Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 06.07.19
19/07/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 6, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,340 1,861 455,986 9,587 3,006 - 149
Tuesday 122,715 2,849 479,765 9,256 2,425 - 205
Wednesday 122,456 3,068 478,422 7,932 2,222 - 266
Thursday 2,399 656 23,035 319 64 - 40
Friday 118,183 2,058 429,720 3,365 2,364 - 226
Saturday 92,715 3 189,397 48 175 - -
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Total 577,808 10,495 2,056,325 30,507 10,256 - 886
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%Steers 51.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.8 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.0 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.6
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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, July 6, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 463.9 Cattle 1,325 804
Steers 861
Heifers 792
Cows 650
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 208 120
Pork 431.7 Hogs 280 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 304
Boars 210
Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 898.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 6, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 577,808
Steers 300,137 51.9
Heifers 166,596 28.8
Dairy cows 47,192 8.2
Other cows 54,874 9.5
Bulls 9,009 1.6
Calves Total 10,495
Hogs Total 2,056,325
Barrows and gilts 2,010,255 97.8
Sows 41,879 2.0
Boars 4,191 0.2
Sheep Total 30,507
Mature sheep 2,006 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 28,501 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 6, 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 60,809 34,975 80.3 8,776 12,409 17.8
Tuesday 61,717 35,620 79.3 11,736 11,774 19.2
Wednesday 62,694 33,353 78.4 12,217 12,159 19.9
Thursday 1,167 43 50.4 965 141 46.1
Friday 63,092 34,311 82.4 9,591 9,743 16.4
Saturday 50,658 28,294 85.2 3,907 8,648 13.5
Total 300,137 166,596 80.8 47,192 54,874 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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