Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 13.07.19
26/07/2019
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 13, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,137 1,749 483,042 8,019 3,000 - 149
Tuesday 119,848 2,992 476,681 8,556 1,858 - 241
Wednesday 118,260 2,517 481,869 7,141 1,383 - 302
Thursday 119,269 2,206 478,373 7,684 2,357 - 235
Friday 117,059 3,111 460,276 5,359 1,575 - 138
Saturday 64,859 5 38,552 52 49 - -
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Total 658,432 12,580 2,418,793 36,811 10,222 - 1,065
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%Steers 52.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.0
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 7.0
%Cows 17.8 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.4
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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 13, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 528.0 Cattle 1,322 803
Steers 865
Heifers 791
Cows 636
Bulls 877
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 204 117
Pork 509.1 Hogs 281 211
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 307
Boars 232
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,041.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 13, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 658,432
Steers 343,995 52.2
Heifers 187,748 28.5
Dairy cows 61,218 9.3
Other cows 56,107 8.5
Bulls 9,364 1.4
Calves Total 12,580
Hogs Total 2,418,793
Barrows and gilts 2,353,553 97.3
Sows 59,899 2.5
Boars 5,341 0.2
Sheep Total 36,811
Mature sheep 2,585 7.0
Lambs and yearlings 34,226 93.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 13, 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 62,560 34,145 81.2 8,800 12,198 17.6
Tuesday 65,519 28,770 78.7 12,005 11,810 19.9
Wednesday 56,693 38,838 80.8 11,199 9,834 17.8
Thursday 59,557 36,518 80.6 11,316 10,009 17.9
Friday 62,451 33,430 81.9 12,066 7,477 16.7
Saturday 37,215 16,047 82.1 5,832 4,779 16.4
Total 343,995 187,748 80.8 61,218 56,107 17.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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