Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 27.08.16
09/09/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 27, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,376 1,810 436,365 9,092 2,442 - 205
Tuesday 112,984 1,697 436,393 7,982 1,696 - 283
Wednesday 114,300 1,802 436,353 7,142 1,365 - 215
Thursday 113,408 1,139 423,327 7,594 1,831 - 167
Friday 113,048 1,742 421,506 5,874 1,545 - 152
Saturday 43,735 53 112,621 75 23 - -
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Total 609,851 8,243 2,266,565 37,759 8,902 - 1,022
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%Steers 56.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 24.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 16.8 %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
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 27, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 505.8 Cattle 1,361 831
Steers 896
Heifers 811
Cows 634
Bulls 911
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 263 154
Pork 469.5 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 310
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 979.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 27, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 609,851
Steers 344,404 56.5
Heifers 151,310 24.8
Dairy cows 55,025 9.0
Other cows 47,705 7.8
Bulls 11,407 1.9
Calves Total 8,243
Hogs Total 2,266,565
Barrows and gilts 2,203,835 97.2
Sows 56,167 2.5
Boars 6,563 0.3
Sheep Total 37,759
Mature sheep 1,905 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 35,854 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 27, 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 64,138 28,997 82.9 8,203 8,916 15.2
Tuesday 62,218 28,277 80.1 11,272 9,042 18.0
Wednesday 63,963 28,273 80.7 10,886 9,147 17.5
Thursday 62,949 28,235 80.4 10,362 9,776 17.8
Friday 65,841 25,688 81.0 11,387 7,949 17.1
Saturday 25,295 11,840 84.9 2,915 2,875 13.2
Total 344,404 151,310 81.3 55,025 47,705 16.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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