SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Apr 19, 2018 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 7, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 103,035 1,925 318,308 9,220 2,966 - 99 Tuesday 117,739 1,848 462,963 10,954 1,670 - 256 Wednesday 118,788 2,143 465,136 7,974 1,488 - 205 Thursday 117,909 1,166 466,138 8,546 1,972 - 240 Friday 113,706 2,500 451,615 6,335 1,849 - 135 Saturday 43,827 100 168,350 818 94 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 615,004 9,682 2,332,510 43,847 10,039 - 935 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 51.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 92.5 %Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 7.5 %Cows 19.1 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, April 7, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 500.7 Cattle 1,349 816 Steers 872 Heifers 809 Cows 668 Bulls 881 Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 231 135 Pork 501.4 Hogs 287 215 Barrows and gilts 213 Sows 303 Boars 198 Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 131 66 Mature sheep 66 Lambs and yearlings 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,006.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 7, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 615,004 Steers 315,570 51.3 Heifers 172,180 28.0 Dairy cows 61,021 9.9 Other cows 56,296 9.2 Bulls 9,937 1.6 Calves Total 9,682 Hogs Total 2,332,510 Barrows and gilts 2,264,679 97.1 Sows 60,445 2.6 Boars 7,386 0.3 Sheep Total 43,847 Mature sheep 3,294 7.5 Lambs and yearlings 40,553 92.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 7, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 48,888 31,693 78.2 8,757 11,894 20.0 Tuesday 62,715 31,093 79.7 12,289 9,774 18.7 Wednesday 62,102 32,133 79.3 12,435 10,238 19.1 Thursday 60,936 31,410 78.3 11,453 12,221 20.1 Friday 59,203 30,667 79.0 12,454 9,357 19.2 Saturday 21,726 15,184 84.2 3,633 2,812 14.7 Total 315,570 172,180 79.3 61,021 56,296 19.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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