Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 02.01.16
15/01/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 2, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 89,923 2,212 423,146 9,459 2,823 - 287
Tuesday 108,312 2,428 429,015 7,837 2,165 - 136
Wednesday 109,873 2,085 436,063 8,474 1,721 - 287
Thursday 86,957 1,775 377,520 6,634 1,518 - 101
Friday 387 - 283 - - - -
Saturday 44,749 621 371,799 81 22 - -
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Total 440,201 9,121 2,037,826 32,485 8,249 - 811
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%Steers 53.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.8 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 27.1 %Sows 2.0 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 18.3 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.0
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- Represents zero.
1/ Bison are not covered under the Meat Inspection Act, and therefore do not
require inspection. Numbers refer to the amount killed in Federally
Inspected Plants, and are not necessarily inspected.
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Meat Production, Live Weight and Dressed Weight - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 2, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 368.5 Cattle 1,388 839
Steers 904
Heifers 835
Cows 646
Bulls 923
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 270 158
Pork 436.4 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 309
Boars 214
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 808.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 2, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 440,201
Steers 235,930 53.6
Heifers 119,087 27.1
Dairy cows 43,533 9.9
Other cows 37,112 8.4
Bulls 4,539 1.0
Calves Total 9,121
Hogs Total 2,037,826
Barrows and gilts 1,993,357 97.8
Sows 40,309 2.0
Boars 4,160 0.2
Sheep Total 32,485
Mature sheep 2,030 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 30,455 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 2, 2016
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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 48,184 26,142 82.7 6,404 8,314 16.4
Tuesday 58,530 28,764 80.6 10,669 9,178 18.3
Wednesday 59,482 28,600 80.2 11,509 9,101 18.8
Thursday 45,538 21,288 76.8 11,017 8,057 21.9
Friday 2 2 1.0 252 123 96.9
Saturday 24,194 14,291 86.0 3,682 2,339 13.5
Total 235,930 119,087 80.6 43,533 37,112 18.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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