Actual Livestock Slaughter by Region (Thu)
SJ_LS713
St. Joseph, MO    Thu May 06, 2021    USDA Market News Service

                  U.S. Federally Inspected Slaughter By Region
                            Week Ending  04/24/2021

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Standard                               Cattle                             Calves
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regions        Total                         Dairy     Other               Total
   1/                   Steers    Heifers    cows      cows      Bulls          
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                                          1,000 head                            
1                 0.6       0.3      (D)       0.1        -        (D)       0.1
2                 1.7       0.5      0.4       0.7        -        0.1       1.0
3                22.0       9.3      1.0       9.3      1.5        0.9       1.6
4                17.4       1.5      0.6       3.0     10.1        2.2       0.1
5                65.9      29.6      (D)      13.2     11.9        (D)       1.5
6               122.3      60.4     34.2       7.4     18.1        2.3         -
7               296.9     161.1    116.7       2.5     14.6        2.0         -
8                68.0      36.3     23.5       1.9      5.9        0.4       (D) 
9                43.6      18.1      6.2      13.6      5.0        0.7       0.9
10               26.7       8.1      5.7       7.5      4.6        0.8       (D) 
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U.S. 2/         665.0     325.0    197.6      59.1     71.8       11.5       5.8
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Standard                      Hogs                               Sheep          
federal      -------------------------------------------------------------------
regions        Total    Barrows                        Total   Mature  Lambs and
   1/                  and gilts   Sows      Boars              sheep  yearlings
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                                          1,000 head                            
1                 0.5       0.5        -         -      1.1        0.1       1.0
2                 2.1       2.1        -         -      5.4        0.5       5.0
3               103.5     103.3      (D)       (D)      3.6        0.4       3.1
4                 (D)       (D)     18.1       (D)      3.0        0.3       2.7
5               721.3     690.9     29.0       1.5      6.6        0.8       5.9
6               111.8     111.8      (D)       (D)      2.1        0.1       2.0
7             1,081.6   1,062.2     16.1       3.3      0.3          -       0.3
8                 (D)       (D)      (D)         -     12.9        0.4      12.6
9                49.6      49.6        -         -      5.7        0.1       5.6
10                6.5       6.5        -         -      1.2        0.1       1.1
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U.S. 2/       2,470.9   2,401.1     63.6       6.2     42.0        2.9      39.1
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-    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 Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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