SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Sep 12, 2019 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 31, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 117,024 1,880 476,484 8,464 2,830 - 143 Tuesday 118,746 2,533 462,111 7,710 1,928 - 224 Wednesday 117,349 1,866 489,205 6,764 1,560 - 337 Thursday 118,435 2,168 488,476 8,068 2,234 - 256 Friday 117,161 2,956 469,755 5,231 2,087 - 147 Saturday 64,761 5 81,952 1,405 79 - 43 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 653,476 11,408 2,467,983 37,642 10,718 - 1,150 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 48.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7 %Heifers 30.9 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.3 %Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.4 %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, August 31, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 532.2 Cattle 1,344 816 Steers 884 Heifers 811 Cows 637 Bulls 889 Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 217 125 Pork 512.9 Hogs 279 208 Barrows and gilts 206 Sows 303 Boars 183 Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 129 65 Mature sheep 63 Lambs and yearlings 65 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,049.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 31, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 653,476 Steers 318,499 48.7 Heifers 202,068 30.9 Dairy cows 61,712 9.4 Other cows 59,532 9.1 Bulls 11,665 1.8 Calves Total 11,408 Hogs Total 2,467,983 Barrows and gilts 2,402,060 97.3 Sows 55,611 2.3 Boars 10,312 0.4 Sheep Total 37,642 Mature sheep 2,367 6.3 Lambs and yearlings 35,275 93.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 31, 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 55,742 38,424 80.5 9,998 10,752 17.7 Tuesday 59,966 34,223 79.3 11,641 10,877 19.0 Wednesday 58,804 32,316 77.6 12,260 11,848 20.5 Thursday 54,700 38,376 78.6 11,707 11,407 19.5 Friday 59,198 34,721 80.2 11,980 9,113 18.0 Saturday 30,089 24,008 83.5 4,126 5,535 14.9 Total 318,499 202,068 79.7 61,712 59,532 18.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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