SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Sep 22, 2016 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 1,934 651 1,980 1,046 777 - - Tuesday 113,220 2,129 426,409 9,746 2,918 - 214 Wednesday 113,845 2,051 425,567 7,951 1,856 - 174 Thursday 114,367 1,386 434,124 9,266 1,888 - 222 Friday 114,196 2,509 432,049 7,982 1,602 - 207 Saturday 71,808 67 365,907 1,254 164 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 529,370 8,793 2,086,036 37,245 9,205 - 817 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 56.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 92.1 %Heifers 24.7 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 7.9 %Cows 17.3 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not req inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally Inspected plants Inspected, and are not necessarily inspected. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 442.2 Cattle 1,373 837 Steers 903 Heifers 821 Cows 636 Bulls 904 Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 248 145 Pork 435.9 Hogs 279 209 Barrows and gilts 207 Sows 308 Boars 201 Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 125 63 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 881.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 529,370 Steers 297,862 56.3 Heifers 130,969 24.7 Dairy cows 50,644 9.6 Other cows 40,867 7.7 Bulls 9,028 1.7 Calves Total 8,793 Hogs Total 2,086,036 Barrows and gilts 2,032,543 97.4 Sows 47,887 2.3 Boars 5,606 0.3 Sheep Total 37,245 Mature sheep 2,955 7.9 Lambs and yearlings 34,290 92.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 10, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 661 342 51.9 742 117 44.4 Tuesday 62,909 29,213 81.4 9,575 9,533 16.9 Wednesday 65,138 25,848 79.9 12,156 8,968 18.6 Thursday 64,917 27,095 80.5 11,101 9,171 17.7 Friday 64,836 27,693 81.0 12,279 7,518 17.3 Saturday 39,401 20,778 83.8 4,791 5,560 14.4 Total 297,862 130,969 81.0 50,644 40,867 17.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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