Report Date: 8/13/2020
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
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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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 - -
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Total 636,304 8,684 2,536,743 38,083 12,411 - 1,218
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%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
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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, August 1, 2020
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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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
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Total meat
production 1,066.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 1, 2020
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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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
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 1, 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 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
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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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