Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 20.08.16
02/09/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 20, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,127 1,646 428,485 8,880 2,293 - 151
Tuesday 112,924 1,680 432,585 7,861 1,656 - 184
Wednesday 113,917 1,892 435,162 6,992 1,256 - 260
Thursday 113,879 1,115 431,597 7,251 1,777 - 207
Friday 113,400 1,946 423,797 5,940 1,733 - 109
Saturday 35,564 32 143,459 31 36 - -
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Total 601,811 8,311 2,295,085 36,955 8,751 - 911
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%Steers 55.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 26.1 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 16.8 %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 20, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 497.6 Cattle 1,355 829
Steers 893
Heifers 813
Cows 632
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 255 149
Pork 474.7 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 310
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 976.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 20, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 601,811
Steers 332,819 55.3
Heifers 157,352 26.1
Dairy cows 54,894 9.1
Other cows 46,303 7.7
Bulls 10,443 1.7
Calves Total 8,311
Hogs Total 2,295,085
Barrows and gilts 2,232,138 97.3
Sows 55,621 2.4
Boars 7,326 0.3
Sheep Total 36,955
Mature sheep 2,306 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 34,649 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 20, 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 61,513 31,344 82.8 7,931 9,251 15.3
Tuesday 60,836 29,913 80.4 11,312 8,823 17.8
Wednesday 62,325 29,672 80.8 11,482 8,501 17.5
Thursday 64,821 27,190 80.8 10,144 9,524 17.3
Friday 64,107 28,335 81.5 11,604 7,425 16.8
Saturday 19,217 10,898 84.7 2,421 2,779 14.6
Total 332,819 157,352 81.4 54,894 46,303 16.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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