Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 29.06.19
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 29, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,436 1,727 449,241 7,365 2,302 - 150
Tuesday 122,581 2,675 472,966 7,139 1,861 - 270
Wednesday 123,375 2,408 473,210 7,187 1,419 - 354
Thursday 122,920 1,865 477,480 8,076 1,991 - 270
Friday 120,826 2,968 452,857 5,017 1,940 - 149
Saturday 59,173 1 59,792 1,324 5 - 40
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Total 670,311 11,644 2,385,546 36,108 9,518 - 1,233
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%Steers 51.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 17.9 %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 29, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 533.8 Cattle 1,319 798
Steers 854
Heifers 789
Cows 640
Bulls 902
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 218 127
Pork 505.2 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 306
Boars 213
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,042.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 29, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 670,311
Steers 344,914 51.5
Heifers 193,857 28.9
Dairy cows 55,783 8.3
Other cows 63,971 9.5
Bulls 11,786 1.8
Calves Total 11,644
Hogs Total 2,385,546
Barrows and gilts 2,315,439 97.1
Sows 63,017 2.6
Boars 7,090 0.3
Sheep Total 36,108
Mature sheep 2,060 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 34,048 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 29, 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 59,698 39,149 81.4 8,477 11,846 16.7
Tuesday 65,800 31,775 79.6 11,011 11,950 18.7
Wednesday 63,590 34,321 79.4 11,006 12,542 19.1
Thursday 61,581 36,536 79.8 10,771 11,995 18.5
Friday 63,169 35,027 81.3 10,412 10,098 17.0
Saturday 31,076 17,049 81.3 4,106 5,540 16.3
Total 344,914 193,857 80.4 55,783 63,971 17.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
(816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls711.txt
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