Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 20.04.19
03/05/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 20, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,781 1,734 434,022 10,921 3,090 - 149
Tuesday 122,805 1,923 475,206 10,631 2,138 - 277
Wednesday 121,489 2,184 477,867 9,414 2,219 - 239
Thursday 121,811 1,596 479,843 9,121 2,480 - 301
Friday 114,286 2,125 431,132 6,836 1,830 - 191
Saturday 39,420 96 85,762 531 214 - 41
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Total 641,592 9,658 2,383,832 47,454 11,971 - 1,198
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%Steers 50.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 29.4 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 18.8 %Boars 0.4
%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, April 20, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 513.6 Cattle 1,330 802
Steers 857
Heifers 799
Cows 654
Bulls 888
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 243 142
Pork 511.6 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 304
Boars 189
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,029.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 20, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 641,592
Steers 321,860 50.2
Heifers 188,628 29.4
Dairy cows 61,003 9.5
Other cows 59,524 9.3
Bulls 10,577 1.6
Calves Total 9,658
Hogs Total 2,383,832
Barrows and gilts 2,321,292 97.4
Sows 54,196 2.3
Boars 8,344 0.4
Sheep Total 47,454
Mature sheep 2,378 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 45,076 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 20, 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 59,303 39,276 80.9 9,232 11,686 17.2
Tuesday 65,947 31,051 79.0 12,375 11,691 19.6
Wednesday 58,821 36,624 78.6 12,660 11,441 19.8
Thursday 63,780 32,125 78.7 12,064 11,800 19.6
Friday 58,250 33,931 80.7 11,740 8,677 17.9
Saturday 15,759 15,621 79.6 2,932 4,229 18.2
Total 321,860 188,628 79.6 61,003 59,524 18.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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