Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 26.10.19
08/11/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 26, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,414 1,645 490,237 8,646 2,921 - 155
Tuesday 119,101 2,642 486,745 9,141 2,237 - 235
Wednesday 118,638 2,628 493,189 7,811 1,518 - 205
Thursday 116,813 2,167 487,800 7,841 1,988 - 178
Friday 109,311 2,598 479,720 5,663 1,768 - 245
Saturday 58,992 59 252,614 44 30 - -
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Total 640,269 11,739 2,690,305 39,146 10,462 - 1,018
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%Steers 46.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 31.3 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 20.6 %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 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 26, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 527.5 Cattle 1,369 826
Steers 906
Heifers 835
Cows 628
Bulls 859
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 215 124
Pork 572.0 Hogs 286 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 306
Boars 236
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 127 64
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,103.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 26, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 640,269
Steers 296,294 46.3
Heifers 200,558 31.3
Dairy cows 62,250 9.7
Other cows 69,761 10.9
Bulls 11,406 1.8
Calves Total 11,739
Hogs Total 2,690,305
Barrows and gilts 2,624,887 97.6
Sows 60,646 2.3
Boars 4,772 0.2
Sheep Total 39,146
Mature sheep 2,192 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 36,954 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 26, 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 56,386 36,082 78.8 10,288 12,593 19.5
Tuesday 58,785 34,549 78.4 11,333 12,429 20.0
Wednesday 54,945 36,160 76.8 12,291 13,144 21.4
Thursday 52,240 36,880 76.3 12,382 13,409 22.1
Friday 47,638 37,335 77.7 11,590 10,958 20.6
Saturday 26,300 19,552 77.7 4,366 7,228 19.7
Total 296,294 200,558 77.6 62,250 69,761 20.6
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