SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Aug 16, 2018 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 4, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 113,550 1,877 440,891 7,906 2,845 - 142 Tuesday 120,142 2,423 450,408 8,368 1,859 - 237 Wednesday 118,879 2,252 461,928 7,036 1,351 - 313 Thursday 119,108 1,478 454,926 7,144 1,758 - 239 Friday 112,923 2,471 447,499 4,792 1,771 - 145 Saturday 39,763 58 78,479 743 52 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 624,365 10,559 2,334,131 35,989 9,636 - 1,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 52.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8 %Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.2 %Cows 18.3 %Boars 0.3 %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 4, 2018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 509.4 Cattle 1,342 817 Steers 880 Heifers 809 Cows 645 Bulls 890 Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 219 127 Pork 485.0 Hogs 278 208 Barrows and gilts 206 Sows 304 Boars 190 Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 140 71 Mature sheep 67 Lambs and yearlings 71 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 998.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 4, 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 624,365 Steers 326,204 52.2 Heifers 173,206 27.7 Dairy cows 58,253 9.3 Other cows 56,174 9.0 Bulls 10,528 1.7 Calves Total 10,559 Hogs Total 2,334,131 Barrows and gilts 2,270,362 97.3 Sows 56,319 2.4 Boars 7,450 0.3 Sheep Total 35,989 Mature sheep 2,218 6.2 Lambs and yearlings 33,771 93.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 4, 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 59,413 32,082 80.6 8,629 11,137 17.4 Tuesday 63,595 31,830 79.4 11,501 11,196 18.9 Wednesday 62,011 31,096 78.3 12,207 11,509 19.9 Thursday 62,536 31,877 79.3 11,521 11,104 19.0 Friday 57,958 32,874 80.4 11,499 8,967 18.1 Saturday 20,691 13,447 85.9 2,896 2,261 13.0 Total 326,204 173,206 80.0 58,253 56,174 18.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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