Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 16.01.16
29/01/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 16, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,942 2,359 312,974 8,690 2,498 - 190
Tuesday 112,850 2,031 438,173 7,730 1,585 - 253
Wednesday 112,209 1,766 434,904 6,927 1,054 - 249
Thursday 111,094 1,540 434,226 6,960 1,185 - 271
Friday 105,848 2,185 429,313 6,676 1,247 - 183
Saturday 23,545 125 247,701 126 270 - -
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Total 575,488 10,006 2,297,291 37,109 7,839 - 1,146
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%Steers 51.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.7
%Heifers 26.9 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.3
%Cows 20.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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, January 16, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 477.4 Cattle 1,382 831
Steers 898
Heifers 833
Cows 649
Bulls 904
Calves and veal 1.7 Calves 283 166
Pork 491.8 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 310
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 73
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 973.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 16, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 575,488
Steers 297,572 51.7
Heifers 154,645 26.9
Dairy cows 65,528 11.4
Other cows 49,358 8.6
Bulls 8,385 1.5
Calves Total 10,006
Hogs Total 2,297,291
Barrows and gilts 2,231,777 97.1
Sows 59,279 2.6
Boars 6,235 0.3
Sheep Total 37,109
Mature sheep 1,589 4.3
Lambs and yearlings 35,520 95.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 16, 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 51,530 35,942 79.6 10,485 10,358 19.0
Tuesday 59,552 30,607 79.9 12,551 8,731 18.9
Wednesday 59,426 29,425 79.2 12,820 8,964 19.4
Thursday 60,841 27,782 79.8 12,132 8,744 18.8
Friday 57,500 26,197 79.1 13,165 7,649 19.7
Saturday 8,723 4,692 57.0 4,375 4,912 39.4
Total 297,572 154,645 78.6 65,528 49,358 20.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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