Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 18.07.20
31/07/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 18, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,794 1,465 448,730 7,388 2,989 - 209
Tuesday 117,233 2,199 469,479 8,286 1,633 - 262
Wednesday 118,001 2,009 468,275 7,475 1,518 - 254
Thursday 117,196 1,283 471,418 7,356 1,878 - 260
Friday 114,553 1,970 460,805 6,236 1,829 - 356
Saturday 64,290 3 198,465 45 66 - -
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Total 646,067 8,929 2,517,172 36,786 9,913 - 1,341
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%Steers 50.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 30.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 18, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 535.5 Cattle 1,358 830
Steers 899
Heifers 829
Cows 629
Bulls 898
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 243 140
Pork 533.3 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 305
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 1,072.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 18, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 646,067
Steers 324,242 50.2
Heifers 195,964 30.3
Dairy cows 50,925 7.9
Other cows 63,624 9.8
Bulls 11,312 1.8
Calves Total 8,929
Hogs Total 2,517,172
Barrows and gilts 2,445,222 97.1
Sows 65,502 2.6
Boars 6,448 0.3
Sheep Total 36,786
Mature sheep 2,229 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 34,557 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 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 57,388 34,828 80.3 7,741 12,630 17.7
Tuesday 59,222 33,558 79.1 9,611 12,739 19.1
Wednesday 55,613 37,250 78.7 10,372 12,793 19.6
Thursday 60,674 32,880 79.8 10,653 10,723 18.2
Friday 58,958 33,691 80.9 10,220 9,680 17.4
Saturday 32,387 23,757 87.3 2,328 5,059 11.5
Total 324,242 195,964 80.5 50,925 63,624 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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