24-Oct-18 NATIONAL SUMMARY OF MEATS GRADED Page 1

(POUNDS IN THOUSANDS)

Fiscal Year: 2018 Month: Fiscal Report 10/01/2017 to 09/29/2018

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

3,135

155,524

185,292

40

3

136

0

0

88,192

1,483,401

551,353

124

360

5,578

0

0

323,158

2,262,606

309,415

182

2,383

15,224

0

0

101,338

465,107

33,511

48

1,735

6,468

0

0

25,719

67,300

4,467

7

546

1,539

0

0

1,065,958

11,094,270

2,810,645

3,320

1

10

0

0

1,607,500

15,528,208

3,894,683

3,721

5,029

28,954

0

0

7.6%

73.7%

18.5%

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

7.3%

70.4%

17.6%

0.0%

YIELD ONLY 21,346 47,496 53,660 24,452 8,627

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS

PERIOD 365,478 2,176,503 2,966,628 632,659 108,204

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 5.8% 34.8% 47.5% 10.1% 1.7%

96.0% 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.

95.3% of Beef Quality graded (Prime, Choice, Select, Standard) of total Steers/Heifers offered.

28.2% 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
24-Oct-18 NATIONAL SUMMARY OF MEATS GRADED Page 2

(POUNDS IN THOUSANDS)

Fiscal Year: 2018 Month: Fiscal Report 10/01/2017 to 09/29/2018

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 91 1,343 2,507 1,905 1,158 7,003 9.0% PRIME 1,039 4.4%

CHOICE 3,447 19,183 29,674 11,815 6,474 70,593 91.0% CHOICE 22,357 95.6%

GOOD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% GOOD 0 0.0%

UTILITY 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.0% STANDARD 4 0.0%

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

TOTAL 23,396

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS 27.1% of Federal Veal and Calf

PERIOD 3,538 20,531 32,181 13,720 7,632 offered represtents total

Veal and Calf graded

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 4.6% 26.5% 41.5% 17.7% 9.8% TOTAL BULL/BULLOCK 0

TOTAL PORK 0

59.3% 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
 

 

 

 

24-Oct-18 NATIONAL SUMMARY OF MEATS GRADED

(HEAD)

Fiscal Year: 2018 Month: Fiscal Report 10/01/2017 to 09/29/2018

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

3,650

181,051

215,705

47

5

211

0

0

102,668

1,726,880

641,850

144

556

8,626

0

0

376,200

2,633,981

360,201

212

3,685

23,544

0

0

117,971

541,448

39,011

56

2,684

10,003

0

0

29,940

78,346

5,200

8

845

2,380

0

0

1,240,920

12,915,239

3,271,973

3,865

2

15

0

0

1,871,349

18,076,945

4,533,940

4,332

7,777

44,779

0

0

7.6%

73.7%

18.5%

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

0.0%

0.0%

7.3%

70.4%

17.6%

0.0%

YIELD ONLY 24,850 55,292 62,468 28,465 10,043

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS

PERIOD 425,519 2,536,016 3,460,291 739,638 126,762

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 5.8% 34.8% 47.5% 10.1% 1.7%

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

1,299

49,337

0

3

0

19,219

274,569

0

75

0

35,881

424,718

0

0

0

27,261

169,108

0

0

0

16,570

92,669

0

0

0

100,230

1,010,401

0

78

0

9.0%

91.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

PRIME

CHOICE

GOOD

STANDARD

UTILITY

7,659

164,835

0

30

0

4.4%

95.6%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

TOTAL YIELD

GRADED THIS

PERIOD 50,639 293,863 460,599 196,369 109,239

TOTAL 172,494

% OF ALL

YIELD GRADED 4.6% 26.5% 41.5% 17.7% 9.8% TOTAL BULL/BULLOCK

TOTAL PORK

0

0

 Information Provided By:

 United States Department of Agriculture

 Agricultural Marketing Service

Livestock & Poultry Program

Quality Assessment Division