Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 13.04.19
26/04/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 13, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,665 1,910 475,656 9,811 2,645 - 150
Tuesday 121,422 1,851 477,799 9,140 1,793 - 180
Wednesday 120,512 1,883 480,228 8,318 1,642 - 280
Thursday 111,903 1,631 430,796 8,924 2,123 - 307
Friday 115,057 2,174 434,305 9,617 2,059 - 96
Saturday 48,107 140 94,264 1,273 99 - -
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Total 637,666 9,589 2,393,048 47,083 10,361 - 1,013
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 27.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.5
%Cows 19.4 %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, April 13, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 512.8 Cattle 1,334 806
Steers 864
Heifers 802
Cows 650
Bulls 885
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 244 143
Pork 513.3 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 305
Boars 187
Lamb and mutton 3.2 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,030.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 13, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 637,666
Steers 329,236 51.6
Heifers 174,136 27.3
Dairy cows 63,712 10.0
Other cows 59,928 9.4
Bulls 10,654 1.7
Calves Total 9,589
Hogs Total 2,393,048
Barrows and gilts 2,325,753 97.2
Sows 60,044 2.5
Boars 7,251 0.3
Sheep Total 47,083
Mature sheep 2,118 4.5
Lambs and yearlings 44,965 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 13, 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 63,460 32,661 79.7 10,328 12,033 18.5
Tuesday 66,375 28,692 78.3 13,043 11,167 19.9
Wednesday 57,188 36,901 78.1 13,041 11,437 20.3
Thursday 57,343 30,093 78.1 12,117 10,282 20.0
Friday 60,472 30,707 79.2 12,380 9,742 19.2
Saturday 24,398 15,082 82.1 2,803 5,267 16.8
Total 329,236 174,136 78.9 63,712 59,928 19.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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