SJ_LS714 **Successive reports will be released as data becomes available.** St. Joseph, MO Tue Jan 29, 2019 USDA Market News Service Cow Slaughter Under Federal Inspection By Region and U.S. Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Week ending-12/15/2018 Week ending-12/16/2017 -------------------------------------------------------------- Dairy All Dairy All Region cows cows cows cows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- head 1 - 100 - 100 2 700 700 600 600 3 11,000 13,900 9,800 12,500 4 3,300 9,400 3,400 10,300 5 18,100 26,500 (D) (D) 6 8,500 21,300 5,600 19,300 7 1,700 12,600 1,400 13,700 8 2,200 8,700 (D) (D) 9 15,900 19,100 16,300 19,300 10 6,300 12,300 4,900 10,200 U.S. 2/ 67,700 124,600 60,400 117,700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 A region may not be published due to confidentiality, but is included in totals.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