Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 16.03.19
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Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 16, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,890 1,900 473,738 8,925 2,633 - 142
Tuesday 121,654 2,341 477,787 8,801 1,802 - 256
Wednesday 109,730 2,190 455,914 5,855 1,185 - 196
Thursday 101,574 1,744 452,399 6,246 2,288 - 90
Friday 103,284 2,311 433,824 6,244 1,850 - 163
Saturday 51,580 161 159,062 1,435 76 - 186
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Total 607,712 10,647 2,452,724 37,506 9,834 - 1,033
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%Steers 47.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 20.5 %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 16, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 485.5 Cattle 1,336 801
Steers 865
Heifers 805
Cows 639
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 218 127
Pork 524.3 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 302
Boars 184
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 140 70
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 1,013.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 16, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 607,712
Steers 290,893 47.9
Heifers 183,441 30.2
Dairy cows 71,129 11.7
Other cows 53,674 8.8
Bulls 8,575 1.4
Calves Total 10,647
Hogs Total 2,452,724
Barrows and gilts 2,385,253 97.2
Sows 59,987 2.4
Boars 7,484 0.3
Sheep Total 37,506
Mature sheep 1,933 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 35,573 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 16, 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 56,133 39,280 79.6 11,320 11,337 18.9
Tuesday 59,843 35,588 78.4 13,801 10,771 20.2
Wednesday 51,355 31,951 75.9 13,538 11,454 22.8
Thursday 47,382 31,510 77.7 13,237 7,965 20.9
Friday 52,424 29,971 79.8 13,193 6,482 19.0
Saturday 23,756 15,141 75.4 6,040 5,665 22.7
Total 290,893 183,441 78.1 71,129 53,674 20.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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