Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 05.10.19
18/10/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 5, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,060 1,842 485,045 7,764 2,998 - 140
Tuesday 117,604 2,998 489,034 8,416 2,231 - 198
Wednesday 118,686 2,148 487,093 8,057 1,818 - 357
Thursday 117,205 2,211 486,680 7,766 2,106 - 199
Friday 109,794 2,777 481,918 4,949 1,748 - 146
Saturday 65,327 3 230,445 1,260 123 - -
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Total 644,676 11,979 2,660,215 38,212 11,024 - 1,040
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%Steers 47.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 30.9 %Sows 2.1 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.2
%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, OCtober 5, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 528.1 Cattle 1,358 821
Steers 899
Heifers 824
Cows 628
Bulls 866
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 213 123
Pork 560.9 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 303
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 125 63
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,092.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 5, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 644,676
Steers 304,405 47.2
Heifers 199,303 30.9
Dairy cows 64,242 10.0
Other cows 65,373 10.1
Bulls 11,353 1.8
Calves Total 11,979
Hogs Total 2,660,215
Barrows and gilts 2,597,202 97.6
Sows 56,608 2.1
Boars 6,405 0.2
Sheep Total 38,212
Mature sheep 2,150 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 36,062 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 5, 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 53,461 38,599 79.3 9,802 11,912 18.7
Tuesday 54,908 36,580 77.8 12,642 11,489 20.5
Wednesday 57,733 34,174 77.4 12,508 12,377 21.0
Thursday 52,196 38,355 77.3 11,922 12,585 20.9
Friday 55,649 30,306 78.3 12,253 9,746 20.0
Saturday 30,458 21,289 79.2 5,115 7,264 18.9
Total 304,405 199,303 78.1 64,242 65,373 20.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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