SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Jul 18, 2019 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 6, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 119,340 1,861 455,986 9,587 3,006 - 149 Tuesday 122,715 2,849 479,765 9,256 2,425 - 205 Wednesday 122,456 3,068 478,422 7,932 2,222 - 266 Thursday 2,399 656 23,035 319 64 - 40 Friday 118,183 2,058 429,720 3,365 2,364 - 226 Saturday 92,715 3 189,397 48 175 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 577,808 10,495 2,056,325 30,507 10,256 - 886 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 51.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.8 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4 %Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.0 %Mature sheep 6.6 %Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.2 %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, July 6, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 463.9 Cattle 1,325 804 Steers 861 Heifers 792 Cows 650 Bulls 890 Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 208 120 Pork 431.7 Hogs 280 210 Barrows and gilts 208 Sows 304 Boars 210 Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 128 64 Mature sheep 67 Lambs and yearlings 64 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 898.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 6, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 577,808 Steers 300,137 51.9 Heifers 166,596 28.8 Dairy cows 47,192 8.2 Other cows 54,874 9.5 Bulls 9,009 1.6 Calves Total 10,495 Hogs Total 2,056,325 Barrows and gilts 2,010,255 97.8 Sows 41,879 2.0 Boars 4,191 0.2 Sheep Total 30,507 Mature sheep 2,006 6.6 Lambs and yearlings 28,501 93.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, July 6, 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 60,809 34,975 80.3 8,776 12,409 17.8 Tuesday 61,717 35,620 79.3 11,736 11,774 19.2 Wednesday 62,694 33,353 78.4 12,217 12,159 19.9 Thursday 1,167 43 50.4 965 141 46.1 Friday 63,092 34,311 82.4 9,591 9,743 16.4 Saturday 50,658 28,294 85.2 3,907 8,648 13.5 Total 300,137 166,596 80.8 47,192 54,874 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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