Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 26.03.16
08/04/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 26, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 108,861 1,777 384,272 10,364 2,817 - 191
Tuesday 112,102 1,592 429,153 9,644 2,089 - 242
Wednesday 106,324 1,476 438,402 5,650 1,365 - 119
Thursday 107,288 1,120 424,448 6,859 1,608 - 344
Friday 93,626 1,424 400,028 7,128 1,396 - 135
Saturday 9,828 74 89,809 75 44 - -
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Total 538,029 7,463 2,166,112 39,720 9,319 - 1,031
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%Steers 52.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 18.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 26, 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 1,366 829
Steers 887
Heifers 826
Cows 656
Bulls 926
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 304 181
Pork 461.4 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 309
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 910.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 26, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 538,029
Steers 281,999 52.4
Heifers 149,282 27.7
Dairy cows 54,366 10.1
Other cows 43,385 8.1
Bulls 8,997 1.7
Calves Total 7,463
Hogs Total 2,166,112
Barrows and gilts 2,108,508 97.3
Sows 52,036 2.4
Boars 5,568 0.3
Sheep Total 39,720
Mature sheep 1,838 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 37,882 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 26, 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 51,232 38,224 82.2 8,550 8,861 16.0
Tuesday 58,504 31,356 80.2 11,802 8,525 18.1
Wednesday 60,202 23,962 79.2 11,338 9,003 19.1
Thursday 57,702 29,045 80.9 10,461 8,302 17.5
Friday 49,036 24,228 78.3 11,247 7,749 20.3
Saturday 5,323 2,467 79.3 968 945 19.5
Total 281,999 149,282 80.2 54,366 43,385 18.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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