Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 09.02.19
01/03/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 9, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,541 2,030 469,199 8,537 2,763 - 131
Tuesday 119,397 2,742 473,909 8,018 1,880 - 230
Wednesday 120,823 2,703 472,220 6,091 1,244 - 226
Thursday 118,930 1,948 434,143 6,956 1,975 - 268
Friday 114,096 2,810 448,919 6,413 1,754 - 124
Saturday 34,646 150 212,874 1,295 27 - -
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Total 625,433 12,383 2,511,264 37,310 9,643 - 979
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%Steers 49.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 28.6 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 20.8 %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, February 9, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 510.1 Cattle 1,359 818
Steers 885
Heifers 822
Cows 647
Bulls 871
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 214 123
Pork 538.6 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 303
Boars 185
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,052.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 9, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 625,433
Steers 308,131 49.3
Heifers 178,944 28.6
Dairy cows 70,721 11.3
Other cows 59,147 9.5
Bulls 8,490 1.4
Calves Total 12,383
Hogs Total 2,511,264
Barrows and gilts 2,447,334 97.5
Sows 57,632 2.3
Boars 6,298 0.3
Sheep Total 37,310
Mature sheep 1,786 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,524 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 9, 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 58,370 36,218 80.5 9,899 11,558 18.3
Tuesday 55,802 38,261 78.8 12,533 11,396 20.0
Wednesday 61,606 32,957 78.3 13,584 11,140 20.5
Thursday 63,895 30,001 79.0 13,723 9,798 19.8
Friday 55,249 33,980 78.2 14,221 9,178 20.5
Saturday 13,209 7,527 59.9 6,761 6,077 37.1
Total 308,131 178,944 77.9 70,721 59,147 20.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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