Canadian Live Animal Imports into U.S. by State of Entry

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Des Moines, IA    Wed, Dec 05, 2012    USDA Market News

Canadian Live Animal Imports by State of Entry
Data for week ending:   11/24/2012

Cattle
    State      Feeder     Sltr      Sltr     Sltr    Breeding Breeding  Other  Total
                        Strs/Hfrs   Cows     Bulls    Males    Females
                 AA        AB        AC       AD        AE       AF      AG
Alaska                0          0        0        0         0        0      0       0
Idaho                42       1947        0        0         0        2      0    1991
Maine                 0         66       33        0         0        0      0      99
Michigan              0         36      891        0         0      202      0    1129
Montana               0       3689        0        0         1       11      0    3701
North Dakota       1683        179     3382      749         1        2      0    5996
New York             33       1074     2568      545         0        0      0    4220
Vermont               0          0       95      360         0        0      0     455
Washington            0        268      615        0         0        0      0     883
Total              1758       7259     7584     1654         2      217      0   18474
Cattle totals may include interstate shipments from Hawaii.
YTD 2012         128532     385952   164668    43688       951     5700     50  729541
YTD 2011          71480     383276   129515    36981       877    10853     96  633078

Hogs
Region         Feeder     Sltr      Sltr   Breeding  Breeding   Other          Total
                           B/G       S/B     Males   Females
                 AH        AI        AJ       AK        AL       AM
Alaska                0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Idaho                 0       1358        0        0         0        0           1358
Maine                 0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Michigan          15575       2114     2744        0       330        0          20763
Minnesota             0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Montana               0       1000        0        5        41        0           1046
North Dakota      73260       1718     3863        3       839        0          79683
New York              0        852        0        0       155        0           1007
Vermont               0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Washington            0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Total             88835       7042     6607        8      1365        0         103857
YTD 2012        4267159     379605   419878     2998     59179       95        5128914
YTD 2011        4275910     491371   418280     2887     61364        2        5249814

Sheep          Feeder     Sltr      Sltr   Breeding  Breeding   Other          Total
State                     Lambs     Ewes     Males   Females
                 AN        AO        AP       AQ        AR       AS
Idaho                 0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Maine                 0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Michigan              0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Montana               0          0        0        0         0        0              0
North Dakota          0          0        0        0         0        0              0
New York              0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Vermont               0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Washington            0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Total                 0          0        0        0         0        0              0

Goats
Region         Angora    Spanish  Breeding Breeding   Other                    Total
                                    Males   Females
                 AW        AX        AY       AZ        BA
Idaho                 0          0        0        0         0                       0
Maine                 0          0        0        0         0                       0
Michigan              0          0        0        0         0                       0
Montana               0          0        0        0         0                       0
North Dakota          0          0        0        0         0                       0
New York              0          0        0        0         0                       0
Vermont               0          0        0        0         0                       0
Washington            0          0        0        0         0                       0
Total                 0          0        0        0         0                       0

Horses
Region         Feeder     Sltr    Breeding Breeding  Geldings   Other          Total
                                    Males   Females
                 BB        BC        BD       BE        BF       BG
Alaska                0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Idaho                 0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Maine                 0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Michigan              0          0        0        4         0        1              5
Minnesota             0          0        0        0         0        0              0
Montana               0          0        0        1        29       17             47
North Dakota          0          0        0        0         4       13             17
New York              0          0        0        0        30       27             57
Vermont               0          0        0        0         5        3              8
Washington            0          0        0        0         8        7             15
Total                 0          0        0        5        76       68            149

Note: Data are based on currently available information and are subject to future
      revision.

Source:  USDA, APHIS
         USDA Market News Service, Des Moines, IA
         Jodie Pitcock 515-284-4460  Desm.LGMN@ams.usda.gov
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