SJ_LS714 St. Joseph, MO Thu May 28, 2020 USDA Market News Service Cow Slaughter Under Federal Inspection By Region and U.S. Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week ending-05/16/2020 Week ending-05/18/2019 -------------------------------------------------------------- Dairy All Dairy All Region cows cows cows cows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- head 1 100 100 - 100 2 700 800 800 800 3 9,800 12,500 10,200 13,200 4 4,000 12,300 3,200 10,800 5 10,500 17,400 15,600 25,900 6 6,500 22,300 7,000 20,300 7 1,300 13,800 1,000 12,200 8 2,300 7,400 1,600 9,400 9 13,200 17,400 13,000 16,300 10 7,600 13,000 5,700 11,400 U.S. 2/ 56,000 116,900 58,200 120,400 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 A region may not be published due to confidentiality, but is included in totals.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