SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jun 20, 2019 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 8, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 121,892 1,785 465,191 9,570 3,367 - 162 Tuesday 118,440 2,440 478,435 7,629 1,076 - 221 Wednesday 119,718 1,999 476,168 7,148 1,736 - 322 Thursday 122,162 1,662 470,189 7,936 2,088 - 203 Friday 119,021 2,607 467,895 6,833 1,590 - 185 Saturday 63,356 - 51,773 33 69 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 664,589 10,493 2,409,651 39,149 9,926 - 1,093 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 52.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8 %Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.2 %Cows 18.1 %Boars 0.3 %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, June 8, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 524.5 Cattle 1,310 791 Steers 846 Heifers 782 Cows 634 Bulls 905 Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 227 132 Pork 515.6 Hogs 286 214 Barrows and gilts 212 Sows 306 Boars 193 Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 135 68 Mature sheep 64 Lambs and yearlings 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,044.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 8, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 664,589 Steers 347,857 52.3 Heifers 184,424 27.8 Dairy cows 55,402 8.3 Other cows 64,824 9.8 Bulls 12,082 1.8 Calves Total 10,493 Hogs Total 2,409,651 Barrows and gilts 2,342,684 97.2 Sows 59,305 2.5 Boars 7,662 0.3 Sheep Total 39,149 Mature sheep 2,427 6.2 Lambs and yearlings 36,722 93.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 8, 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 64,913 34,509 81.6 8,763 11,577 16.7 Tuesday 60,470 32,845 78.8 11,097 12,036 19.5 Wednesday 65,659 29,472 79.5 10,387 12,142 18.8 Thursday 63,029 34,341 79.7 10,499 12,083 18.5 Friday 62,582 33,750 80.9 10,846 9,717 17.3 Saturday 31,204 19,507 80.0 3,810 7,269 17.5 Total 347,857 184,424 80.1 55,402 64,824 18.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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