Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 04.06.16
17/06/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 4, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 4,141 541 1,874 540 532 - -
Tuesday 112,920 1,660 434,020 9,781 2,243 - 190
Wednesday 113,075 1,491 434,305 8,418 1,544 - 248
Thursday 111,085 1,317 433,799 9,400 2,176 - 271
Friday 114,166 1,870 428,518 8,059 1,929 - 142
Saturday 72,109 141 164,142 307 297 - -
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Total 527,496 7,020 1,896,658 36,505 8,721 - 851
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%Steers 58.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 22.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 17.3 %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, June 4, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 427.4 Cattle 1,336 812
Steers 864
Heifers 792
Cows 650
Bulls 918
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 265 155
Pork 403.7 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 312
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 834.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 4, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 527,496
Steers 309,908 58.8
Heifers 117,556 22.3
Dairy cows 45,870 8.7
Other cows 45,165 8.6
Bulls 8,997 1.7
Calves Total 7,020
Hogs Total 1,896,658
Barrows and gilts 1,842,878 97.2
Sows 48,130 2.5
Boars 5,650 0.3
Sheep Total 36,505
Mature sheep 2,299 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 34,206 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 4, 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 1,135 457 38.4 1,592 748 56.5
Tuesday 63,949 27,489 81.0 8,732 10,514 17.0
Wednesday 68,264 22,970 80.7 10,483 9,557 17.7
Thursday 64,107 25,164 80.4 9,970 9,769 17.8
Friday 68,660 22,948 80.2 10,936 9,810 18.2
Saturday 43,793 18,528 86.4 4,157 4,767 12.4
Total 309,908 117,556 81.0 45,870 45,165 17.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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