SJ_LS714 St. Joseph, MO Thu May 02, 2019 USDA Market News Service Cow Slaughter Under Federal Inspection By Region and U.S. Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week ending-04/20/2019 Week ending-04/21/2018 -------------------------------------------------------------- Dairy All Dairy All Region cows cows cows cows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- head 1 - - 100 100 2 600 700 700 700 3 10,000 12,600 10,200 12,800 4 3,100 9,800 2,500 8,800 5 16,700 26,600 16,600 25,000 6 6,700 19,900 6,000 22,800 7 1,300 13,600 1,200 14,600 8 2,000 9,200 1,700 7,200 9 13,500 16,000 14,100 17,100 10 7,000 12,100 6,700 10,800 U.S. 2/ 61,000 120,500 59,800 120,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 A region may not be published due to confidentiality, but is included in totals.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