SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu May 07, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 25, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 86,909 1,373 365,143 8,656 2,494 - 146 Tuesday 84,595 1,402 359,773 8,534 2,046 - 229 Wednesday 85,905 1,872 359,087 7,779 1,322 - 169 Thursday 82,242 1,159 361,534 7,804 2,119 - 207 Friday 85,384 1,620 360,276 7,133 1,335 - 273 Saturday 45,094 68 185,650 220 99 - 61 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 470,129 7,494 1,991,463 40,126 9,415 - 1,085 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 46.2 %Barrows & gilts 96.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2 %Heifers 28.3 %Sows 3.4 %Mature sheep 5.8 %Cows 23.9 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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 25, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 381.1 Cattle 1,357 813 Steers 891 Heifers 818 Cows 649 Bulls 885 Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 257 149 Pork 432.0 Hogs 291 217 Barrows and gilts 214 Sows 303 Boars 228 Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 124 62 Mature sheep 66 Lambs and yearlings 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 816.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 25, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 470,129 Steers 217,409 46.2 Heifers 133,154 28.3 Dairy cows 62,972 13.4 Other cows 49,229 10.5 Bulls 7,365 1.6 Calves Total 7,494 Hogs Total 1,991,463 Barrows and gilts 1,917,980 96.3 Sows 68,409 3.4 Boars 5,074 0.3 Sheep Total 40,126 Mature sheep 2,337 5.8 Lambs and yearlings 37,789 94.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 25, 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 39,350 25,846 75.0 10,537 9,660 23.2 Tuesday 36,214 27,350 75.1 11,067 8,748 23.4 Wednesday 39,816 23,543 73.8 12,308 8,960 24.8 Thursday 39,162 20,856 73.0 12,183 8,865 25.6 Friday 41,407 21,996 74.3 12,283 8,442 24.3 Saturday 21,460 13,563 77.7 4,594 4,554 20.3 Total 217,409 133,154 74.6 62,972 49,229 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