Actual slaughter under federal inspection 27.04.19
10/05/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 27, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,435 1,513 327,319 9,430 3,183 - 191
Tuesday 121,216 1,845 478,008 11,623 1,593 - 191
Wednesday 121,750 2,161 478,782 9,497 2,009 - 333
Thursday 121,403 1,330 468,555 9,221 2,228 - 239
Friday 114,017 2,240 449,489 5,875 1,819 - 144
Saturday 50,626 - 144,594 1,256 213 - -
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Total 642,447 9,089 2,346,747 46,902 11,045 - 1,098
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 92.4
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 7.6
%Cows 18.6 %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, April 27, 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 1,323 800
Steers 854
Heifers 794
Cows 649
Bulls 892
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 234 137
Pork 504.3 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 306
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 61
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,021.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 27, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 642,447
Steers 331,195 51.6
Heifers 181,282 28.2
Dairy cows 58,266 9.1
Other cows 61,178 9.5
Bulls 10,526 1.6
Calves Total 9,089
Hogs Total 2,346,747
Barrows and gilts 2,279,622 97.1
Sows 59,904 2.6
Boars 7,221 0.3
Sheep Total 46,902
Mature sheep 3,586 7.6
Lambs and yearlings 43,316 92.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 27, 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 56,379 33,373 79.1 9,104 12,714 19.2
Tuesday 60,912 35,276 79.4 11,618 11,543 19.1
Wednesday 65,110 31,039 79.0 12,064 11,720 19.5
Thursday 65,962 32,916 81.4 10,509 10,093 17.0
Friday 57,499 32,799 79.2 11,047 10,730 19.1
Saturday 25,333 15,879 81.4 3,924 4,378 16.4
Total 331,195 181,282 79.8 58,266 61,178 18.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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