Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 18.05.19
31/05/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 18, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,152 1,609 457,618 9,057 2,705 - 149
Tuesday 122,194 2,368 455,379 8,264 1,862 - 213
Wednesday 121,990 2,064 457,285 8,151 1,161 - 217
Thursday 121,627 1,169 462,373 7,799 2,092 - 261
Friday 119,168 2,782 448,356 6,364 1,807 - 137
Saturday 58,321 24 71,352 80 57 - -
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Total 662,452 10,016 2,352,363 39,715 9,684 - 977
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%Steers 52.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 18.2 %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, May 18, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 526.2 Cattle 1,319 796
Steers 849
Heifers 788
Cows 646
Bulls 893
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 236 138
Pork 503.8 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 307
Boars 191
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,034.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 18, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 662,452
Steers 346,948 52.4
Heifers 183,948 27.8
Dairy cows 58,207 8.8
Other cows 62,177 9.4
Bulls 11,172 1.7
Calves Total 10,016
Hogs Total 2,352,363
Barrows and gilts 2,287,533 97.2
Sows 57,687 2.5
Boars 7,143 0.3
Sheep Total 39,715
Mature sheep 2,358 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 37,357 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 18, 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 63,093 32,752 80.4 8,812 12,529 17.9
Tuesday 69,129 27,852 79.4 11,356 11,686 18.9
Wednesday 63,698 32,942 79.2 11,770 11,595 19.2
Thursday 60,569 36,008 79.4 10,793 11,989 18.7
Friday 63,882 32,211 80.6 12,223 9,079 17.9
Saturday 26,577 22,183 83.6 3,253 5,299 14.7
Total 346,948 183,948 80.1 58,207 62,177 18.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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