Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 06.02.16
19/02/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 6, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,616 2,035 437,564 8,354 2,294 - 154
Tuesday 78,244 1,876 310,840 8,040 1,663 - 149
Wednesday 92,927 1,661 400,527 6,487 868 - 242
Thursday 112,207 1,762 405,173 7,754 1,698 - 288
Friday 107,054 1,906 434,420 6,854 1,241 - 98
Saturday 34,114 286 190,456 81 42 - -
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Total 535,162 9,526 2,178,980 37,570 7,806 - 931
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%Steers 53.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 25.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 20.2 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.4
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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, February 6, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 443.8 Cattle 1,377 831
Steers 899
Heifers 829
Cows 651
Bulls 898
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 289 170
Pork 462.2 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 312
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 145 73
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 910.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 6, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 535,162
Steers 283,653 53.0
Heifers 135,677 25.4
Dairy cows 64,632 12.1
Other cows 43,599 8.1
Bulls 7,601 1.4
Calves Total 9,526
Hogs Total 2,178,980
Barrows and gilts 2,118,634 97.2
Sows 55,466 2.5
Boars 4,880 0.2
Sheep Total 37,570
Mature sheep 1,743 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 35,827 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 6, 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 57,953 31,819 81.2 10,352 8,913 17.4
Tuesday 39,674 18,743 74.7 11,899 6,727 23.8
Wednesday 47,421 24,963 77.9 12,256 7,085 20.8
Thursday 63,657 25,469 79.4 12,673 8,804 19.1
Friday 57,218 27,253 78.9 12,465 8,586 19.7
Saturday 17,730 7,430 73.8 4,987 3,484 24.8
Total 283,653 135,677 78.4 64,632 43,599 20.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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