Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 22.10.16
04/11/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 22, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,625 2,365 441,294 8,863 2,474 - 150
Tuesday 115,496 2,903 444,434 7,682 1,610 - 137
Wednesday 114,480 2,325 438,858 7,975 1,647 - 149
Thursday 110,673 1,585 443,518 7,329 1,841 - 194
Friday 102,451 2,883 434,540 6,069 1,438 - 175
Saturday 45,427 226 321,002 30 37 - -
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Total 602,152 12,287 2,523,646 37,948 9,047 - 805
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%Steers 53.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 26.6 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.1
%Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.7
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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, October 22, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 505.0 Cattle 1,383 841
Steers 915
Heifers 837
Cows 629
Bulls 866
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 222 129
Pork 532.6 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 308
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,041.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 22, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 602,152
Steers 319,764 53.1
Heifers 160,393 26.6
Dairy cows 56,589 9.4
Other cows 55,442 9.2
Bulls 9,964 1.7
Calves Total 12,287
Hogs Total 2,523,646
Barrows and gilts 2,459,511 97.5
Sows 58,641 2.3
Boars 5,494 0.2
Sheep Total 37,948
Mature sheep 1,928 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 36,020 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 22, 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 58,819 34,025 81.7 7,779 11,019 16.5
Tuesday 65,794 26,677 80.1 11,400 9,711 18.3
Wednesday 59,996 31,736 80.1 10,907 10,062 18.3
Thursday 59,464 28,886 79.8 10,300 10,225 18.5
Friday 54,383 27,968 80.4 11,552 7,173 18.3
Saturday 21,308 11,101 71.3 4,651 7,252 26.2
Total 319,764 160,393 79.7 56,589 55,442 18.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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