SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Oct 29, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 17, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 117,548 812 473,534 5,360 1,496 - 158 Tuesday 121,603 2,076 493,182 9,081 2,440 - 310 Wednesday 121,187 2,017 491,485 6,192 1,861 - 218 Thursday 118,866 1,361 481,755 7,429 2,308 - 178 Friday 116,246 2,037 482,291 4,161 1,682 - 369 Saturday 63,164 13 263,060 64 80 - 32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 658,614 8,316 2,685,307 32,287 9,867 - 1,265 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 47.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.6 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1 %Heifers 31.6 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 5.9 %Cows 19.1 %Boars 0.2 %Bulls 1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, October 17, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 555.3 Cattle 1,388 845 Steers 929 Heifers 850 Cows 622 Bulls 872 Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 247 144 Pork 580.2 Hogs 290 216 Barrows and gilts 214 Sows 303 Boars 197 Lamb and mutton 1.9 Sheep 119 60 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,138.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 17, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 658,614 Steers 314,021 47.7 Heifers 207,913 31.6 Dairy cows 57,833 8.8 Other cows 67,902 10.3 Bulls 10,945 1.7 Calves Total 8,316 Hogs Total 2,685,307 Barrows and gilts 2,621,097 97.6 Sows 58,923 2.2 Boars 5,287 0.2 Sheep Total 32,287 Mature sheep 1,891 5.9 Lambs and yearlings 30,396 94.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 17, 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 53,947 40,211 80.1 8,459 12,772 18.1 Tuesday 59,649 36,064 78.7 10,790 13,047 19.6 Wednesday 54,511 40,020 78.0 11,437 13,365 20.5 Thursday 59,554 34,681 79.3 11,089 11,372 18.9 Friday 57,743 33,544 78.5 11,081 11,866 19.7 Saturday 28,617 23,393 82.3 4,977 5,480 16.6 Total 314,021 207,913 79.2 57,833 67,902 19.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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