Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 23.11.19
06/12/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 23, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,100 1,533 493,228 8,773 3,047 - 88
Tuesday 119,507 2,732 498,357 8,657 2,231 - 283
Wednesday 119,213 2,416 493,188 7,529 1,582 - 221
Thursday 114,954 1,877 484,404 7,720 2,372 - 99
Friday 115,606 2,770 488,202 6,726 1,877 - 243
Saturday 79,482 - 309,977 1,654 282 - 50
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Total 667,862 11,328 2,767,356 41,059 11,391 - 984
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%Steers 46.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 92.7
%Heifers 31.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 7.3
%Cows 20.3 %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 23, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 553.7 Cattle 1,378 831
Steers 911
Heifers 842
Cows 627
Bulls 853
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 224 129
Pork 593.3 Hogs 288 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 305
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 1,151.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 23, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 667,862
Steers 312,163 46.7
Heifers 208,385 31.2
Dairy cows 64,305 9.6
Other cows 71,344 10.7
Bulls 11,665 1.7
Calves Total 11,328
Hogs Total 2,767,356
Barrows and gilts 2,695,192 97.4
Sows 65,184 2.4
Boars 6,980 0.3
Sheep Total 41,059
Mature sheep 3,005 7.3
Lambs and yearlings 38,054 92.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 23, 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 56,433 38,025 79.3 9,801 12,937 19.1
Tuesday 60,152 33,282 78.2 11,381 12,465 20.0
Wednesday 55,964 35,635 76.8 12,581 13,055 21.5
Thursday 50,412 37,644 76.6 12,048 12,912 21.7
Friday 56,250 33,883 78.0 12,296 11,116 20.3
Saturday 32,952 29,916 79.1 6,198 8,859 18.9
Total 312,163 208,385 77.9 64,305 71,344 20.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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