HQ_LS111
St. Joseph, MO    Thu Feb 24, 2005    USDA Market News

***Beginning March 3, 2005, slug number WA_LS713 will no longer exist. It will
be replaced by SJ_LS713.***

                U.S. Federally Inspected Slaughter By Region
                            Week Ended  02/12/2005

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 Standard  :                          Cattle                         : Calves
 Federal   :-------------------------------------------------------------------
 Regions   :  Total  :         :         : Dairy  : Other  : Bulls & : Total
    1/     :    2/   : Steers  : Heifers : Cows   : Cows   : Stags   :   2/
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           :                            1,000 Head
      1    :      0.2      0.1       0.0      0.0       0.0     0.0       0.1
      2    :      1.3      0.4       0.1      0.8       0.0     0.1       3.4
      3    :     17.0      					          3.4
      4    :     13.0      0.3       0.1      2.6       8.2     1.7       0.2
      5    :     65.5     26.5       7.8     14.8      14.8     1.7       5.5
      6    :    108.7     60.8      34.9      3.4       6.9     2.7       0.2
      7    :    265.5    139.3     112.6      1.1      10.7     1.8       0.0
      8    :     51.2     24.2        
      9    :     33.5     18.1       1.2     13.0       0.8     0.5       2.1
     10    :     20.3      7.5       7.3      2.8       2.0     0.7       0.1
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   U.S. 2/ :    576.2    283.8     188.8     46.2      47.2    10.2      15.0
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 Standard  :                Hogs                  :          Sheep
 Federal   :-------------------------------------------------------------------
 Regions   :  Total  : Barrows :         : Stags &: Total  : Mature :Lambs &
    1/     :    2/   : & Gilts :  Sows   : Boars  :   2/   : Sheep  :Yearlings
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           :                            1,000 Head
      1    :      0.3      0.2       0.0      0.0       
      2    :      3.0      2.9       0.0      0.0       1.9     0.3       1.6
      3    :    125.7    125.4       0.4      0.0       1.6     0.1       1.5
      4    :    320.1    303.0      16.8      0.3       0.7     0.3       0.4
      5    :    526.2    502.7      23.2      0.4       7.0     1.1       5.9
      6    :    106.8    101.5       		        2.6     0.0       2.6
      7    :    775.7    759.2      		        9.5     0.0       9.5
      8    :    108.4    107.2       1.2      0.0      19.1     0.5      18.6
      9    :     47.8     47.8       	                
     10    :      6.7      6.7       0.0      0.0       0.3               0.3
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   U.S. 2/ :  2,020.7  1,956.6      58.6      5.5      49.0     2.4      46.6
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 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.



Source:  USDA Market News/NASS  St. Joseph, MO
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