Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 16.11.19
29/11/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 16, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,999 1,355 443,829 7,113 1,703 - 159
Tuesday 119,613 2,972 493,339 9,109 2,840 - 270
Wednesday 118,967 2,494 493,399 8,391 1,686 - 241
Thursday 120,532 1,820 490,588 7,963 2,184 - 126
Friday 118,584 2,741 484,946 5,614 1,964 - 333
Saturday 73,460 3 355,347 1,551 122 - -
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Total 663,155 11,385 2,761,448 39,741 10,499 - 1,129
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%Steers 48.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.4
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.6
%Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.3
%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, November 16, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 550.5 Cattle 1,377 832
Steers 912
Heifers 841
Cows 622
Bulls 860
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 229 133
Pork 592.5 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 303
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 129 64
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,147.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 16, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 663,155
Steers 320,446 48.3
Heifers 197,578 29.8
Dairy cows 61,219 9.2
Other cows 72,086 10.9
Bulls 11,826 1.8
Calves Total 11,385
Hogs Total 2,761,448
Barrows and gilts 2,691,474 97.5
Sows 62,797 2.3
Boars 7,177 0.3
Sheep Total 39,741
Mature sheep 2,244 5.6
Lambs and yearlings 37,497 94.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 16, 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 51,812 35,715 78.1 9,119 13,279 20.0
Tuesday 58,162 35,750 78.5 10,882 12,665 19.7
Wednesday 56,687 34,700 76.8 11,755 13,580 21.3
Thursday 57,812 35,685 77.6 11,457 13,386 20.6
Friday 59,216 34,222 78.8 12,441 10,854 19.6
Saturday 36,757 21,506 79.3 5,565 8,322 18.9
Total 320,446 197,578 78.1 61,219 72,086 20.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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