SJ_LS711 St. Joseph, MO Thu Mar 26, 2020 USDA Market News Service Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, March 14, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 122,595 1,456 489,976 7,758 2,581 - 168 Tuesday 124,053 2,483 496,215 8,214 2,020 - 323 Wednesday 125,251 2,096 487,182 7,324 1,612 - 209 Thursday 119,466 1,707 494,949 8,064 2,313 - 193 Friday 104,267 2,147 491,385 6,990 2,148 - 286 Saturday 45,058 15 179,741 1,488 480 - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 640,690 9,904 2,639,448 39,838 11,154 - 1,179 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %Steers 46.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6 %Heifers 31.7 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.4 %Cows 20.1 %Boars 0.3 %Bulls 1.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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, March 14, 2020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- million pounds pounds pounds Beef 531.2 Cattle 1,374 831 Steers 901 Heifers 835 Cows 656 Bulls 879 Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 232 135 Pork 567.7 Hogs 288 215 Barrows and gilts 213 Sows 304 Boars 194 Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 136 68 Mature sheep 65 Lambs and yearlings 69 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total meat production 1,103.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, March 14, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of Percent Species head of total ------------------------------------------------------------------ Cattle Total 640,690 Steers 299,842 46.8 Heifers 203,127 31.7 Dairy cows 65,720 10.3 Other cows 62,897 9.8 Bulls 9,104 1.4 Calves Total 9,904 Hogs Total 2,639,448 Barrows and gilts 2,571,074 97.4 Sows 61,747 2.3 Boars 6,627 0.3 Sheep Total 39,838 Mature sheep 2,166 5.4 Lambs and yearlings 37,672 94.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S. Week Ending Saturday, March 14, 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 58,094 39,078 79.3 10,973 12,482 19.1 Tuesday 56,186 41,008 78.3 12,877 12,050 20.1 Wednesday 59,800 37,895 78.0 13,482 12,452 20.7 Thursday 55,893 35,307 76.3 13,509 13,093 22.3 Friday 48,119 31,284 76.2 12,351 10,702 22.1 Saturday 21,750 18,555 89.5 2,528 2,118 10.3 Total 299,842 203,127 78.5 65,720 62,897 20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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