Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 11.01.20
24/01/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 11, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,187 1,698 497,102 7,967 3,265 - 172
Tuesday 122,929 2,644 497,260 7,900 1,844 - 293
Wednesday 124,199 2,511 495,980 6,337 1,166 - 205
Thursday 123,867 1,983 499,071 7,662 2,015 - 176
Friday 120,039 3,004 489,160 5,884 1,568 - 286
Saturday 30,689 - 216,413 24 40 - -
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Total 642,910 11,840 2,694,986 35,774 9,898 - 1,132
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%Steers 47.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 21.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.3
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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 11, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 529.5 Cattle 1,377 826
Steers 904
Heifers 834
Cows 639
Bulls 868
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 208 119
Pork 585.9 Hogs 291 217
Barrows and gilts 215
Sows 307
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,119.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 11, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 642,910
Steers 305,340 47.5
Heifers 190,398 29.6
Dairy cows 70,951 11.0
Other cows 67,605 10.5
Bulls 8,616 1.3
Calves Total 11,840
Hogs Total 2,694,986
Barrows and gilts 2,621,741 97.3
Sows 66,051 2.5
Boars 7,194 0.3
Sheep Total 35,774
Mature sheep 2,273 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 33,501 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 11, 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 55,664 41,148 79.9 10,259 13,078 19.3
Tuesday 57,904 39,466 79.2 12,671 11,316 19.5
Wednesday 61,655 35,293 78.1 13,972 11,924 20.9
Thursday 61,166 36,005 78.4 12,978 12,113 20.3
Friday 58,838 34,240 77.5 13,613 11,734 21.1
Saturday 10,113 4,246 46.8 7,458 7,440 48.5
Total 305,340 190,398 77.1 70,951 67,605 21.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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