SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Feb 20, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 8, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 119,629 1,241 490,779 8,750 2,685 - 198 Tuesday 121,102 2,508 493,142 7,889 1,657 - 252 Wednesday 123,645 2,119 490,265 6,362 1,280 - 231 Thursday 121,847 1,673 491,830 8,012 1,832 - 130 Friday 116,847 2,288 490,309 6,614 1,310 - 293 Saturday 28,191 - 216,005 33 41 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 631,261 9,829 2,672,330 37,660 8,805 - 1,104 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 48.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7 %Heifers 29.5 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.3 %Cows 20.7 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 8, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 523.0 Cattle 1,380 830 Steers 903 Heifers 834 Cows 654 Bulls 867 Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 217 125 Pork 575.9 Hogs 289 216 Barrows and gilts 214 Sows 303 Boars 187 Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 134 67 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 67 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,102.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 8, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 631,261 Steers 305,823 48.4 Heifers 186,346 29.5 Dairy cows 67,523 10.7 Other cows 63,307 10.0 Bulls 8,262 1.3 Calves Total 9,829 Hogs Total 2,672,330 Barrows and gilts 2,601,263 97.3 Sows 63,771 2.4 Boars 7,296 0.3 Sheep Total 37,660 Mature sheep 1,998 5.3 Lambs and yearlings 35,662 94.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 8, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 61,156 35,753 81.0 10,268 10,961 17.7 Tuesday 60,126 35,859 79.3 12,395 11,187 19.5 Wednesday 62,153 34,133 77.9 13,325 12,416 20.8 Thursday 56,608 38,960 78.4 12,656 12,050 20.3 Friday 56,575 34,062 77.6 13,259 11,389 21.1 Saturday 9,205 7,579 59.5 5,620 5,304 38.7 Total 305,823 186,346 78.0 67,523 63,307 20.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO (816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/sj_ls711.txt www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain