SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Apr 30, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 18, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 88,333 1,156 306,458 7,264 2,770 - 221 Tuesday 94,895 1,755 439,285 7,817 1,426 - 291 Wednesday 89,709 1,493 434,864 6,335 1,182 - 212 Thursday 89,543 859 436,365 7,506 2,009 - 108 Friday 85,810 2,140 405,216 6,503 1,425 - 336 Saturday 37,846 8 216,634 122 74 - 45 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 486,136 7,411 2,238,822 35,547 8,886 - 1,213 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 46.3 %Barrows & gilts 96.7 %Lambs & yearlings 92.7 %Heifers 28.2 %Sows 3.0 %Mature sheep 7.3 %Cows 23.9 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, April 18, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 395.6 Cattle 1,358 816 Steers 889 Heifers 823 Cows 660 Bulls 890 Calves and veal 1.0 Calves 245 141 Pork 482.9 Hogs 289 216 Barrows and gilts 213 Sows 305 Boars 190 Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 120 60 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 60 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 881.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 18, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 486,136 Steers 225,192 46.3 Heifers 137,325 28.2 Dairy cows 67,748 13.9 Other cows 48,409 10.0 Bulls 7,462 1.5 Calves Total 7,411 Hogs Total 2,238,822 Barrows and gilts 2,164,146 96.7 Sows 67,945 3.0 Boars 6,731 0.3 Sheep Total 35,547 Mature sheep 2,599 7.3 Lambs and yearlings 32,948 92.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 18, 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 42,204 23,633 74.5 11,197 9,581 23.5 Tuesday 44,701 26,977 75.5 12,836 9,041 23.1 Wednesday 40,282 25,567 73.4 13,381 9,253 25.2 Thursday 41,314 23,554 72.4 13,221 9,860 25.8 Friday 37,566 25,125 73.1 13,351 8,374 25.3 Saturday 19,125 12,469 83.5 3,762 2,300 16.0 Total 225,192 137,325 74.6 67,748 48,409 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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