SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Sep 19, 2019 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 7, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 4,009 295 1,856 1,015 851 - 4 Tuesday 114,290 2,397 474,635 9,447 2,788 - 180 Wednesday 116,714 2,473 487,954 7,896 2,069 - 184 Thursday 116,744 2,385 465,892 7,631 2,039 - 266 Friday 117,522 3,031 428,829 6,790 1,755 - 238 Saturday 101,784 - 358,333 77 69 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 571,063 10,581 2,217,499 32,856 9,571 - 872 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 47.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0 %Heifers 31.1 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 6.0 %Cows 19.3 %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, September 7, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 466.3 Cattle 1,350 818 Steers 893 Heifers 815 Cows 633 Bulls 880 Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 203 117 Pork 466.5 Hogs 282 210 Barrows and gilts 209 Sows 300 Boars 178 Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 128 64 Mature sheep 66 Lambs and yearlings 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 936.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 7, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 571,063 Steers 272,824 47.8 Heifers 177,878 31.1 Dairy cows 57,254 10.0 Other cows 53,094 9.3 Bulls 10,013 1.8 Calves Total 10,581 Hogs Total 2,217,499 Barrows and gilts 2,160,213 97.4 Sows 49,614 2.2 Boars 7,672 0.3 Sheep Total 32,856 Mature sheep 1,971 6.0 Lambs and yearlings 30,885 94.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 7, 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 735 524 31.4 1,695 884 64.3 Tuesday 49,705 40,348 78.8 11,492 10,525 19.3 Wednesday 58,230 33,151 78.3 12,490 10,957 20.1 Thursday 54,675 37,097 78.6 11,625 11,249 19.6 Friday 58,912 32,821 78.1 12,952 10,938 20.3 Saturday 50,567 33,937 83.0 7,000 8,541 15.3 Total 272,824 177,878 78.9 57,254 53,094 19.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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