Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 20.02.16
04/03/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 20, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 92,713 1,850 415,847 5,436 820 - 195
Tuesday 109,934 1,401 436,590 8,243 2,086 - 174
Wednesday 100,536 1,694 436,254 7,972 1,289 - 179
Thursday 108,041 1,049 438,026 8,038 1,508 - 182
Friday 99,289 1,825 430,524 6,789 1,493 - 258
Saturday 14,192 86 130,761 66 20 - 36
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Total 524,705 7,905 2,288,002 36,544 7,216 - 1,024
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%Steers 49.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.1
%Cows 20.0 %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
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 20, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 430.8 Cattle 1,372 823
Steers 886
Heifers 829
Cows 651
Bulls 907
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 280 165
Pork 486.6 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 310
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 921.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 20, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 524,705
Steers 260,995 49.7
Heifers 151,309 28.8
Dairy cows 58,813 11.2
Other cows 46,143 8.8
Bulls 7,445 1.4
Calves Total 7,905
Hogs Total 2,288,002
Barrows and gilts 2,227,924 97.4
Sows 54,990 2.4
Boars 5,088 0.2
Sheep Total 36,544
Mature sheep 1,861 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 34,683 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 20, 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 45,833 27,015 78.6 9,064 9,300 19.8
Tuesday 56,085 32,256 80.4 11,800 8,391 18.4
Wednesday 47,471 31,375 78.4 11,610 8,831 20.3
Thursday 56,045 30,363 80.0 11,015 9,137 18.7
Friday 48,823 27,381 76.7 12,963 8,554 21.7
Saturday 6,738 2,919 68.0 2,361 1,930 30.2
Total 260,995 151,309 78.6 58,813 46,143 20.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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