Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection -17.08.19
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Actual Slaughter Under Federal InspectionFederally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 17, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 115,319 1,664 456,299 11,704 4,285 - 155 Tuesday 117,324 2,634 475,448 7,810 1,490 - 171 Wednesday 115,339 2,057 483,545 5,494 1,772 - 381 Thursday 116,596 2,236 482,092 8,482 2,241 - 163 Friday 115,103 2,495 453,599 5,340 1,736 - 146 Saturday 73,601 1 140,382 1,362 48 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 653,282 11,087 2,491,365 40,192 11,572 - 1,016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2 %Heifers 29.3 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 5.8 %Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.2 %Bulls 1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 17, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 530.3 Cattle 1,338 814 Steers 881 Heifers 809 Cows 630 Bulls 883 Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 196 113 Pork 518.1 Hogs 279 208 Barrows and gilts 206 Sows 304 Boars 222 Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 129 65 Mature sheep 62 Lambs and yearlings 65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,052.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 17, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 653,282 Steers 329,377 50.4 Heifers 191,365 29.3 Dairy cows 61,637 9.4 Other cows 59,625 9.1 Bulls 11,278 1.7 Calves Total 11,087 Hogs Total 2,491,365 Barrows and gilts 2,430,236 97.5 Sows 55,762 2.2 Boars 5,367 0.2 Sheep Total 40,192 Mature sheep 2,334 5.8 Lambs and yearlings 37,858 94.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 17, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 56,578 35,206 79.6 10,076 11,207 18.5 Tuesday 59,789 32,057 78.3 11,529 11,846 19.9 Wednesday 55,912 33,252 77.3 12,403 11,796 21.0 Thursday 59,685 31,505 78.2 11,510 11,629 19.8 Friday 55,812 36,027 79.8 12,420 8,778 18.4 Saturday 41,601 23,318 88.2 3,699 4,369 11.0 Total 329,377 191,365 79.7 61,637 59,625 18.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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