Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.09.19
11/10/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 28, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,248 1,677 443,947 8,894 2,880 - 159
Tuesday 117,339 2,602 469,807 8,347 2,040 - 236
Wednesday 118,320 2,856 476,331 7,120 1,553 - 332
Thursday 118,382 2,157 484,697 7,827 2,116 - 250
Friday 114,122 3,062 481,661 4,131 1,798 - 202
Saturday 66,598 4 284,954 1,446 106 - -
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Total 650,009 12,358 2,641,397 37,765 10,493 - 1,179
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%Steers 48.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.1 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 19.0 %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 28, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 535.5 Cattle 1,358 826
Steers 898
Heifers 828
Cows 632
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 209 121
Pork 556.2 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 305
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 126 63
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,095.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 28, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 650,009
Steers 312,125 48.0
Heifers 202,534 31.2
Dairy cows 60,358 9.3
Other cows 63,124 9.7
Bulls 11,868 1.8
Calves Total 12,358
Hogs Total 2,641,397
Barrows and gilts 2,578,434 97.6
Sows 55,969 2.1
Boars 6,994 0.3
Sheep Total 37,765
Mature sheep 2,114 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 35,651 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 28, 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 53,727 37,838 79.5 9,720 11,590 18.5
Tuesday 57,813 34,853 79.0 11,177 11,403 19.2
Wednesday 55,046 36,460 77.3 12,864 12,029 21.0
Thursday 56,555 35,294 77.6 11,529 12,670 20.4
Friday 56,802 34,682 80.2 11,215 9,630 18.3
Saturday 32,182 23,407 83.5 3,853 5,802 14.5
Total 312,125 202,534 79.2 60,358 63,124 19.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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