Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 04.05.19
17/05/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 4, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,098 1,668 468,320 8,837 2,786 - 132
Tuesday 121,127 2,229 471,092 9,762 1,941 - 166
Wednesday 120,828 2,334 470,603 7,925 1,593 - 201
Thursday 122,519 1,799 469,133 8,359 2,492 - 254
Friday 120,340 2,323 460,199 6,170 2,006 - 134
Saturday 67,628 3 26,780 314 386 - 53
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Total 672,540 10,356 2,366,127 41,367 11,204 - 940
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%Steers 51.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 17.8 %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, May 4, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 535.9 Cattle 1,319 798
Steers 852
Heifers 795
Cows 642
Bulls 889
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 242 142
Pork 507.7 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 304
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,047.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 4, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 672,540
Steers 345,674 51.4
Heifers 195,858 29.1
Dairy cows 57,074 8.5
Other cows 62,947 9.4
Bulls 10,987 1.6
Calves Total 10,356
Hogs Total 2,366,127
Barrows and gilts 2,303,830 97.4
Sows 55,454 2.3
Boars 6,843 0.3
Sheep Total 41,367
Mature sheep 2,528 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 38,839 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 4, 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 63,390 33,187 80.4 8,971 12,436 17.8
Tuesday 64,750 32,093 80.0 10,615 11,688 18.4
Wednesday 60,911 34,704 79.1 11,544 11,709 19.2
Thursday 64,033 34,666 80.6 11,800 9,989 17.8
Friday 59,745 38,215 81.4 10,476 10,270 17.2
Saturday 32,845 22,993 82.6 3,668 6,855 15.6
Total 345,674 195,858 80.5 57,074 62,947 17.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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