Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 27.02.16
11/03/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 27, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 104,383 1,915 433,868 8,778 2,140 - 196
Tuesday 110,500 1,635 436,035 7,673 1,576 - 308
Wednesday 104,827 1,365 417,166 7,133 644 - 199
Thursday 108,638 1,293 388,261 7,511 1,445 - 300
Friday 102,270 1,644 432,612 7,328 1,431 - 118
Saturday 10,035 51 101,283 99 47 - -
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Total 540,653 7,903 2,209,225 38,522 7,283 - 1,121
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%Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 20.0 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 27, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 446.0 Cattle 1,372 827
Steers 887
Heifers 834
Cows 657
Bulls 919
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 297 176
Pork 469.2 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 302
Boars 214
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 147 74
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 919.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 27, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 540,653
Steers 272,743 50.4
Heifers 151,275 28.0
Dairy cows 62,504 11.6
Other cows 45,720 8.5
Bulls 8,411 1.6
Calves Total 7,903
Hogs Total 2,209,225
Barrows and gilts 2,143,945 97.0
Sows 58,871 2.7
Boars 6,409 0.3
Sheep Total 38,522
Mature sheep 1,908 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 36,614 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 27, 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 51,202 32,359 80.1 10,136 8,976 18.3
Tuesday 57,974 29,460 79.1 12,501 8,969 19.4
Wednesday 52,470 29,157 77.9 13,069 8,494 20.6
Thursday 55,540 30,822 79.5 11,229 9,400 19.0
Friday 52,015 28,255 78.5 12,470 8,096 20.1
Saturday 3,542 1,222 47.5 3,099 1,785 48.7
Total 272,743 151,275 78.4 62,504 45,720 20.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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