Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 05.03.16
18/03/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 5, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 103,909 1,759 404,254 8,599 2,314 - 197
Tuesday 110,544 1,847 437,107 7,980 1,594 - 270
Wednesday 104,374 1,512 437,196 7,777 814 - 287
Thursday 110,052 1,339 428,973 8,192 1,410 - 298
Friday 99,844 1,718 413,288 7,147 1,644 - 173
Saturday 8,345 51 103,207 75 30 - -
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Total 537,068 8,226 2,224,025 39,770 7,806 - 1,225
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%Steers 51.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.6
%Heifers 27.1 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 4.4
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.1
%Bulls 1.5
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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, March 5, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 445.0 Cattle 1,376 830
Steers 888
Heifers 836
Cows 660
Bulls 923
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 298 176
Pork 473.2 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 308
Boars 244
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 147 74
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 922.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 5, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 537,068
Steers 278,499 51.9
Heifers 145,667 27.1
Dairy cows 59,073 11.0
Other cows 45,522 8.5
Bulls 8,307 1.5
Calves Total 8,226
Hogs Total 2,224,025
Barrows and gilts 2,161,539 97.2
Sows 59,353 2.7
Boars 3,133 0.1
Sheep Total 39,770
Mature sheep 1,762 4.4
Lambs and yearlings 38,008 95.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 5, 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 54,079 30,048 81.0 8,883 9,144 17.3
Tuesday 55,524 32,410 79.5 12,260 8,686 18.9
Wednesday 55,805 25,984 78.4 11,530 9,540 20.2
Thursday 59,084 28,324 79.4 11,829 9,143 19.1
Friday 50,526 27,348 78.0 12,216 8,204 20.5
Saturday 3,481 1,553 60.3 2,355 805 37.9
Total 278,499 145,667 79.0 59,073 45,522 19.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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