Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 11.07.20
24/07/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 11, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,596 1,381 449,996 9,020 2,535 - 74
Tuesday 117,081 2,198 472,854 6,524 1,596 - 265
Wednesday 117,848 1,905 466,743 7,576 1,478 - 302
Thursday 118,322 1,242 467,995 7,426 1,974 - 141
Friday 115,971 1,925 458,954 6,619 1,446 - 332
Saturday 66,079 5 280,913 66 98 - 30
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Total 648,897 8,656 2,597,455 37,231 9,127 - 1,144
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%Steers 53.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 17.5 %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, July 11, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 542.4 Cattle 1,372 838
Steers 902
Heifers 829
Cows 649
Bulls 889
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 253 148
Pork 552.0 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 305
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,098.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 11, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 648,897
Steers 346,753 53.4
Heifers 179,008 27.6
Dairy cows 50,040 7.7
Other cows 63,553 9.8
Bulls 9,543 1.5
Calves Total 8,656
Hogs Total 2,597,455
Barrows and gilts 2,524,679 97.2
Sows 66,966 2.6
Boars 5,810 0.2
Sheep Total 37,231
Mature sheep 2,473 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 34,758 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 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 62,729 29,642 81.3 7,733 11,929 17.3
Tuesday 61,954 31,616 79.9 9,112 12,550 18.5
Wednesday 62,305 30,704 78.9 11,026 12,164 19.7
Thursday 62,010 32,697 80.0 9,620 11,980 18.3
Friday 60,448 31,905 79.6 10,573 11,036 18.6
Saturday 37,307 22,444 90.4 1,976 3,894 8.9
Total 346,753 179,008 81.0 50,040 63,553 17.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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