Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 02.11.19
15/11/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 2, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,022 1,339 490,611 8,740 2,940 - 183
Tuesday 112,783 2,816 491,549 8,439 2,093 - 294
Wednesday 118,157 2,673 475,755 7,655 1,584 - 265
Thursday 117,999 1,997 492,337 7,918 1,759 - 191
Friday 118,466 2,568 489,225 5,133 1,937 - 233
Saturday 75,485 4 239,019 30 57 - -
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Total 658,912 11,397 2,678,496 37,915 10,370 - 1,166
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%Steers 46.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 31.0 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 20.4 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.9
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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, November 2, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 542.0 Cattle 1,365 824
Steers 903
Heifers 835
Cows 625
Bulls 856
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 220 128
Pork 570.9 Hogs 287 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 304
Boars 222
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 127 63
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 63
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Total meat
production 1,116.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 2, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 658,912
Steers 307,504 46.7
Heifers 204,520 31.0
Dairy cows 63,482 9.6
Other cows 70,975 10.8
Bulls 12,431 1.9
Calves Total 11,397
Hogs Total 2,678,496
Barrows and gilts 2,613,048 97.6
Sows 59,677 2.2
Boars 5,771 0.2
Sheep Total 37,915
Mature sheep 2,312 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 35,603 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 2, 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 53,069 37,417 78.0 10,590 12,565 20.0
Tuesday 53,740 33,364 77.2 10,529 12,854 20.7
Wednesday 57,464 33,458 77.0 12,321 12,927 21.4
Thursday 51,780 39,447 77.3 11,260 13,257 20.8
Friday 54,711 38,682 78.8 12,766 10,392 19.5
Saturday 36,740 22,152 78.0 6,016 8,980 19.9
Total 307,504 204,520 77.7 63,482 70,975 20.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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