Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 24.08.19
06/09/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 24, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,998 1,905 478,458 9,398 2,983 - 139
Tuesday 117,048 2,838 482,498 7,223 1,863 - 250
Wednesday 117,656 2,396 480,470 7,289 1,620 - 357
Thursday 115,538 1,820 482,540 7,506 1,945 - 197
Friday 116,661 2,284 476,692 5,105 1,607 - 155
Saturday 75,119 1 130,587 1,342 48 - -
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Total 657,020 11,244 2,531,245 37,863 10,066 - 1,098
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%Steers 50.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 24, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 535.9 Cattle 1,345 817
Steers 884
Heifers 812
Cows 635
Bulls 886
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 208 120
Pork 526.1 Hogs 279 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 305
Boars 191
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 131 65
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,065.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 24, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 657,020
Steers 332,181 50.6
Heifers 191,986 29.2
Dairy cows 60,036 9.1
Other cows 60,891 9.3
Bulls 11,926 1.8
Calves Total 11,244
Hogs Total 2,531,245
Barrows and gilts 2,467,905 97.5
Sows 55,417 2.2
Boars 7,923 0.3
Sheep Total 37,863
Mature sheep 2,184 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,679 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 24, 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 58,869 34,443 81.1 9,735 10,000 17.2
Tuesday 61,523 30,232 78.4 11,786 11,386 19.8
Wednesday 55,968 35,932 78.1 11,966 11,763 20.2
Thursday 59,002 31,643 78.5 11,043 11,480 19.5
Friday 58,044 33,980 78.9 11,967 10,608 19.4
Saturday 38,775 25,756 85.9 3,539 5,654 12.2
Total 332,181 191,986 79.8 60,036 60,891 18.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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