Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 14.09.19
27/09/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 14, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,626 1,697 487,003 8,453 3,036 - 143
Tuesday 117,837 2,649 491,874 9,143 2,045 - 252
Wednesday 116,469 2,974 489,899 8,028 1,696 - 237
Thursday 115,444 1,869 486,626 7,637 2,032 - 203
Friday 110,217 2,731 479,598 5,371 1,644 - 152
Saturday 59,532 6 197,118 45 52 - -
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Total 636,125 11,926 2,632,118 38,677 10,505 - 987
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%Steers 47.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 30.6 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.5
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 14, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 519.8 Cattle 1,352 819
Steers 891
Heifers 822
Cows 635
Bulls 885
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 218 126
Pork 553.5 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 303
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 125 63
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,077.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 14, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 636,125
Steers 302,784 47.6
Heifers 194,935 30.6
Dairy cows 63,819 10.0
Other cows 62,353 9.8
Bulls 12,234 1.9
Calves Total 11,926
Hogs Total 2,632,118
Barrows and gilts 2,562,725 97.4
Sows 61,809 2.3
Boars 7,584 0.3
Sheep Total 38,677
Mature sheep 2,498 6.5
Lambs and yearlings 36,179 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 14, 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 54,761 38,225 79.7 10,011 11,298 18.3
Tuesday 60,155 32,079 78.3 11,759 11,608 19.8
Wednesday 53,222 36,734 77.2 12,424 11,921 20.9
Thursday 56,438 33,438 77.9 12,098 11,255 20.2
Friday 51,524 34,355 77.9 12,434 9,929 20.3
Saturday 26,684 20,104 78.6 5,093 6,342 19.2
Total 302,784 194,935 78.2 63,819 62,353 19.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MOShare this story:
