Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 10.03.19
23/08/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 10, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,391 1,867 424,517 8,416 3,249 - 192
Tuesday 120,706 2,881 474,097 7,682 2,237 - 169
Wednesday 119,819 2,303 475,526 8,338 1,963 - 270
Thursday 122,132 1,887 474,949 8,727 2,256 - 188
Friday 117,102 2,656 448,535 6,776 1,931 - 154
Saturday 46,553 2 52,304 1,966 93 - -
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Total 646,703 11,596 2,349,928 41,905 11,729 - 973
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%Steers 50.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 92.7
%Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 7.3
%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, August 10, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 524.7 Cattle 1,336 813
Steers 878
Heifers 806
Cows 633
Bulls 876
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 202 116
Pork 488.5 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 306
Boars 242
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,017.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 10, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 646,703
Steers 326,943 50.6
Heifers 194,801 30.1
Dairy cows 57,828 8.9
Other cows 56,751 8.8
Bulls 10,380 1.6
Calves Total 11,596
Hogs Total 2,349,928
Barrows and gilts 2,288,571 97.4
Sows 56,232 2.4
Boars 5,125 0.2
Sheep Total 41,905
Mature sheep 3,078 7.3
Lambs and yearlings 38,827 92.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 10, 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 60,448 37,567 81.4 9,666 10,745 17.0
Tuesday 60,001 35,219 78.9 12,049 11,355 19.4
Wednesday 59,376 34,506 78.4 11,757 12,152 20.0
Thursday 63,855 32,790 79.1 11,549 11,720 19.1
Friday 58,760 35,459 80.5 11,620 9,313 17.9
Saturday 24,503 19,260 94.0 1,187 1,466 5.7
Total 326,943 194,801 80.7 57,828 56,751 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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