Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 15.06.19
05/07/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 15, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,917 1,557 470,493 7,582 2,358 - 155
Tuesday 121,721 2,223 472,395 7,541 1,732 - 246
Wednesday 122,733 2,327 482,094 6,994 1,597 - 333
Thursday 123,192 1,776 478,745 7,501 2,353 - 172
Friday 118,578 2,781 465,315 6,791 1,572 - 175
Saturday 63,943 5 70,169 56 38 - -
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Total 669,084 10,669 2,439,211 36,465 9,650 - 1,081
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%Steers 53.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 17.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 15, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 531.1 Cattle 1,311 795
Steers 849
Heifers 787
Cows 634
Bulls 913
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 227 132
Pork 521.0 Hogs 285 214
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 306
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,056.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 15, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 669,084
Steers 354,537 53.0
Heifers 184,676 27.6
Dairy cows 56,816 8.5
Other cows 61,109 9.1
Bulls 11,946 1.8
Calves Total 10,669
Hogs Total 2,439,211
Barrows and gilts 2,371,825 97.2
Sows 59,901 2.5
Boars 7,485 0.3
Sheep Total 36,465
Mature sheep 2,155 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 34,310 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 15, 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 62,637 33,705 81.0 8,965 11,307 17.0
Tuesday 62,452 33,649 79.0 11,253 12,094 19.2
Wednesday 66,693 30,409 79.1 11,334 12,206 19.2
Thursday 64,775 33,758 80.0 10,840 11,571 18.2
Friday 64,654 32,784 82.2 10,203 8,978 16.2
Saturday 33,326 20,371 84.0 4,221 4,953 14.3
Total 354,537 184,676 80.6 56,816 61,109 17.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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