SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jul 09, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 27, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 115,137 1,398 450,840 7,997 2,781 - 194 Tuesday 118,233 1,773 458,541 7,204 1,802 - 257 Wednesday 117,514 2,093 470,985 7,757 1,491 - 206 Thursday 117,975 1,676 469,159 7,314 1,841 - 113 Friday 117,682 1,872 467,857 6,697 1,843 - 332 Saturday 78,271 1 308,299 30 70 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 664,812 8,813 2,625,681 36,999 9,828 - 1,102 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 54.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9 %Heifers 25.6 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.1 %Cows 18.2 %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, June 27, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 552.1 Cattle 1,369 832 Steers 896 Heifers 826 Cows 642 Bulls 907 Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 253 148 Pork 559.4 Hogs 286 213 Barrows and gilts 211 Sows 303 Boars 197 Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 135 68 Mature sheep 69 Lambs and yearlings 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,115.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 27, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 664,812 Steers 362,643 54.5 Heifers 170,177 25.6 Dairy cows 51,901 7.8 Other cows 68,983 10.4 Bulls 11,108 1.7 Calves Total 8,813 Hogs Total 2,625,681 Barrows and gilts 2,551,791 97.2 Sows 67,801 2.6 Boars 6,089 0.2 Sheep Total 36,999 Mature sheep 2,262 6.1 Lambs and yearlings 34,737 93.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 27, 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 63,115 29,016 80.0 7,587 13,301 18.1 Tuesday 65,187 27,704 78.6 10,029 13,162 19.6 Wednesday 60,139 31,457 77.9 10,620 13,319 20.4 Thursday 66,275 28,591 80.4 9,365 11,641 17.8 Friday 61,007 32,759 79.7 10,066 11,816 18.6 Saturday 46,920 20,650 86.3 4,234 5,744 12.7 Total 362,643 170,177 80.1 51,901 68,983 18.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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