows cows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- head 1 - 100 100 100 2 600 600 500 600 3 10,800 13,300 10,200 12,700 4 3,800 10,500 3,400 9,600 5 17,600 26,100 16,200 24,100 6 8,600 21,200 9,200 21,300 7 1,500 14,700 1,500 14,600 8 2,200 8,700 2,000 6,400 9 17,500 19,300 16,900 19,700 10 8,900 12,900 6,800 10,600 U.S. 2/ 71,500 127,500 66,700 119,700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for 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 A region may not be published due to confidentiality, but is included in totals.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_ls714.txt www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain