06-Feb-19 NATIONAL SUMMARY OF MEATS GRADED Page 1

(POUNDS IN THOUSANDS)

Fiscal Year: 2018 Month: Calendar Year Report 12/31/2017 to 12/29/2018

BEEF

QUALITY

GRADE #1 #2

YIELD GRADE

#3 #4 #5

QUALITY

ONLY

TOTAL

QUALITY

GRADED

THIS PD

% OF

ALL

QUALITY

GRADED

% OF TOTAL

STEER AND

HEIFER

OFFERED

PRIME

CHOICE

SELECT

STANDARD

COMMERCIAL

UTILITY

CUTTER

CANNER

3,586

150,658

177,059

52

1

173

0

0

88,949

1,479,807

556,934

153

305

5,945

0

0

326,441

2,253,632

306,980

227

2,138

15,649

0

0

107,943

477,719

33,888

39

1,675

6,573

0

0

29,492

75,587

4,898

7

533

1,611

0

0

1,179,664

11,131,451

2,719,024

4,211

2

14

0

0

1,736,077

15,568,854

3,798,784

4,689

4,653

29,965

0

0

8.2%

73.6%

18.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

7.9%

70.5%

17.2%

0.0%

YIELD ONLY 21,165 44,207 42,152 21,159 7,533

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS

PERIOD 352,696 2,176,300 2,947,218 648,997 119,660

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 5.6% 34.8% 47.2% 10.4% 1.9%

96.2% of Federal Inspected Steer and Heifers offered represents total Steers and Heifers graded.

0.9% of Federal Inspected Cows offered represents total Cows graded.

81.6% of Federal Inspected Beef offered represents total Beef (Steers, Heifers, and Cows) graded.

95.5% of Beef Quality graded (Prime, Choice, Select, Standard) of total Steers/Heifers offered.

28.1% of Beef Yield graded (1 - 5) of Steers/Heifers offered.

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

Prime Choice Select

Percentage

Quality Grade Comparison - Beef

2018

2017

2016

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

YG 1 YG 2 YG 3 YG 4 YG 5

Percentage

Yield Grade Comparison - Beef

2018

2017

2016

Information Provided By:

 United States Department of Agriculture

 Agricultural Marketing Service

 Livestock & Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division
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(POUNDS IN THOUSANDS)

Fiscal Year: 2018 Month: Calendar Year Report 12/31/2017 to 12/29/2018

LAMB AND MUTTON VEAL AND CALF

YIELD GRADE TOTAL % OF

QUALITY QUALITY QUALITY ALL QUALITY TOTAL %

GRADE #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 ONLY GRADED QUALITY GRADE THIS PD

THIS PD GRADED

PRIME 88 1,323 2,406 1,892 1,251 6,959 9.2% PRIME 902 4.1%

CHOICE 3,629 19,000 27,316 11,740 6,849 68,533 90.8% CHOICE 21,006 95.9%

GOOD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GOOD 35 0.2%

UTILITY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% STANDARD 4 0.0%

CULL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% UTILITY 0 0.0%

TOTAL 21,908

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS 25.3% of Federal Veal and Calf

PERIOD 3,716 20,323 29,721 13,632 8,100 offered represtents total

Veal and Calf graded

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 4.9% 26.9% 39.4% 18.1% 10.7% TOTAL BULL/BULLOCK 0

TOTAL PORK 0

57.4% of Federal Inspected Lamb offered represents total Lambs Graded.

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

Prime Choice Choice or Higher

Percentage

Quality Grade Comparison - Lamb

2018

2017

2016

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

45.0

YG 1 YG 2 YG 3 YG 4 YG 5

Percentage

Yield Grade Comparison - Lamb

2018

2017

2016

0.0

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

100.0

120.0

Prime Choice

Percentage

Quality Grade Comparison - Veal

2018

2017

2016

Information Provided By:

 United States Department of Agriculture

 Agricultural Marketing Service

 Livestock & Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division
 

 

 

 

06-Feb-19 NATIONAL SUMMARY OF MEATS GRADED

(HEAD)

Fiscal Year: 2018 Month: Calendar Year Report 12/31/2017 to 12/29/2018

BEEF

QUALITY

GRADE #1 #2

YIELD GRADE

#3 #4 #5

QUALITY

ONLY

TOTAL

QUALITY

GRADED

THIS PD

% OF

ALL

QUALITY

GRADED

% OF TOTAL

STEER AND

HEIFER

OFFERED

PRIME

CHOICE

SELECT

STANDARD

COMMERCIAL

UTILITY

CUTTER

CANNER

4,180

175,590

206,360

61

2

268

0

0

103,669

1,724,693

649,098

178

472

9,209

0

0

380,462

2,626,574

357,781

264

3,311

24,239

0

0

125,806

556,774

39,496

46

2,594

10,182

0

0

34,373

88,095

5,708

8

825

2,495

0

0

1,374,881

12,973,538

3,168,982

4,908

3

21

0

0

2,023,371

18,145,264

4,427,425

5,465

7,207

46,414

0

0

8.2%

73.6%

18.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

7.9%

70.5%

17.2%

0.0%

YIELD ONLY 24,668 51,523 49,128 24,661 8,780

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS

PERIOD 411,129 2,538,842 3,441,759 759,559 140,284

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 5.6% 34.8% 47.2% 10.4% 1.9%

LAMB AND MUTTON VEAL AND CALF

QUALITY

GRADE #1 #2

YIELD GRADE

#3 #4 #5

QUALITY

ONLY

TOTAL

QUALITY

GRADED

THIS PD

% OF

ALL

QUALITY

GRADED

QUALITY

GRADE

TOTAL

THIS PD

%

PRIME

CHOICE

GOOD

UTILITY

CULL

1,255

51,986

0

0

0

18,951

272,210

0

0

0

34,463

391,344

0

0

0

27,106

168,189

0

0

0

17,927

98,120

0

0

0

99,702

981,849

0

0

0

9.2%

90.8%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

PRIME

CHOICE

GOOD

STANDARD

UTILITY

6,920

161,089

272

30

0

4.1%

95.9%

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS

PERIOD 53,241 291,161 425,807 195,295 116,047

TOTAL 168,009

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 4.9% 26.9% 39.4% 18.1% 10.7% TOTAL BULL/BULLOCK

TOTAL PORK

0

0

 Information Provided By:

 United States Department of Agriculture

 Agricultural Marketing Service

Livestock & Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division