SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu May 28, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, May 16, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 89,206 1,424 364,813 9,002 2,480 - 179 Tuesday 94,331 1,424 370,565 8,069 2,139 - 211 Wednesday 95,260 1,831 384,719 7,501 1,680 - 335 Thursday 94,035 1,124 381,950 8,134 1,795 - 222 Friday 94,108 1,995 381,755 6,990 1,711 - 352 Saturday 52,183 4 249,805 1,340 57 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 519,123 7,802 2,133,607 41,036 9,862 - 1,299 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 48.8 %Barrows & gilts 96.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5 %Heifers 26.8 %Sows 3.3 %Mature sheep 5.5 %Cows 22.5 %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, May 16, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 428.0 Cattle 1,379 827 Steers 901 Heifers 831 Cows 655 Bulls 878 Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 277 163 Pork 468.9 Hogs 295 220 Barrows and gilts 217 Sows 303 Boars 199 Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 135 68 Mature sheep 67 Lambs and yearlings 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 900.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, May 16, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 519,123 Steers 253,309 48.8 Heifers 139,253 26.8 Dairy cows 56,030 10.8 Other cows 60,865 11.7 Bulls 9,666 1.9 Calves Total 7,802 Hogs Total 2,133,607 Barrows and gilts 2,059,181 96.5 Sows 69,753 3.3 Boars 4,673 0.2 Sheep Total 41,036 Mature sheep 2,277 5.5 Lambs and yearlings 38,759 94.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, May 16, 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 43,910 24,220 76.4 8,840 10,654 21.9 Tuesday 46,354 24,604 75.2 10,248 11,336 22.9 Wednesday 46,379 24,773 74.7 11,378 11,032 23.5 Thursday 46,228 25,255 76.0 10,009 10,795 22.1 Friday 45,950 24,641 75.0 11,012 10,846 23.2 Saturday 24,488 15,760 77.1 4,543 6,202 20.6 Total 253,309 139,253 75.6 56,030 60,865 22.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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