Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 09.07.16
22/07/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 9, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 516 551 1,765 1,008 670 - -
Tuesday 109,406 1,921 428,558 10,014 2,618 - 246
Wednesday 107,961 1,714 430,069 7,549 655 - 225
Thursday 111,841 1,374 430,946 8,292 1,607 - 307
Friday 108,307 2,112 431,736 6,344 1,427 - 160
Saturday 76,215 59 102,926 26 35 - 23
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Total 514,246 7,731 1,826,000 33,233 7,012 - 961
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%Steers 58.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 23.9 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 16.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.3
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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, July 9, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 420.9 Cattle 1,346 820
Steers 875
Heifers 798
Cows 645
Bulls 903
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 250 147
Pork 382.5 Hogs 279 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 311
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 806.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 9, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 514,246
Steers 300,909 58.5
Heifers 122,824 23.9
Dairy cows 43,900 8.5
Other cows 39,685 7.7
Bulls 6,928 1.3
Calves Total 7,731
Hogs Total 1,826,000
Barrows and gilts 1,772,930 97.1
Sows 47,214 2.6
Boars 5,856 0.3
Sheep Total 33,233
Mature sheep 1,835 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 31,398 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 9, 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 42 52 18.2 183 151 64.7
Tuesday 61,898 26,856 81.1 8,991 9,948 17.3
Wednesday 61,526 25,016 80.2 9,904 9,855 18.3
Thursday 65,039 25,389 80.9 10,476 9,247 17.6
Friday 62,157 25,232 80.7 11,219 8,147 17.9
Saturday 50,247 20,279 92.5 3,127 2,337 7.2
Total 300,909 122,824 82.4 43,900 39,685 16.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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