Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 24.09.16
07/10/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 24, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,525 1,754 439,206 8,314 2,940 - 156
Tuesday 113,760 2,332 440,042 8,202 2,062 - 228
Wednesday 114,412 2,044 439,512 7,614 1,169 - 173
Thursday 115,600 1,456 436,704 8,472 1,682 - 188
Friday 107,928 2,384 433,044 6,901 1,533 - 134
Saturday 32,483 27 284,034 28 43 - -
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Total 595,708 9,997 2,472,542 39,531 9,429 - 879
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%Steers 54.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 26.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 18.1 %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 24, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 496.5 Cattle 1,372 835
Steers 904
Heifers 827
Cows 634
Bulls 887
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 245 144
Pork 518.2 Hogs 280 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 310
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,018.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 24, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 595,708
Steers 321,391 54.0
Heifers 155,818 26.2
Dairy cows 58,209 9.8
Other cows 49,375 8.3
Bulls 10,915 1.8
Calves Total 9,997
Hogs Total 2,472,542
Barrows and gilts 2,406,560 97.3
Sows 58,676 2.4
Boars 7,306 0.3
Sheep Total 39,531
Mature sheep 2,314 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 37,217 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 24, 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 58,795 31,201 80.7 8,422 11,022 17.4
Tuesday 64,727 27,034 80.7 11,304 8,479 17.4
Wednesday 63,775 28,254 80.4 11,162 9,299 17.9
Thursday 63,802 28,722 80.0 11,519 9,376 18.1
Friday 54,960 31,132 79.8 11,804 8,033 18.4
Saturday 15,332 9,475 76.4 3,998 3,166 22.1
Total 321,391 155,818 80.1 58,209 49,375 18.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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