Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 25.05.19
07/06/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 25, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,661 1,307 463,174 8,877 2,774 - 146
Tuesday 121,035 2,360 465,584 8,635 1,896 - 251
Wednesday 120,551 2,199 467,620 7,986 1,592 - 271
Thursday 119,153 1,149 470,296 8,984 2,123 - 87
Friday 120,317 2,916 403,716 7,720 2,179 - 152
Saturday 46,094 4 39,715 51 65 - 59
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Total 646,811 9,935 2,310,105 42,253 10,629 - 966
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%Steers 52.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 18.0 %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 25, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 510.5 Cattle 1,310 791
Steers 842
Heifers 785
Cows 643
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 244 143
Pork 493.8 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 308
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,008.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 25, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 646,811
Steers 338,842 52.4
Heifers 181,106 28.0
Dairy cows 56,431 8.7
Other cows 59,719 9.2
Bulls 10,713 1.7
Calves Total 9,935
Hogs Total 2,310,105
Barrows and gilts 2,249,953 97.4
Sows 52,895 2.3
Boars 7,257 0.3
Sheep Total 42,253
Mature sheep 2,250 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 40,003 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 25, 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 61,884 34,956 80.9 8,859 11,886 17.3
Tuesday 64,326 31,489 79.2 11,071 11,974 19.0
Wednesday 62,905 32,541 79.2 10,938 12,103 19.1
Thursday 63,434 30,448 78.8 11,483 11,599 19.4
Friday 63,331 34,182 81.0 12,068 9,063 17.6
Saturday 22,962 17,490 87.8 2,012 3,094 11.1
Total 338,842 181,106 80.4 56,431 59,719 18.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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