Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 03.09.16
16/09/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 3, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,895 1,796 428,211 9,029 2,669 - 192
Tuesday 113,790 1,768 436,884 8,326 1,634 - 194
Wednesday 111,190 1,660 436,492 8,043 1,307 - 193
Thursday 112,786 1,141 435,696 7,629 1,876 - 225
Friday 113,578 1,950 420,610 6,927 1,661 - 187
Saturday 49,404 51 106,524 23 23 - -
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Total 612,643 8,366 2,264,417 39,977 9,170 - 991
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%Steers 54.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 26.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 17.2 %Boars 0.4
%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, September 3, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 507.6 Cattle 1,362 830
Steers 898
Heifers 812
Cows 635
Bulls 905
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 250 146
Pork 469.9 Hogs 277 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 310
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 981.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 3, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 612,643
Steers 332,624 54.3
Heifers 162,841 26.6
Dairy cows 56,275 9.2
Other cows 49,100 8.0
Bulls 11,803 1.9
Calves Total 8,366
Hogs Total 2,264,417
Barrows and gilts 2,198,987 97.1
Sows 57,091 2.5
Boars 8,339 0.4
Sheep Total 39,977
Mature sheep 2,472 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 37,505 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 3, 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 60,243 31,840 82.3 7,927 9,656 15.7
Tuesday 62,443 29,297 80.6 11,201 8,808 17.6
Wednesday 57,378 32,110 80.5 10,340 9,130 17.5
Thursday 64,378 26,380 80.5 10,719 9,181 17.6
Friday 64,999 26,472 80.5 12,486 7,749 17.8
Saturday 23,183 16,742 80.8 3,602 4,576 16.6
Total 332,624 162,841 80.9 56,275 49,100 17.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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