Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection - 19.09.20
02/10/2020
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 19, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,755 1,198 487,489 8,977 2,690 - 160
Tuesday 121,604 1,666 483,453 6,554 1,928 - 255
Wednesday 120,423 1,735 484,235 6,725 1,338 - 231
Thursday 119,911 1,001 468,798 7,567 2,128 - 154
Friday 111,948 1,511 463,219 4,990 1,764 - 312
Saturday 56,786 5 195,990 598 51 - -
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Total 648,427 7,116 2,583,184 35,411 9,899 - 1,112
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%Steers 50.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 19.1 %Boars 0.2
%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, September 19, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 543.3 Cattle 1,383 840
Steers 919
Heifers 836
Cows 632
Bulls 885
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 257 149
Pork 546.8 Hogs 285 212
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 304
Boars 187
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 121 61
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 61
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Total meat
production 1,093.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 19, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 648,427
Steers 325,253 50.2
Heifers 187,900 29.0
Dairy cows 59,845 9.2
Other cows 63,762 9.8
Bulls 11,667 1.8
Calves Total 7,116
Hogs Total 2,583,184
Barrows and gilts 2,511,807 97.2
Sows 66,145 2.6
Boars 5,232 0.2
Sheep Total 35,411
Mature sheep 2,216 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 33,195 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 19, 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 60,269 33,689 79.8 10,014 11,421 18.2
Tuesday 64,206 31,789 78.9 11,396 12,176 19.4
Wednesday 57,556 36,269 77.9 11,870 12,729 20.4
Thursday 61,752 33,023 79.0 11,343 11,636 19.2
Friday 54,031 33,302 78.0 11,921 10,447 20.0
Saturday 27,439 19,828 83.2 3,301 5,353 15.2
Total 325,253 187,900 79.1 59,845 63,762 19.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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