Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 07.09.19
20/09/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 7, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 4,009 295 1,856 1,015 851 - 4
Tuesday 114,290 2,397 474,635 9,447 2,788 - 180
Wednesday 116,714 2,473 487,954 7,896 2,069 - 184
Thursday 116,744 2,385 465,892 7,631 2,039 - 266
Friday 117,522 3,031 428,829 6,790 1,755 - 238
Saturday 101,784 - 358,333 77 69 - -
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Total 571,063 10,581 2,217,499 32,856 9,571 - 872
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%Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 31.1 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 19.3 %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, September 7, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 466.3 Cattle 1,350 818
Steers 893
Heifers 815
Cows 633
Bulls 880
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 203 117
Pork 466.5 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 300
Boars 178
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 936.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 7, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 571,063
Steers 272,824 47.8
Heifers 177,878 31.1
Dairy cows 57,254 10.0
Other cows 53,094 9.3
Bulls 10,013 1.8
Calves Total 10,581
Hogs Total 2,217,499
Barrows and gilts 2,160,213 97.4
Sows 49,614 2.2
Boars 7,672 0.3
Sheep Total 32,856
Mature sheep 1,971 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 30,885 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 7, 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 735 524 31.4 1,695 884 64.3
Tuesday 49,705 40,348 78.8 11,492 10,525 19.3
Wednesday 58,230 33,151 78.3 12,490 10,957 20.1
Thursday 54,675 37,097 78.6 11,625 11,249 19.6
Friday 58,912 32,821 78.1 12,952 10,938 20.3
Saturday 50,567 33,937 83.0 7,000 8,541 15.3
Total 272,824 177,878 78.9 57,254 53,094 19.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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