SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Sep 24, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 12, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 4,223 159 7,346 736 660 - - Tuesday 119,502 1,481 468,075 9,302 2,931 - 201 Wednesday 121,266 2,017 485,037 7,016 1,880 - 238 Thursday 120,682 1,526 485,949 7,204 2,246 - 165 Friday 119,096 1,594 480,953 6,957 2,089 - 341 Saturday 95,806 10 410,722 1,546 117 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 580,575 6,787 2,338,082 32,761 9,923 - 945 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 49.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.5 %Heifers 30.5 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.5 %Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.2 %Bulls 1.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 12, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 488.0 Cattle 1,379 843 Steers 920 Heifers 836 Cows 639 Bulls 892 Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 251 146 Pork 494.9 Hogs 284 212 Barrows and gilts 209 Sows 307 Boars 181 Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 124 63 Mature sheep 62 Lambs and yearlings 63 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 986.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 12, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 580,575 Steers 287,327 49.5 Heifers 177,037 30.5 Dairy cows 54,693 9.4 Other cows 52,112 9.0 Bulls 9,406 1.6 Calves Total 6,787 Hogs Total 2,338,082 Barrows and gilts 2,275,832 97.3 Sows 56,807 2.4 Boars 5,443 0.2 Sheep Total 32,761 Mature sheep 2,141 6.5 Lambs and yearlings 30,620 93.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, September 12, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 1,993 621 61.9 1,010 534 36.6 Tuesday 54,323 40,444 79.3 11,165 11,406 18.9 Wednesday 60,820 34,905 78.9 11,837 11,586 19.3 Thursday 60,922 34,220 78.8 11,519 12,112 19.6 Friday 59,662 35,176 79.6 12,823 9,649 18.9 Saturday 49,607 31,671 84.8 6,339 6,825 13.7 Total 287,327 177,037 80.0 54,693 52,112 18.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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