SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Oct 18, 2018 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 117,440 2,010 450,323 7,907 3,109 - 191 Tuesday 116,270 2,387 475,949 8,832 1,789 - 169 Wednesday 121,122 2,569 471,880 6,941 1,272 - 247 Thursday 121,301 1,896 461,852 7,979 2,122 - 171 Friday 109,265 2,609 461,205 7,379 1,776 - 135 Saturday 54,891 98 179,036 183 367 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 640,289 11,569 2,500,245 39,221 10,435 - 913 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 49.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5 %Heifers 29.3 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.5 %Cows 19.3 %Boars 0.4 %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, October 6, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 530.6 Cattle 1,370 831 Steers 903 Heifers 835 Cows 632 Bulls 870 Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 230 134 Pork 524.1 Hogs 282 210 Barrows and gilts 207 Sows 305 Boars 185 Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 137 69 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,058.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 640,289 Steers 317,721 49.6 Heifers 187,547 29.3 Dairy cows 63,916 10.0 Other cows 59,659 9.3 Bulls 11,446 1.8 Calves Total 11,569 Hogs Total 2,500,245 Barrows and gilts 2,430,567 97.2 Sows 60,897 2.4 Boars 8,781 0.4 Sheep Total 39,221 Mature sheep 2,151 5.5 Lambs and yearlings 37,070 94.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 6, 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 59,973 33,411 79.5 9,810 12,112 18.7 Tuesday 54,604 36,933 78.7 11,656 10,790 19.3 Wednesday 61,596 33,614 78.6 12,611 11,193 19.7 Thursday 62,575 34,863 80.3 11,384 10,612 18.1 Friday 54,883 29,552 77.3 12,760 10,114 20.9 Saturday 24,090 19,174 78.8 5,695 4,838 19.2 Total 317,721 187,547 78.9 63,916 59,659 19.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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