Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 23.01.16
05/02/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 106,149 1,959 377,919 5,126 1,207 - 218
Tuesday 113,032 2,412 437,125 9,007 2,402 - 306
Wednesday 111,511 1,826 430,213 7,359 1,338 - 225
Thursday 112,834 1,793 439,815 7,511 1,803 - 274
Friday 107,900 1,901 420,205 6,404 1,077 - 99
Saturday 23,891 362 200,008 79 11 - -
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Total 575,317 10,253 2,305,285 35,486 7,838 - 1,122
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%Steers 52.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 26.9 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 4.9
%Cows 19.2 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.3
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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 23, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 479.4 Cattle 1,384 835
Steers 899
Heifers 837
Cows 650
Bulls 900
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 264 155
Pork 491.9 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 311
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 975.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 575,317
Steers 302,486 52.6
Heifers 155,000 26.9
Dairy cows 62,246 10.8
Other cows 48,068 8.4
Bulls 7,517 1.3
Calves Total 10,253
Hogs Total 2,305,285
Barrows and gilts 2,246,875 97.5
Sows 53,269 2.3
Boars 5,141 0.2
Sheep Total 35,486
Mature sheep 1,750 4.9
Lambs and yearlings 33,736 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 23, 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 53,868 31,368 80.3 9,262 9,993 18.1
Tuesday 61,153 29,128 79.9 12,613 8,793 18.9
Wednesday 64,850 24,375 80.0 12,094 8,869 18.8
Thursday 59,100 31,542 80.3 11,504 9,171 18.3
Friday 54,298 31,757 79.8 12,374 8,115 19.0
Saturday 9,217 6,830 67.2 4,399 3,127 31.5
Total 302,486 155,000 79.5 62,246 48,068 19.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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