Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 30.11.19
13/12/2019
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 30, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,736 1,411 493,487 9,839 3,710 - 206
Tuesday 109,314 2,809 490,127 8,683 2,440 - 208
Wednesday 118,520 2,565 479,094 6,867 2,600 - 294
Thursday 492 640 - 150 296 - -
Friday 112,548 1,831 479,683 6,027 1,878 - 147
Saturday 94,731 - 379,715 1,317 63 - -
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Total 555,341 9,256 2,322,106 32,883 10,987 - 855
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%Steers 49.6 %Barrows & gilts 98.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 29.5 %Sows 1.8 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 19.3 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.5
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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 30, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 463.8 Cattle 1,384 837
Steers 911
Heifers 840
Cows 638
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 232 135
Pork 498.3 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 301
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 127 63
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 965.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 30, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 555,341
Steers 275,634 49.6
Heifers 163,944 29.5
Dairy cows 48,918 8.8
Other cows 58,298 10.5
Bulls 8,547 1.5
Calves Total 9,256
Hogs Total 2,322,106
Barrows and gilts 2,275,777 98.0
Sows 41,518 1.8
Boars 4,811 0.2
Sheep Total 32,883
Mature sheep 2,030 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 30,853 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 30, 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 56,907 38,490 79.7 9,402 12,888 18.6
Tuesday 55,568 27,727 76.2 11,451 12,562 22.0
Wednesday 54,218 37,264 77.2 12,505 12,585 21.2
Thursday 26 53 16.1 54 344 80.9
Friday 60,640 28,526 79.2 10,212 11,642 19.4
Saturday 48,275 31,884 84.6 5,294 8,277 14.3
Total 275,634 163,944 79.2 48,918 58,298 19.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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