SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Nov 08, 2018 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 27, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 117,976 1,921 475,391 8,422 2,615 - 186 Tuesday 119,670 2,380 474,035 8,307 1,834 - 244 Wednesday 119,303 2,749 477,389 5,918 1,525 - 250 Thursday 118,239 1,719 476,050 7,151 2,126 - 173 Friday 107,045 3,083 464,379 6,971 1,558 - 137 Saturday 52,762 91 195,723 906 28 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 634,995 11,943 2,562,967 37,675 9,686 - 990 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 50.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7 %Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.3 %Cows 20.0 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 27, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 521.0 Cattle 1,363 822 Steers 895 Heifers 828 Cows 624 Bulls 875 Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 233 136 Pork 541.8 Hogs 284 211 Barrows and gilts 209 Sows 305 Boars 187 Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 132 66 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,066.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 27, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 634,995 Steers 320,920 50.5 Heifers 176,311 27.8 Dairy cows 63,656 10.0 Other cows 63,187 10.0 Bulls 10,921 1.7 Calves Total 11,943 Hogs Total 2,562,967 Barrows and gilts 2,493,613 97.3 Sows 62,180 2.4 Boars 7,174 0.3 Sheep Total 37,675 Mature sheep 2,015 5.3 Lambs and yearlings 35,660 94.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, October 27, 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 61,432 32,843 79.9 8,825 12,956 18.5 Tuesday 60,730 32,667 78.0 12,219 11,892 20.1 Wednesday 64,583 28,907 78.4 11,923 11,969 20.0 Thursday 62,251 32,976 80.5 11,100 10,143 18.0 Friday 49,975 32,869 77.4 12,659 9,568 20.8 Saturday 21,949 16,049 72.0 6,930 6,659 25.8 Total 320,920 176,311 78.3 63,656 63,187 20.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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