Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 02.03.19
15/03/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 2, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,606 1,696 355,565 7,611 2,386 - 155
Tuesday 118,481 2,372 472,690 7,935 1,574 - 243
Wednesday 119,285 2,576 475,733 6,816 1,208 - 287
Thursday 118,644 2,081 475,251 6,834 2,028 - 207
Friday 117,071 2,532 468,791 6,997 1,724 - 187
Saturday 20,652 135 188,555 951 76 - 17
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Total 608,739 11,392 2,436,585 37,144 8,996 - 1,096
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%Steers 48.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 20.9 %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, March 2, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 491.9 Cattle 1,350 810
Steers 874
Heifers 813
Cows 651
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 216 125
Pork 522.7 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 305
Boars 180
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 1,018.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 2, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 608,739
Steers 293,347 48.2
Heifers 179,247 29.4
Dairy cows 71,494 11.7
Other cows 55,970 9.2
Bulls 8,681 1.4
Calves Total 11,392
Hogs Total 2,436,585
Barrows and gilts 2,370,325 97.3
Sows 58,218 2.4
Boars 8,042 0.3
Sheep Total 37,144
Mature sheep 1,787 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,357 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 2, 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 54,523 36,144 79.1 11,320 10,941 19.4
Tuesday 57,098 35,678 78.3 13,383 10,792 20.4
Wednesday 57,554 35,273 77.8 13,732 11,247 20.9
Thursday 60,441 34,101 79.7 13,043 9,241 18.8
Friday 56,945 35,142 78.7 14,279 9,123 20.0
Saturday 6,786 2,909 46.9 5,737 4,626 50.2
Total 293,347 179,247 77.6 71,494 55,970 20.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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