Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 17.09.16
30/09/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 17, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,786 1,812 441,009 9,925 3,898 - 147
Tuesday 112,125 1,948 438,486 8,557 2,093 - 229
Wednesday 112,119 1,949 435,101 7,111 1,431 - 262
Thursday 112,052 1,547 439,097 7,635 1,654 - 214
Friday 109,707 2,694 402,271 6,116 1,222 - 113
Saturday 54,473 63 212,509 36 31 - -
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Total 611,262 10,013 2,368,473 39,380 10,329 - 965
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%Steers 55.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 25.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.1
%Cows 17.8 %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 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 17, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 510.8 Cattle 1,372 837
Steers 905
Heifers 823
Cows 637
Bulls 906
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 244 143
Pork 495.7 Hogs 280 209
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 310
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,010.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 17, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 611,262
Steers 338,733 55.4
Heifers 152,768 25.0
Dairy cows 56,185 9.2
Other cows 52,580 8.6
Bulls 10,996 1.8
Calves Total 10,013
Hogs Total 2,368,473
Barrows and gilts 2,301,764 97.2
Sows 60,354 2.5
Boars 6,355 0.3
Sheep Total 39,380
Mature sheep 2,026 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 37,354 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 17, 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 60,852 29,998 82.0 8,164 9,607 16.0
Tuesday 61,843 27,964 80.1 11,344 9,051 18.2
Wednesday 63,148 26,009 79.5 11,146 9,961 18.8
Thursday 63,228 25,773 79.4 10,105 10,714 18.6
Friday 59,916 28,341 80.4 11,500 8,263 18.0
Saturday 29,746 14,683 81.6 3,926 4,984 16.4
Total 338,733 152,768 80.4 56,185 52,580 17.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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