SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Aug 15, 2019 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 3, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 119,909 1,738 450,166 8,317 2,998 - 148 Tuesday 118,719 2,692 467,875 7,951 2,008 - 221 Wednesday 121,201 2,247 472,130 7,123 1,516 - 294 Thursday 122,747 2,032 470,700 7,352 2,279 - 213 Friday 115,464 2,794 449,430 5,048 1,608 - 141 Saturday 34,744 2 36,242 1,092 81 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 632,784 11,505 2,346,543 36,883 10,490 - 1,017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 50.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9 %Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.1 %Cows 18.5 %Boars 0.2 %Bulls 1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 3, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 510.7 Cattle 1,332 809 Steers 872 Heifers 805 Cows 636 Bulls 878 Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 195 112 Pork 487.4 Hogs 278 208 Barrows and gilts 205 Sows 303 Boars 236 Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 131 66 Mature sheep 67 Lambs and yearlings 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,001.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 3, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 632,784 Steers 317,453 50.2 Heifers 187,344 29.6 Dairy cows 58,219 9.2 Other cows 59,017 9.3 Bulls 10,751 1.7 Calves Total 11,505 Hogs Total 2,346,543 Barrows and gilts 2,285,325 97.4 Sows 55,833 2.4 Boars 5,385 0.2 Sheep Total 36,883 Mature sheep 2,239 6.1 Lambs and yearlings 34,644 93.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 3, 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 63,451 34,198 81.4 9,231 10,959 16.8 Tuesday 58,581 35,342 79.1 11,908 10,722 19.1 Wednesday 62,461 32,697 78.5 11,681 12,380 19.9 Thursday 58,427 38,748 79.2 11,062 12,266 19.0 Friday 57,097 35,465 80.2 11,681 9,282 18.2 Saturday 17,436 10,894 81.5 2,656 3,408 17.5 Total 317,453 187,344 79.8 58,219 59,017 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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