Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 26.01.19
22/02/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,938 1,117 393,834 6,954 1,440 - 152
Tuesday 116,931 2,166 473,381 9,662 2,407 - 213
Wednesday 116,149 2,732 465,967 5,440 1,364 - 356
Thursday 117,076 2,262 473,307 8,079 1,942 - 212
Friday 117,068 3,023 468,552 6,999 1,726 - 204
Saturday 24,964 109 211,687 934 64 - -
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Total 608,126 11,409 2,486,728 38,068 8,943 - 1,137
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%Steers 48.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.6
%Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.4
%Cows 19.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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- Represents zero.
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not
require inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally
Inspected Plants, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 498.0 Cattle 1,368 821
Steers 888
Heifers 822
Cows 651
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 218 126
Pork 534.0 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 297
Boars 181
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 140 70
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 1,036.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 608,126
Steers 293,681 48.3
Heifers 184,937 30.4
Dairy cows 64,454 10.6
Other cows 56,282 9.3
Bulls 8,772 1.4
Calves Total 11,409
Hogs Total 2,486,728
Barrows and gilts 2,418,813 97.3
Sows 60,997 2.5
Boars 6,918 0.3
Sheep Total 38,068
Mature sheep 1,664 4.4
Lambs and yearlings 36,404 95.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 26, 2019
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Number of head slaughtered
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Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
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Monday 53,548 39,803 80.5 9,923 10,896 18.0
Tuesday 58,140 34,207 79.0 12,569 10,340 19.6
Wednesday 52,768 37,709 77.9 12,756 11,532 20.9
Thursday 60,734 32,621 79.7 12,182 9,699 18.7
Friday 59,529 33,228 79.2 13,271 9,458 19.4
Saturday 8,962 7,369 65.4 3,753 4,357 32.5
Total 293,681 184,937 78.7 64,454 56,282 19.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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