SJ_LS714 St. Joseph, MO Thu May 16, 2019 USDA Market News Service Cow Slaughter Under Federal Inspection By Region and U.S. Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week ending-05/04/2019 Week ending-05/05/2018 -------------------------------------------------------------- Dairy All Dairy All Region cows cows cows cows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- head 1 - 100 100 100 2 700 800 700 700 3 10,500 13,200 10,400 13,100 4 3,000 11,300 2,500 8,900 5 15,000 24,500 15,300 24,300 6 5,900 20,800 5,900 23,100 7 1,000 14,100 1,300 14,100 8 1,800 8,100 1,000 4,400 9 12,900 15,600 13,900 17,100 10 6,200 11,500 6,400 10,700 U.S. 2/ 57,100 120,000 57,500 116,500 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 A region may not be published due to confidentiality, but is included in totals.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