SJ_LS713 St. Joseph, MO Thu May 23, 2013 USDA Market News Service U.S. Federally Inspected Slaughter By Region Week Ending 05/11/2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard Cattle Calves federal ------------------------------------------------------------------- regions Total Dairy Other Total 1/ Steers Heifers cows cows Bulls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,000 head 1 0.4 0.2 0.1 - - 0.1 0.1 2 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 2.8 3 18.0 4.7 1.5 8.9 2.4 0.6 2.4 4 14.6 0.7 0.5 2.7 8.5 2.3 0.1 5 76.6 32.1 8.0 (D) (D) (D) 4.0 6 123.5 65.2 32.4 5.8 17.7 2.3 0.1 7 260.2 150.6 95.5 (D) (D) (D) - 8 64.3 38.3 21.2 (D) (D) (D) - 9 46.1 19.0 4.5 14.9 6.6 1.0 2.8 10 24.1 14.2 5.0 3.2 1.5 0.4 0.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 2/ 629.2 325.5 168.6 55.5 68.4 11.2 12.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Standard Hogs Sheep federal ------------------------------------------------------------------- regions Total Barrows Total Mature Lambs and 1/ and gilts Sows Boars sheep yearlings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,000 head 1 0.4 0.3 - - 0.6 - 0.6 2 3.0 3.0 - - 3.4 0.4 3.0 3 93.9 93.7 0.2 - 2.4 0.3 2.1 4 289.5 272.6 15.8 1.1 1.4 0.3 1.1 5 576.9 547.0 28.8 1.1 6.2 0.7 5.5 6 116.9 115.9 1.0 - 0.5 0.1 0.4 7 859.6 842.0 12.9 4.8 0.1 - 0.1 8 93.1 92.9 0.1 - 18.8 0.4 18.4 9 44.2 44.2 - - 6.0 0.1 6.0 10 6.2 6.2 - - 0.6 - 0.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 2/ 2,083.8 2,017.8 58.9 7.0 40.0 2.3 37.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing individual operations. 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. A region may not be published due to confidentiality, but is included in totals. Source: USDA Market News Service, St Joseph, MO (816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lgmn@ams.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls713.txt www.ams.usda.gov/lsmarketnews