Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 19.03.16
01/04/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,418 1,666 428,687 9,881 2,438 - 143
Tuesday 112,998 1,574 433,201 8,707 1,535 - 237
Wednesday 112,162 1,316 417,668 7,980 1,243 - 243
Thursday 107,957 1,488 383,080 8,553 2,019 - 219
Friday 93,760 1,708 406,787 8,076 1,495 - 96
Saturday 11,971 57 118,303 1,834 197 - 40
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Total 550,266 7,809 2,187,726 45,031 8,927 - 978
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%Steers 52.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.9
%Heifers 26.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.1
%Cows 18.8 %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, March 19, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 458.9 Cattle 1,377 836
Steers 895
Heifers 834
Cows 663
Bulls 920
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 303 179
Pork 465.2 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 312
Boars 211
Lamb and mutton 3.2 Sheep 140 70
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 928.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 550,266
Steers 291,047 52.9
Heifers 147,086 26.7
Dairy cows 57,900 10.5
Other cows 45,357 8.2
Bulls 8,876 1.6
Calves Total 7,809
Hogs Total 2,187,726
Barrows and gilts 2,125,975 97.2
Sows 56,234 2.6
Boars 5,517 0.3
Sheep Total 45,031
Mature sheep 1,830 4.1
Lambs and yearlings 43,201 95.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 19, 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 56,516 35,047 82.2 8,595 9,355 16.1
Tuesday 60,339 30,379 80.3 12,145 8,501 18.3
Wednesday 63,317 26,457 80.0 12,133 8,641 18.5
Thursday 56,533 28,936 79.2 11,169 9,439 19.1
Friday 48,410 23,505 76.7 11,612 8,504 21.5
Saturday 5,932 2,762 72.6 2,246 917 26.4
Total 291,047 147,086 79.6 57,900 45,357 18.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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