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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.**

                    Cow Slaughter Under Federal Inspection                   
                           By Region and U.S. Total                          
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             :        W/E-11/07/2009         :        W/E-11/08/2008         
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             :     Dairy     :      All      :     Dairy     :      All      
  Region     :     Cows      :     Cows      :     Cows      :     Cows      
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             :                             Head                              
    1        :                                                               
    2        :       700              700            500              600    
    3        :     7,800            9,800          8,900           11,200    
    4        :     2,700           14,100          2,800           15,500    
    5        :    17,700           36,400         19,300           38,300    
    6        :     3,300           24,800          2,600           20,700    
    7        :       300           16,100            300           14,600    
    8        :                                                               
    9        :    15,600           20,900         13,900           20,000    
   10        :     3,200            7,900          2,900            8,000    
   U.S. 1/   :    52,700          135,100         52,200          133,200    
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1/  Totals may not add due to rounding.                   

 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.

Source:  USDA Market News/NASS  St. Joseph, MO
         816-238-0678   e-mail:  stjoe.lgmn@usda.gov
         www.ams.usda.gov/LSMarketNews





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