Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 21.09.19
04/10/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 21, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,890 1,731 489,638 8,544 3,340 - 134
Tuesday 119,918 2,620 492,033 8,305 1,824 - 216
Wednesday 116,934 2,499 486,727 7,352 1,656 - 314
Thursday 115,478 1,917 484,922 6,825 2,013 - 189
Friday 116,483 2,951 442,157 5,459 1,830 - 191
Saturday 73,154 4 205,353 1,141 88 - -
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Total 660,857 11,722 2,600,830 37,626 10,751 - 1,044
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%Steers 48.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 30.6 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 19.4 %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 21, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 543.9 Cattle 1,359 825
Steers 896
Heifers 823
Cows 645
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 210 121
Pork 547.0 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 303
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 124 62
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 62
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Total meat
production 1,094.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 21, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 660,857
Steers 317,938 48.1
Heifers 202,459 30.6
Dairy cows 64,524 9.8
Other cows 63,588 9.6
Bulls 12,348 1.9
Calves Total 11,722
Hogs Total 2,600,830
Barrows and gilts 2,531,446 97.3
Sows 61,310 2.4
Boars 8,074 0.3
Sheep Total 37,626
Mature sheep 2,214 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 35,412 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 21, 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 55,763 38,987 79.7 9,993 11,812 18.3
Tuesday 59,033 35,094 78.5 11,992 11,617 19.7
Wednesday 52,625 37,893 77.4 12,410 12,030 20.9
Thursday 55,080 36,177 79.0 11,882 10,015 19.0
Friday 58,369 32,239 77.8 12,554 11,158 20.4
Saturday 37,068 22,069 80.8 5,693 6,956 17.3
Total 317,938 202,459 78.7 64,524 63,588 19.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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