SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jun 21, 2018 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 9, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 117,681 1,667 441,287 8,178 2,825 - 241 Tuesday 121,017 2,214 450,323 8,542 1,820 - 250 Wednesday 119,412 2,330 450,453 7,874 1,439 - 230 Thursday 120,801 1,478 445,445 7,662 2,075 - 320 Friday 119,266 2,635 417,874 7,103 1,972 - 141 Saturday 62,475 61 62,366 751 157 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 660,652 10,385 2,267,748 40,110 10,288 - 1,182 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 53.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7 %Heifers 26.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.3 %Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not require inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally Inspected Plants, and are not necessarily inspected. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 9, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 526.8 Cattle 1,318 799 Steers 851 Heifers 787 Cows 647 Bulls 912 Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 233 135 Pork 475.6 Hogs 280 210 Barrows and gilts 207 Sows 303 Boars 192 Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 141 70 Mature sheep 71 Lambs and yearlings 70 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,006.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 9, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 660,652 Steers 356,223 53.9 Heifers 175,771 26.6 Dairy cows 55,132 8.3 Other cows 61,481 9.3 Bulls 12,045 1.8 Calves Total 10,385 Hogs Total 2,267,748 Barrows and gilts 2,204,957 97.2 Sows 55,761 2.5 Boars 7,030 0.3 Sheep Total 40,110 Mature sheep 2,111 5.3 Lambs and yearlings 37,999 94.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 9, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 63,621 32,120 81.4 8,071 11,554 16.7 Tuesday 66,817 29,480 79.6 10,427 12,020 18.5 Wednesday 64,557 29,738 79.0 11,490 11,798 19.5 Thursday 64,533 33,819 81.4 10,502 9,803 16.8 Friday 64,294 31,727 80.5 11,423 9,660 17.7 Saturday 32,401 18,887 82.1 3,219 6,646 15.8 Total 356,223 175,771 80.5 55,132 61,481 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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