Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 20.07.19
02/08/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 20, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,074 1,608 411,430 8,476 2,990 - 193
Tuesday 121,588 2,561 473,311 8,653 1,911 - 239
Wednesday 121,682 2,201 463,286 7,276 1,495 - 201
Thursday 121,588 2,302 472,427 7,782 2,319 - 149
Friday 121,173 2,672 452,173 4,954 1,665 - 185
Saturday 49,295 3 16,988 26 47 - -
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Total 655,400 11,347 2,289,615 37,167 10,427 - 967
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%Steers 51.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 18.1 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.9
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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 20, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 527.3 Cattle 1,330 806
Steers 866
Heifers 795
Cows 646
Bulls 891
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 203 116
Pork 478.4 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 307
Boars 238
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,009.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 20, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 655,400
Steers 334,001 51.0
Heifers 190,634 29.1
Dairy cows 57,380 8.8
Other cows 61,142 9.3
Bulls 12,243 1.9
Calves Total 11,347
Hogs Total 2,289,615
Barrows and gilts 2,226,120 97.2
Sows 59,167 2.6
Boars 4,328 0.2
Sheep Total 37,167
Mature sheep 2,046 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 35,121 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 20, 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 62,196 35,482 81.3 8,413 11,729 16.8
Tuesday 59,852 37,064 79.7 10,902 11,460 18.4
Wednesday 64,270 32,038 79.1 11,563 11,628 19.1
Thursday 63,849 32,828 79.5 11,032 11,793 18.8
Friday 59,635 38,242 80.8 11,758 9,467 17.5
Saturday 24,199 14,980 79.5 3,712 5,065 17.8
Total 334,001 190,634 80.0 57,380 61,142 18.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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