SJ_LS711
St. Joseph, MO Thu Sep 17, 2020 USDA Market News Service
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 2020
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 119,060 1,177 474,663 8,681 2,803 - 173
Tuesday 120,581 1,810 467,845 6,305 1,989 - 253
Wednesday 116,417 1,675 475,785 5,971 1,571 - 236
Thursday 118,700 1,054 480,028 7,553 1,868 - 202
Friday 116,727 1,598 452,609 5,923 2,081 - 251
Saturday 43,902 53 115,561 1,381 66 - -
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Total 635,387 7,367 2,466,491 35,814 10,378 - 1,115
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%Steers 51.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.9
%Cows 18.1 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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- 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.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 533.2 Cattle 1,375 841
Steers 918
Heifers 832
Cows 631
Bulls 889
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 250 145
Pork 517.1 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 305
Boars 188
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 122 61
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 61
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Total meat
production 1,053.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 635,387
Steers 325,907 51.3
Heifers 183,048 28.8
Dairy cows 55,203 8.7
Other cows 59,663 9.4
Bulls 11,566 1.8
Calves Total 7,367
Hogs Total 2,466,491
Barrows and gilts 2,399,072 97.3
Sows 61,242 2.5
Boars 6,177 0.3
Sheep Total 35,814
Mature sheep 2,459 6.9
Lambs and yearlings 33,355 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 5, 2020
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Number of head slaughtered
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Day Steers & heifers Dairy & other
of as % of Dairy Other as % of
week Steers Heifers cattle cows cows cattle
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Monday 60,374 35,803 80.8 8,752 11,563 17.1
Tuesday 61,224 34,673 79.5 10,858 11,471 18.5
Wednesday 56,807 34,292 78.3 11,278 11,842 19.9
Thursday 63,239 31,180 79.5 11,044 11,094 18.7
Friday 60,639 32,825 80.1 11,096 10,149 18.2
Saturday 23,624 14,275 86.3 2,175 3,544 13.0
Total 325,907 183,048 80.1 55,203 59,663 18.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
(816)-676-7000 e-mail: stjoe.lpgmn@ams.usda.gov
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