Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 16.04.16
29/04/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 16, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,928 2,001 383,989 9,197 2,059 - 138
Tuesday 113,102 1,675 434,903 7,809 1,491 - 238
Wednesday 110,222 1,472 438,214 7,175 852 - 225
Thursday 108,470 1,028 436,787 7,395 1,894 - 265
Friday 97,581 1,775 423,191 7,281 1,203 - 218
Saturday 11,299 73 78,338 67 37 - -
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Total 550,602 8,024 2,195,422 38,924 7,536 - 1,084
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%Steers 55.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 24.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 18.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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, April 16, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 452.0 Cattle 1,358 823
Steers 878
Heifers 820
Cows 653
Bulls 921
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 303 180
Pork 468.7 Hogs 285 214
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 312
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 925.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 16, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 550,602
Steers 304,674 55.3
Heifers 132,105 24.0
Dairy cows 54,555 9.9
Other cows 49,552 9.0
Bulls 9,716 1.8
Calves Total 8,024
Hogs Total 2,195,422
Barrows and gilts 2,131,800 97.1
Sows 56,288 2.6
Boars 7,334 0.3
Sheep Total 38,924
Mature sheep 2,226 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 36,698 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 16, 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 58,714 29,352 80.1 9,629 10,241 18.1
Tuesday 64,077 26,518 80.1 11,295 9,211 18.1
Wednesday 65,155 24,342 81.2 9,625 9,371 17.2
Thursday 59,743 26,152 79.2 10,618 9,965 19.0
Friday 52,628 23,942 78.5 11,057 8,253 19.8
Saturday 4,357 1,799 54.5 2,331 2,511 42.9
Total 304,674 132,105 79.3 54,555 49,552 18.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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