Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 23.03.19
05/04/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 23, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,775 1,732 464,720 11,257 2,549 - 166
Tuesday 120,737 2,271 470,550 8,601 1,875 - 232
Wednesday 121,065 2,331 478,401 7,588 1,287 - 281
Thursday 120,303 1,587 482,073 8,145 1,955 - 269
Friday 114,440 2,538 453,991 7,551 1,761 - 183
Saturday 41,849 163 153,220 793 59 - -
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Total 636,169 10,622 2,502,955 43,935 9,486 - 1,131
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%Steers 46.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 30.8 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 21.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 23, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 508.4 Cattle 1,339 801
Steers 866
Heifers 804
Cows 645
Bulls 885
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 220 128
Pork 536.8 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 303
Boars 186
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 1,049.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 23, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 636,169
Steers 296,697 46.6
Heifers 195,780 30.8
Dairy cows 71,253 11.2
Other cows 62,460 9.8
Bulls 9,979 1.6
Calves Total 10,622
Hogs Total 2,502,955
Barrows and gilts 2,434,892 97.3
Sows 59,542 2.4
Boars 8,521 0.3
Sheep Total 43,935
Mature sheep 2,039 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 41,896 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 52,069 41,276 79.3 10,640 11,890 19.1
Tuesday 56,231 37,894 78.0 13,394 11,808 20.9
Wednesday 56,448 37,601 77.7 13,667 11,699 21.0
Thursday 60,009 33,608 77.8 12,826 11,938 20.6
Friday 55,705 33,407 77.9 13,853 9,639 20.5
Saturday 16,235 11,994 67.5 6,873 5,486 29.5
Total 296,697 195,780 77.4 71,253 62,460 21.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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