SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Aug 10, 2017 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 29, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 109,608 1,485 411,977 6,928 2,534 - 157 Tuesday 118,564 1,821 446,441 8,560 1,812 - 212 Wednesday 117,018 1,719 443,830 6,535 1,252 - 240 Thursday 117,909 1,544 442,083 6,832 1,952 - 372 Friday 116,847 2,518 426,516 6,582 1,619 - 198 Saturday 46,678 243 62,773 17 33 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 626,624 9,330 2,233,620 35,454 9,202 - 1,179 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 54.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9 %Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.1 %Cows 16.8 %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, July 29, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 508.9 Cattle 1,337 814 Steers 875 Heifers 794 Cows 635 Bulls 910 Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 248 146 Pork 461.3 Hogs 276 207 Barrows and gilts 204 Sows 308 Boars 201 Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 137 69 Mature sheep 68 Lambs and yearlings 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 974.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 29, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 626,624 Steers 342,007 54.6 Heifers 168,103 26.8 Dairy cows 54,968 8.8 Other cows 50,270 8.0 Bulls 11,276 1.8 Calves Total 9,330 Hogs Total 2,233,620 Barrows and gilts 2,172,157 97.2 Sows 54,405 2.4 Boars 7,058 0.3 Sheep Total 35,454 Mature sheep 1,806 5.1 Lambs and yearlings 33,648 94.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 29, 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 56,017 32,466 80.7 8,261 10,489 17.1 Tuesday 66,245 29,514 80.8 11,648 9,005 17.4 Wednesday 63,834 29,527 79.8 11,285 10,292 18.4 Thursday 66,952 28,112 80.6 10,797 9,757 17.4 Friday 63,363 31,577 81.3 10,949 8,954 17.0 Saturday 25,596 16,907 91.1 2,028 1,773 8.1 Total 342,007 168,103 81.4 54,968 50,270 16.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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