Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 01.06.19
14/06/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 1, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 4,184 264 1,976 1,293 741 - 2
Tuesday 121,634 2,108 476,644 9,656 3,272 - 215
Wednesday 121,536 2,516 461,030 8,699 2,130 - 322
Thursday 121,398 1,743 468,905 9,348 2,763 - 221
Friday 123,707 2,914 472,531 7,120 2,380 - 165
Saturday 95,687 23 249,976 1,632 416 - -
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Total 588,146 9,568 2,131,062 37,748 11,702 - 925
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%Steers 52.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 18.1 %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, June 1, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 463.8 Cattle 1,313 790
Steers 842
Heifers 779
Cows 646
Bulls 911
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 220 127
Pork 458.7 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 307
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 926.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 1, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 588,146
Steers 308,365 52.4
Heifers 163,026 27.7
Dairy cows 53,340 9.1
Other cows 53,346 9.1
Bulls 10,069 1.7
Calves Total 9,568
Hogs Total 2,131,062
Barrows and gilts 2,075,700 97.4
Sows 49,341 2.3
Boars 6,021 0.3
Sheep Total 37,748
Mature sheep 2,431 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 35,317 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 1, 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 1,393 489 45.0 1,394 719 50.5
Tuesday 63,436 34,726 80.7 10,769 10,469 17.5
Wednesday 63,685 32,188 78.9 12,528 11,100 19.4
Thursday 63,785 32,022 78.9 11,557 12,093 19.5
Friday 63,815 34,928 79.8 11,887 10,982 18.5
Saturday 52,251 28,673 84.6 5,205 7,983 13.8
Total 308,365 163,026 80.1 53,340 53,346 18.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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