Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 30.07.16
12/08/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 30, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,922 1,977 427,585 8,781 2,574 - 147
Tuesday 114,576 2,061 427,011 7,687 1,581 - 254
Wednesday 111,741 1,780 433,441 7,027 1,134 - 159
Thursday 110,924 1,148 415,592 7,003 1,968 - 280
Friday 111,180 2,139 393,076 6,278 1,487 - 155
Saturday 21,947 50 95,313 11 10 - -
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Total 580,290 9,155 2,192,018 36,787 8,754 - 995
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%Steers 58.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 23.7 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 16.3 %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, July 30, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 477.8 Cattle 1,351 825
Steers 883
Heifers 803
Cows 640
Bulls 910
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 256 150
Pork 454.9 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 310
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 936.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 30, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 580,290
Steers 337,994 58.2
Heifers 137,298 23.7
Dairy cows 50,006 8.6
Other cows 44,708 7.7
Bulls 10,284 1.8
Calves Total 9,155
Hogs Total 2,192,018
Barrows and gilts 2,129,355 97.1
Sows 55,317 2.5
Boars 7,346 0.3
Sheep Total 36,787
Mature sheep 2,028 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 34,759 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 30, 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 60,466 29,771 82.1 7,794 9,643 15.9
Tuesday 69,613 22,814 80.7 10,598 9,485 17.5
Wednesday 64,315 27,331 82.0 9,132 9,093 16.3
Thursday 66,749 24,724 82.5 9,630 7,894 15.8
Friday 65,851 24,945 81.7 11,152 7,306 16.6
Saturday 11,000 7,713 85.3 1,700 1,287 13.6
Total 337,994 137,298 81.9 50,006 44,708 16.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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