Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 18.01.20
31/01/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 18, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 121,963 1,319 495,809 9,398 3,431 - 190
Tuesday 123,701 2,818 499,676 8,107 1,812 - 234
Wednesday 124,048 2,452 496,515 6,788 1,484 - 253
Thursday 123,167 1,929 497,710 7,927 2,030 - 185
Friday 115,451 2,452 437,722 4,420 1,896 - 228
Saturday 24,657 1 68,920 852 29 - -
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Total 632,987 10,971 2,496,352 37,492 10,682 - 1,090
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%Steers 46.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 30.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.7
%Cows 21.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 18, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 522.5 Cattle 1,377 827
Steers 907
Heifers 834
Cows 640
Bulls 859
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 232 135
Pork 538.7 Hogs 289 216
Barrows and gilts 214
Sows 301
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,065.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 18, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 632,987
Steers 293,960 46.4
Heifers 195,067 30.8
Dairy cows 67,173 10.6
Other cows 66,494 10.5
Bulls 10,293 1.6
Calves Total 10,971
Hogs Total 2,496,352
Barrows and gilts 2,423,988 97.1
Sows 65,949 2.6
Boars 6,415 0.3
Sheep Total 37,492
Mature sheep 1,757 4.7
Lambs and yearlings 35,735 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 18, 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 54,172 42,866 79.6 10,712 12,229 18.8
Tuesday 60,016 37,031 78.5 12,509 12,479 20.2
Wednesday 60,481 35,704 77.5 13,273 12,663 20.9
Thursday 58,289 37,753 78.0 12,522 12,771 20.5
Friday 53,709 37,276 78.8 12,635 10,047 19.6
Saturday 7,293 4,437 47.6 5,522 6,305 48.0
Total 293,960 195,067 77.3 67,173 66,494 21.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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