Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 23.02.19
08/03/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 99,343 1,625 464,590 5,159 1,485 - 147
Tuesday 115,802 2,824 475,780 8,561 2,174 - 192
Wednesday 109,206 2,762 465,169 6,597 1,283 - 209
Thursday 115,378 1,599 474,539 6,888 1,947 - 211
Friday 115,648 2,685 474,440 7,207 1,753 - 109
Saturday 25,999 147 132,861 1,097 58 - 18
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Total 581,376 11,642 2,487,379 35,509 8,700 - 886
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%Steers 47.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 21.9 %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, February 23, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 469.3 Cattle 1,351 809
Steers 874
Heifers 818
Cows 651
Bulls 881
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 220 127
Pork 533.8 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 306
Boars 182
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,006.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 581,376
Steers 273,897 47.1
Heifers 172,434 29.7
Dairy cows 71,587 12.3
Other cows 55,575 9.6
Bulls 7,883 1.4
Calves Total 11,642
Hogs Total 2,487,379
Barrows and gilts 2,421,118 97.3
Sows 58,637 2.4
Boars 7,624 0.3
Sheep Total 35,509
Mature sheep 1,773 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 33,736 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 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 46,579 29,336 76.4 11,472 10,331 21.9
Tuesday 52,983 36,555 77.3 13,175 11,575 21.4
Wednesday 53,207 29,618 75.8 13,856 11,178 22.9
Thursday 54,907 35,600 78.4 13,326 10,056 20.3
Friday 56,004 35,032 78.7 14,358 8,882 20.1
Saturday 10,217 6,293 63.5 5,400 3,553 34.4
Total 273,897 172,434 76.8 71,587 55,575 21.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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