Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 28.12.19
10/01/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 28, 2019
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,755 1,505 495,772 10,903 4,412 - 156
Tuesday 38,405 2,274 162,949 4,740 2,265 - 276
Wednesday - - 464 2 1 - -
Thursday 116,852 2,259 484,958 8,545 2,953 - 108
Friday 121,341 2,811 483,608 8,277 2,295 - 196
Saturday 81,573 59 412,911 1,478 517 - 24
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Total 474,926 8,908 2,040,662 33,945 12,443 - 760
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%Steers 47.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 30.2 %Sows 1.8 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 20.7 %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, December 28, 2019
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 392.7 Cattle 1,377 829
Steers 905
Heifers 837
Cows 636
Bulls 853
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 222 128
Pork 436.4 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 292
Boars 180
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 121 61
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 61
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Total meat
production 832.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 28, 2019
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 474,926
Steers 226,536 47.7
Heifers 143,247 30.2
Dairy cows 47,279 10.0
Other cows 50,921 10.7
Bulls 6,943 1.5
Calves Total 8,908
Hogs Total 2,040,662
Barrows and gilts 1,998,161 97.9
Sows 37,584 1.8
Boars 4,917 0.2
Sheep Total 33,945
Mature sheep 1,981 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 31,964 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 28, 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 57,822 33,787 78.5 10,507 12,577 19.8
Tuesday 15,091 7,134 57.9 8,024 7,077 39.3
Wednesday - - - - - -
Thursday 56,315 38,408 81.1 10,003 10,961 17.9
Friday 59,741 37,307 80.0 12,205 10,460 18.7
Saturday 37,567 26,611 78.7 6,540 9,846 20.1
Total 226,536 143,247 77.9 47,279 50,921 20.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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