Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 19.10.19
01/11/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 19, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,363 1,441 487,405 4,708 1,537 - 130
Tuesday 119,119 3,117 488,846 9,861 2,656 - 245
Wednesday 117,164 2,570 490,942 7,396 1,949 - 292
Thursday 111,315 1,955 491,635 8,174 2,260 - 149
Friday 107,789 2,891 482,675 7,003 1,896 - 232
Saturday 72,113 10 281,177 746 57 - -
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Total 642,863 11,984 2,722,680 37,888 10,355 - 1,048
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%Steers 46.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 31.5 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 20.2 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.7
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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 19, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 527.4 Cattle 1,363 822
Steers 900
Heifers 831
Cows 625
Bulls 848
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 224 130
Pork 577.1 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 302
Boars 224
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,108.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 19, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 642,863
Steers 299,954 46.7
Heifers 202,230 31.5
Dairy cows 61,784 9.6
Other cows 67,823 10.6
Bulls 11,072 1.7
Calves Total 11,984
Hogs Total 2,722,680
Barrows and gilts 2,658,350 97.6
Sows 59,058 2.2
Boars 5,272 0.2
Sheep Total 37,888
Mature sheep 2,121 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 35,767 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 19, 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 53,831 37,505 79.2 10,318 11,646 19.0
Tuesday 59,673 32,841 77.7 11,875 12,861 20.8
Wednesday 52,544 37,839 77.1 11,780 13,113 21.2
Thursday 49,274 38,748 79.1 10,839 10,524 19.2
Friday 48,067 33,414 75.6 12,320 12,081 22.6
Saturday 36,565 21,883 81.1 4,652 7,598 17.0
Total 299,954 202,230 78.1 61,784 67,823 20.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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