SJ_LS714 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jul 02, 2009 USDA Market News Cow Slaughter Under Federal Inspection By Region and U.S. Total ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : W/E-06/20/2009 : W/E-06/21/2008 :--------------------------------------------------------------- : Dairy : All : Dairy : All Region : Cows : Cows : Cows : Cows ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Head 1 : 2 : 600 700 500 600 3 : 7,000 8,800 6,700 8,400 4 : 3,900 12,700 2,400 14,200 5 : 15,900 28,000 15,100 29,500 6 : 6,700 21,100 2,900 20,300 7 : 500 13,100 300 14,700 8 : 9 : 17,400 20,600 10,900 14,300 10 : 5,700 7,400 2,300 7,000 U.S. 1/ : 59,500 115,900 42,300 112,500 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 .