SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Apr 16, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 4, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 118,756 1,438 494,962 6,502 1,935 - 209 Tuesday 119,473 1,944 491,236 5,626 1,275 - 314 Wednesday 117,235 1,713 475,548 5,349 850 - 306 Thursday 115,152 820 487,640 5,703 1,049 - 248 Friday 107,188 1,953 482,993 5,709 904 - 327 Saturday 53,495 4 140,189 48 17 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 631,299 7,872 2,572,568 28,937 6,030 - 1,404 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 47.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.5 %Heifers 31.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.5 %Cows 19.0 %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 4, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 518.0 Cattle 1,356 822 Steers 889 Heifers 825 Cows 645 Bulls 877 Calves and veal 0.9 Calves 211 120 Pork 552.9 Hogs 288 215 Barrows and gilts 213 Sows 306 Boars 191 Lamb and mutton 2.0 Sheep 136 68 Mature sheep 70 Lambs and yearlings 68 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,073.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 4, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 631,299 Steers 301,078 47.7 Heifers 200,331 31.7 Dairy cows 64,243 10.2 Other cows 55,922 8.9 Bulls 9,725 1.5 Calves Total 7,872 Hogs Total 2,572,568 Barrows and gilts 2,497,442 97.1 Sows 67,408 2.6 Boars 7,718 0.3 Sheep Total 28,937 Mature sheep 1,298 4.5 Lambs and yearlings 27,639 95.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, April 4, 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 56,100 40,306 81.2 10,283 10,273 17.3 Tuesday 55,568 38,666 78.9 11,984 11,451 19.6 Wednesday 56,129 36,072 78.6 13,051 10,267 19.9 Thursday 54,210 36,071 78.4 12,494 10,449 19.9 Friday 52,954 30,722 78.1 12,633 9,119 20.3 Saturday 26,117 18,494 83.4 3,798 4,363 15.3 Total 301,078 200,331 79.4 64,243 55,922 19.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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