SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Aug 13, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 1, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 117,244 1,486 455,991 9,381 3,396 - 158 Tuesday 118,916 1,930 474,448 7,194 2,241 - 289 Wednesday 119,302 2,009 475,766 7,110 1,848 - 277 Thursday 118,684 1,391 481,706 5,794 1,031 - 187 Friday 111,472 1,863 474,269 6,219 1,898 - 307 Saturday 50,686 5 174,563 2,385 1,997 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 636,304 8,684 2,536,743 38,083 12,411 - 1,218 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 51.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4 %Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.6 %Cows 17.3 %Boars 0.2 %Bulls 1.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, August 1, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 530.0 Cattle 1,365 835 Steers 905 Heifers 828 Cows 631 Bulls 895 Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 240 140 Pork 533.2 Hogs 282 210 Barrows and gilts 208 Sows 304 Boars 180 Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 124 62 Mature sheep 71 Lambs and yearlings 62 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,066.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 1, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 636,304 Steers 324,205 51.0 Heifers 190,945 30.0 Dairy cows 51,946 8.2 Other cows 58,139 9.1 Bulls 11,069 1.7 Calves Total 8,684 Hogs Total 2,536,743 Barrows and gilts 2,467,586 97.3 Sows 63,417 2.5 Boars 5,740 0.2 Sheep Total 38,083 Mature sheep 2,505 6.6 Lambs and yearlings 35,578 93.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, August 1, 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 57,602 37,702 81.3 8,140 11,286 16.6 Tuesday 59,542 35,654 80.1 10,289 11,414 18.3 Wednesday 60,198 33,714 78.7 10,783 12,497 19.5 Thursday 62,175 33,545 80.7 10,203 10,597 17.5 Friday 55,332 33,594 79.8 11,100 9,391 18.4 Saturday 29,356 16,736 90.9 1,431 2,954 8.7 Total 324,205 190,945 81.0 51,946 58,139 17.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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