Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 04.01.20
17/01/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 4, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,427 1,820 485,460 8,971 3,802 - 181
Tuesday 101,267 2,847 408,196 7,362 2,111 - 232
Wednesday 9 - 436 1 100 - -
Thursday 123,504 2,516 491,088 7,958 2,343 - 199
Friday 121,367 2,855 493,187 6,893 1,640 - 246
Saturday 84,240 25 413,313 1,327 37 - 13
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Total 549,814 10,063 2,291,680 32,512 10,033 - 871
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%Steers 46.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.8 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 31.4 %Sows 2.0 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 20.6 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.1
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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, January 4, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 455.4 Cattle 1,378 830
Steers 912
Heifers 832
Cows 639
Bulls 862
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 216 125
Pork 494.7 Hogs 289 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 298
Boars 182
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 60
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 953.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 4, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 549,814
Steers 257,773 46.9
Heifers 172,852 31.4
Dairy cows 53,826 9.8
Other cows 59,506 10.8
Bulls 5,857 1.1
Calves Total 10,063
Hogs Total 2,291,680
Barrows and gilts 2,240,312 97.8
Sows 46,909 2.0
Boars 4,459 0.2
Sheep Total 32,512
Mature sheep 2,146 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 30,366 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 4, 2020
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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 56,943 38,864 80.2 10,016 12,439 18.8
Tuesday 47,136 29,670 75.8 11,858 11,280 22.8
Wednesday 3 - 33.3 - 6 66.7
Thursday 59,483 38,039 79.0 12,683 11,957 20.0
Friday 57,082 37,628 78.0 13,275 12,303 21.1
Saturday 37,126 28,651 78.1 5,994 11,521 20.8
Total 257,773 172,852 78.3 53,826 59,506 20.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MOShare this story:
