SJ_LS714 St. Joseph, MO Thu Feb 04, 2010 USDA Market News Cow Slaughter Under Federal Inspection By Region and U.S. Total ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : W/E-01/23/2010 : W/E-01/24/2009 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dairy : All : Dairy : All Region : Cows : Cows : Cows : Cows ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Head 1 : 2 : 600 600 500 600 3 : 7,700 9,700 7,000 8,800 4 : 3,300 15,600 3,400 13,200 5 : 19,700 38,100 19,600 37,500 6 : 4,600 24,600 6,900 24,100 7 : 300 16,100 800 15,200 8 : 9 : 18,600 22,500 20,200 22,100 10 : 3,100 7,700 5,200 8,800 U.S. 1/ : 59,500 139,500 65,200 134,700 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .