Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 13.02.16
26/02/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 107,683 1,832 349,408 8,273 2,541 - 216
Tuesday 108,643 1,492 422,443 7,770 1,647 - 208
Wednesday 106,519 2,193 438,841 7,331 711 - 193
Thursday 109,288 823 431,790 8,170 1,693 - 286
Friday 105,742 1,808 433,111 6,993 1,253 - 121
Saturday 9,340 396 202,331 91 29 - -
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Total 547,215 8,544 2,277,924 38,628 7,874 - 1,024
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%Steers 52.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 27.3 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 19.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.3
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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, February 13, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 452.5 Cattle 1,378 829
Steers 891
Heifers 828
Cows 656
Bulls 896
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 274 161
Pork 484.2 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 305
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 940.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 547,215
Steers 285,278 52.1
Heifers 149,284 27.3
Dairy cows 61,811 11.3
Other cows 43,508 8.0
Bulls 7,334 1.3
Calves Total 8,544
Hogs Total 2,277,924
Barrows and gilts 2,215,888 97.3
Sows 55,562 2.4
Boars 6,474 0.3
Sheep Total 38,628
Mature sheep 1,770 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 36,858 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 13, 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 54,830 32,521 81.1 9,656 9,169 17.5
Tuesday 56,393 29,270 78.8 13,290 8,308 19.9
Wednesday 51,057 33,384 79.3 12,843 8,078 19.6
Thursday 61,413 26,265 80.2 11,173 8,916 18.4
Friday 57,206 25,859 78.6 12,974 8,215 20.0
Saturday 4,379 1,985 68.1 1,875 822 28.9
Total 285,278 149,284 79.4 61,811 43,508 19.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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