SJ_LS713 St. Joseph, MO Thu Nov 19, 2009 USDA Market News **The next publish date of this report will be Friday, November 27, 2009 due to federal holiday.** U.S. Federally Inspected Slaughter By Region Week Ending 11/07/2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard : Cattle : Calves Federal :--------------------------------------------------------------------- Regions : Total : : : Dairy : Other : : Total 1/ : 2/ : Steers : Heifers : Cows : Cows : Bulls : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1 : 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 2 : 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.1 4.1 3 : 19.3 7.6 1.4 7.8 2.1 0.4 2.5 4 : 17.2 0.5 0.2 2.7 11.3 2.5 0.1 5 : 85.8 36.0 11.3 17.7 18.6 2.1 6.5 6 : 125.9 58.7 39.7 3.3 21.5 2.8 1.2 7 : 260.5 131.6 110.8 0.3 15.8 2.0 8 : 54.9 23.1 26.9 9 : 43.0 18.0 3.3 15.6 5.3 0.9 4.8 10 : 26.6 11.2 6.7 3.2 4.7 0.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 2/ : 635.0 287.4 200.4 52.7 82.4 12.1 19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard : Hogs : Sheep Federal :--------------------------------------------------------------------- Regions : Total : Barrows : : : Total : Mature : Lambs & 1/ : 2/ : & Gilts : Sows : Boars : 2/ : Sheep :Yearlings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : 1,000 Head 1 : 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.7 2 : 2.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.4 2.4 3 : 115.4 112.3 0.3 2.7 2.1 0.2 2.0 4 : 345.9 322.3 23.3 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.6 5 : 583.9 558.6 24.5 0.8 5.4 0.9 4.5 6 : 119.6 114.3 5.3 0.0 7 : 995.1 978.9 13.1 3.1 8.2 0.1 8.1 8 : 81.3 81.3 0.0 0.0 22.4 1.5 20.9 9 : 49.1 49.1 0.0 0.0 10 : 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 2/ : 2,298.5 2,225.0 66.7 6.9 50.0 4.6 45.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 816-238-0678 e-mail: stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews .