Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 27.07.19
09/08/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 27, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,372 1,960 470,612 8,294 2,843 - 150
Tuesday 120,787 2,874 475,623 7,715 1,913 - 219
Wednesday 122,121 2,324 474,938 6,246 1,489 - 265
Thursday 121,750 2,264 470,245 7,699 2,083 - 241
Friday 118,813 2,750 456,518 4,751 1,722 - 200
Saturday 52,820 6 11,529 46 59 - -
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Total 651,663 12,178 2,359,465 34,751 10,109 - 1,075
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%Steers 50.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.6
%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 27, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 525.9 Cattle 1,329 809
Steers 869
Heifers 800
Cows 642
Bulls 881
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 196 113
Pork 491.8 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 306
Boars 234
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 1,021.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 27, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 651,663
Steers 330,479 50.7
Heifers 195,708 30.0
Dairy cows 58,162 8.9
Other cows 56,988 8.7
Bulls 10,326 1.6
Calves Total 12,178
Hogs Total 2,359,465
Barrows and gilts 2,296,088 97.3
Sows 58,370 2.5
Boars 5,007 0.2
Sheep Total 34,751
Mature sheep 1,944 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 32,807 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 27, 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 60,857 32,031 80.5 9,415 10,875 17.6
Tuesday 62,482 33,913 79.8 12,304 10,303 18.7
Wednesday 60,915 35,675 79.1 11,881 11,666 19.3
Thursday 59,400 37,612 79.7 10,952 11,796 18.7
Friday 59,664 35,178 79.8 11,719 10,175 18.4
Saturday 27,161 21,299 91.7 1,891 2,173 7.7
Total 330,479 195,708 80.7 58,162 56,988 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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