Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 30.03.19
12/04/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 30, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,304 1,985 479,135 9,082 2,691 - 159
Tuesday 119,088 2,309 470,261 9,133 1,746 - 198
Wednesday 120,779 1,887 485,545 8,167 1,419 - 254
Thursday 118,047 1,421 485,346 7,954 2,371 - 355
Friday 106,959 2,309 464,026 7,890 1,563 - 110
Saturday 34,530 125 143,527 638 97 - -
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Total 618,707 10,036 2,527,840 42,864 9,887 - 1,076
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 29.9 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.7
%Cows 20.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 30, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 496.7 Cattle 1,342 805
Steers 865
Heifers 806
Cows 655
Bulls 883
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 225 131
Pork 542.1 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 301
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 1,043.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 30, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 618,707
Steers 295,958 47.8
Heifers 184,955 29.9
Dairy cows 66,744 10.8
Other cows 60,682 9.8
Bulls 10,368 1.7
Calves Total 10,036
Hogs Total 2,527,840
Barrows and gilts 2,459,507 97.3
Sows 60,971 2.4
Boars 7,362 0.3
Sheep Total 42,864
Mature sheep 2,001 4.7
Lambs and yearlings 40,863 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 30, 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 59,076 36,949 80.5 10,841 10,985 18.3
Tuesday 59,484 34,580 79.0 12,086 11,003 19.4
Wednesday 55,972 37,901 77.7 13,454 11,574 20.7
Thursday 56,368 35,321 77.7 12,338 12,095 20.7
Friday 52,062 31,921 78.5 12,750 8,540 19.9
Saturday 12,996 8,283 61.6 5,275 6,485 34.1
Total 295,958 184,955 77.7 66,744 60,682 20.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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