Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 08.10.16
21/10/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 8, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,211 1,758 443,196 8,227 2,556 - 140
Tuesday 113,140 2,263 441,957 8,296 1,811 - 220
Wednesday 112,380 2,203 434,883 7,726 1,359 - 234
Thursday 112,406 1,623 437,379 7,295 1,786 - 336
Friday 107,113 2,846 435,228 5,207 1,555 - 150
Saturday 52,139 84 233,812 1,148 93 - -
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Total 610,389 10,777 2,426,455 37,899 9,160 - 1,080
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%Steers 53.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 26.5 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 17.8 %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, October 8, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 512.8 Cattle 1,380 842
Steers 911
Heifers 835
Cows 638
Bulls 876
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 246 143
Pork 509.4 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 308
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 1,026.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 8, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 610,389
Steers 328,919 53.9
Heifers 162,035 26.5
Dairy cows 57,200 9.4
Other cows 51,666 8.5
Bulls 10,569 1.7
Calves Total 10,777
Hogs Total 2,426,455
Barrows and gilts 2,365,030 97.5
Sows 54,848 2.3
Boars 6,577 0.3
Sheep Total 37,899
Mature sheep 2,092 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 35,807 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 8, 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 60,190 32,326 81.7 9,063 9,568 16.5
Tuesday 66,266 23,685 79.5 11,339 9,817 18.7
Wednesday 60,112 29,612 79.8 11,000 9,807 18.5
Thursday 59,023 30,179 79.4 10,605 10,408 18.7
Friday 54,773 30,131 79.3 11,395 8,859 18.9
Saturday 28,555 16,102 85.6 3,798 3,207 13.4
Total 328,919 162,035 80.4 57,200 51,666 17.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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