Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 06.08.16
19/08/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 6, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,244 1,782 357,389 7,501 2,723 - 227
Tuesday 113,590 2,181 431,946 7,787 1,540 - 232
Wednesday 111,330 1,662 436,619 7,858 1,356 - 229
Thursday 113,360 1,120 423,377 7,004 2,285 - 164
Friday 106,018 1,960 422,258 6,338 1,441 - 143
Saturday 29,350 43 128,072 19 32 - -
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Total 582,892 8,748 2,199,661 36,507 9,377 - 995
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%Steers 56.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 25.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.5
%Cows 16.6 %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
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, August 6, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 479.1 Cattle 1,347 824
Steers 886
Heifers 803
Cows 636
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 237 138
Pork 456.5 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 307
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 939.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 6, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 582,892
Steers 327,970 56.3
Heifers 148,416 25.5
Dairy cows 51,988 8.9
Other cows 44,826 7.7
Bulls 9,692 1.7
Calves Total 8,748
Hogs Total 2,199,661
Barrows and gilts 2,137,975 97.2
Sows 54,780 2.5
Boars 6,906 0.3
Sheep Total 36,507
Mature sheep 2,364 6.5
Lambs and yearlings 34,143 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 6, 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 60,375 30,758 83.4 7,195 8,760 14.6
Tuesday 62,363 29,557 80.9 11,133 8,740 17.5
Wednesday 63,252 28,103 82.1 10,088 8,195 16.4
Thursday 67,725 23,565 80.5 10,536 9,558 17.7
Friday 57,304 28,394 80.8 11,272 7,376 17.6
Saturday 16,951 8,039 85.1 1,764 2,197 13.5
Total 327,970 148,416 81.7 51,988 44,826 16.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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