Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 09.11.19
22/11/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 9, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,787 1,535 492,273 8,647 3,191 - 149
Tuesday 119,825 2,679 490,479 8,506 1,693 - 222
Wednesday 120,427 2,422 492,812 7,047 1,537 - 244
Thursday 119,526 2,061 495,293 7,088 2,085 - 178
Friday 117,803 2,581 484,104 6,640 2,444 - 257
Saturday 63,313 6 242,758 1,698 93 - -
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Total 656,681 11,284 2,697,719 39,626 11,043 - 1,050
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%Steers 48.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 20.7 %Boars 0.3
%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, November 9, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 543.0 Cattle 1,374 829
Steers 908
Heifers 839
Cows 627
Bulls 858
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 235 137
Pork 577.9 Hogs 288 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 306
Boars 186
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,125.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 9, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 656,681
Steers 315,295 48.0
Heifers 194,341 29.6
Dairy cows 62,680 9.5
Other cows 72,929 11.1
Bulls 11,436 1.7
Calves Total 11,284
Hogs Total 2,697,719
Barrows and gilts 2,626,801 97.4
Sows 62,804 2.3
Boars 8,114 0.3
Sheep Total 39,626
Mature sheep 2,185 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 37,441 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 9, 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 55,281 35,282 78.2 9,839 13,220 19.9
Tuesday 63,318 30,590 78.4 11,452 12,433 19.9
Wednesday 56,601 36,335 77.2 11,910 13,550 21.1
Thursday 54,507 37,609 77.1 11,622 13,746 21.2
Friday 55,743 35,598 77.5 11,890 12,437 20.7
Saturday 29,845 18,927 77.0 5,967 7,543 21.3
Total 315,295 194,341 77.6 62,680 72,929 20.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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