Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 23.07.16
05/08/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 23, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,733 1,711 410,233 8,624 2,584 - 146
Tuesday 112,796 2,143 430,933 7,747 1,540 - 270
Wednesday 112,087 1,355 425,285 6,760 1,258 - 230
Thursday 113,262 1,243 429,870 6,907 1,809 - 315
Friday 111,975 2,135 403,309 6,379 1,470 - 97
Saturday 35,705 144 41,426 832 22 - -
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Total 596,558 8,731 2,141,056 37,249 8,683 - 1,058
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%Steers 56.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 24.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 16.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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, July 23, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 488.8 Cattle 1,347 821
Steers 880
Heifers 803
Cows 636
Bulls 910
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 251 147
Pork 445.9 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 310
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 938.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 23, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 596,558
Steers 339,143 56.8
Heifers 145,123 24.3
Dairy cows 53,294 8.9
Other cows 47,481 8.0
Bulls 11,517 1.9
Calves Total 8,731
Hogs Total 2,141,056
Barrows and gilts 2,078,927 97.1
Sows 55,880 2.6
Boars 6,249 0.3
Sheep Total 37,249
Mature sheep 1,770 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,479 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 23, 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 64,036 26,105 81.4 8,260 10,077 16.6
Tuesday 63,300 26,807 79.9 10,940 9,474 18.1
Wednesday 65,488 25,066 80.8 10,131 9,273 17.3
Thursday 63,942 27,667 80.9 10,289 9,043 17.1
Friday 62,197 28,787 81.3 11,388 7,495 16.9
Saturday 20,180 10,691 86.5 2,286 2,119 12.3
Total 339,143 145,123 81.2 53,294 47,481 16.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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