SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Mar 21, 2019 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, March 9, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 116,909 1,480 463,395 7,867 2,803 - 135 Tuesday 120,730 2,517 475,429 8,597 1,770 - 239 Wednesday 115,295 2,577 475,376 6,440 1,577 - 278 Thursday 115,705 1,766 470,673 7,310 1,909 - 241 Friday 114,865 2,314 471,142 6,791 1,772 - 181 Saturday 23,461 398 170,220 1,458 61 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 606,965 11,052 2,526,235 38,463 9,892 - 1,074 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 45.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8 %Heifers 32.1 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.2 %Cows 21.3 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, March 9, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 488.0 Cattle 1,344 806 Steers 871 Heifers 814 Cows 650 Bulls 876 Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 213 123 Pork 541.6 Hogs 287 214 Barrows and gilts 212 Sows 302 Boars 184 Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 141 71 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,033.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, March 9, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 606,965 Steers 274,188 45.2 Heifers 194,832 32.1 Dairy cows 72,654 12.0 Other cows 56,692 9.3 Bulls 8,599 1.4 Calves Total 11,052 Hogs Total 2,526,235 Barrows and gilts 2,461,526 97.4 Sows 57,259 2.3 Boars 7,450 0.3 Sheep Total 38,463 Mature sheep 1,991 5.2 Lambs and yearlings 36,472 94.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, March 9, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 51,564 41,151 79.3 11,294 11,203 19.2 Tuesday 55,607 38,833 78.2 13,193 11,440 20.4 Wednesday 55,395 33,248 76.9 14,158 10,986 21.8 Thursday 53,401 38,651 79.6 13,675 8,672 19.3 Friday 52,154 37,975 78.5 14,106 9,057 20.2 Saturday 6,067 4,974 47.1 6,228 5,334 49.3 Total 274,188 194,832 77.3 72,654 56,692 21.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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