SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Mar 07, 2019 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 99,343 1,625 464,590 5,159 1,485 - 147 Tuesday 115,802 2,824 475,780 8,561 2,174 - 192 Wednesday 109,206 2,762 465,169 6,597 1,283 - 209 Thursday 115,378 1,599 474,539 6,888 1,947 - 211 Friday 115,648 2,685 474,440 7,207 1,753 - 109 Saturday 25,999 147 132,861 1,097 58 - 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 581,376 11,642 2,487,379 35,509 8,700 - 886 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 47.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0 %Heifers 29.7 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.0 %Cows 21.9 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. 1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not require inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally Inspected Plants, and are not necessarily inspected. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 469.3 Cattle 1,351 809 Steers 874 Heifers 818 Cows 651 Bulls 881 Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 220 127 Pork 533.8 Hogs 287 215 Barrows and gilts 213 Sows 306 Boars 182 Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 138 69 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,006.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 581,376 Steers 273,897 47.1 Heifers 172,434 29.7 Dairy cows 71,587 12.3 Other cows 55,575 9.6 Bulls 7,883 1.4 Calves Total 11,642 Hogs Total 2,487,379 Barrows and gilts 2,421,118 97.3 Sows 58,637 2.4 Boars 7,624 0.3 Sheep Total 35,509 Mature sheep 1,773 5.0 Lambs and yearlings 33,736 95.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, February 23, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of head slaughtered ------------------------------------------------------------------ Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other of as % of Dairy Other as % of week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 46,579 29,336 76.4 11,472 10,331 21.9 Tuesday 52,983 36,555 77.3 13,175 11,575 21.4 Wednesday 53,207 29,618 75.8 13,856 11,178 22.9 Thursday 54,907 35,600 78.4 13,326 10,056 20.3 Friday 56,004 35,032 78.7 14,358 8,882 20.1 Saturday 10,217 6,293 63.5 5,400 3,553 34.4 Total 273,897 172,434 76.8 71,587 55,575 21.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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