Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 12.10.19
25/10/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 12, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,601 1,626 485,477 8,222 3,224 - 147
Tuesday 117,914 2,804 487,822 8,211 2,341 - 242
Wednesday 118,422 2,254 491,570 7,222 1,664 - 330
Thursday 117,347 2,243 488,995 7,951 2,474 - 196
Friday 116,919 2,922 486,168 6,703 1,964 - 152
Saturday 60,075 3 257,327 1,002 66 - -
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Total 648,278 11,852 2,697,359 39,311 11,733 - 1,067
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%Steers 47.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 31.5 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 19.8 %Boars 0.1
%Bulls 1.6
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- Represents zero.
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not req
inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally Inspected plants
Inspected, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 12, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 533.1 Cattle 1,362 824
Steers 901
Heifers 828
Cows 631
Bulls 849
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 221 128
Pork 571.0 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 307
Boars 240
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 129 64
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,108.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 12, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 648,278
Steers 305,251 47.1
Heifers 204,211 31.5
Dairy cows 62,955 9.7
Other cows 65,192 10.1
Bulls 10,669 1.6
Calves Total 11,852
Hogs Total 2,697,359
Barrows and gilts 2,631,117 97.5
Sows 62,405 2.3
Boars 3,837 0.1
Sheep Total 39,311
Mature sheep 2,158 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 37,153 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 12, 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 56,496 36,343 78.9 10,525 12,214 19.3
Tuesday 62,045 30,428 78.4 11,366 12,088 19.9
Wednesday 54,008 37,095 76.9 12,368 12,931 21.4
Thursday 49,708 40,409 76.8 12,698 12,526 21.5
Friday 54,584 37,907 79.1 12,101 10,557 19.4
Saturday 28,410 22,029 84.0 3,897 4,876 14.6
Total 305,251 204,211 78.6 62,955 65,192 19.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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