SJ_LS711 **Successive reports will be released as data becomes available** St. Joseph, MO Fri Feb 15, 2019 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, January 19, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 118,999 1,959 460,770 7,348 3,110 - 171 Tuesday 120,711 2,588 478,902 7,613 1,732 - 308 Wednesday 121,965 2,615 477,102 6,415 1,489 - 277 Thursday 122,312 1,653 473,265 7,212 2,286 - 195 Friday 117,479 2,778 454,079 6,959 1,713 - 237 Saturday 24,718 115 143,743 225 41 - 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 626,184 11,708 2,487,861 35,772 10,371 - 1,189 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 47.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1 %Heifers 30.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.9 %Cows 20.7 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, January 19, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 511.1 Cattle 1,368 818 Steers 886 Heifers 827 Cows 644 Bulls 886 Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 217 125 Pork 534.5 Hogs 288 215 Barrows and gilts 213 Sows 302 Boars 183 Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 137 69 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,049.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, January 19, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 626,184 Steers 296,032 47.3 Heifers 190,645 30.4 Dairy cows 70,755 11.3 Other cows 59,090 9.4 Bulls 9,662 1.5 Calves Total 11,708 Hogs Total 2,487,861 Barrows and gilts 2,418,068 97.2 Sows 61,611 2.5 Boars 8,182 0.3 Sheep Total 35,772 Mature sheep 1,750 4.9 Lambs and yearlings 34,022 95.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, January 19, 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 56,554 37,746 79.2 10,941 11,913 19.2 Tuesday 56,337 38,561 78.6 12,481 11,441 19.8 Wednesday 58,886 36,679 78.4 13,875 10,992 20.4 Thursday 62,307 35,001 79.6 13,575 9,758 19.1 Friday 54,663 38,455 79.3 13,770 8,958 19.3 Saturday 7,285 4,203 46.5 6,113 6,028 49.1 Total 296,032 190,645 77.7 70,755 59,090 20.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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