SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jun 18, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 6, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 108,433 1,256 406,450 9,073 2,428 - 182 Tuesday 114,717 1,698 418,141 7,178 1,490 - 238 Wednesday 113,670 1,585 426,139 6,668 1,350 - 316 Thursday 115,790 1,201 440,069 7,194 1,354 - 201 Friday 113,439 1,824 443,493 6,312 1,882 - 333 Saturday 61,652 4 318,305 46 61 - 30 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 627,701 7,568 2,452,597 36,471 8,565 - 1,300 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 53.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9 %Heifers 25.6 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 6.1 %Cows 19.1 %Boars 0.2 %Bulls 1.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, June 6, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 518.9 Cattle 1,369 828 Steers 892 Heifers 824 Cows 649 Bulls 899 Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 263 154 Pork 534.3 Hogs 292 218 Barrows and gilts 216 Sows 303 Boars 197 Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 137 69 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,056.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 6, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 627,701 Steers 335,153 53.4 Heifers 160,795 25.6 Dairy cows 53,549 8.5 Other cows 66,177 10.5 Bulls 12,027 1.9 Calves Total 7,568 Hogs Total 2,452,597 Barrows and gilts 2,378,035 97.0 Sows 69,290 2.8 Boars 5,272 0.2 Sheep Total 36,471 Mature sheep 2,235 6.1 Lambs and yearlings 34,236 93.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, June 6, 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 54,893 31,586 79.8 8,126 11,838 18.4 Tuesday 63,133 27,299 78.8 10,027 12,097 19.3 Wednesday 58,874 30,176 78.3 10,355 12,305 19.9 Thursday 61,278 31,278 79.9 9,270 11,895 18.3 Friday 64,192 26,244 79.7 10,637 10,134 18.3 Saturday 32,783 14,212 76.2 5,134 7,908 21.2 Total 335,153 160,795 79.0 53,549 66,177 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