Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 29.10.16
11/11/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 29, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,990 1,886 444,076 8,874 2,378 - 136
Tuesday 114,742 2,195 443,520 8,303 1,560 - 220
Wednesday 114,365 2,067 424,956 7,948 1,336 - 198
Thursday 113,151 1,729 404,933 7,470 1,667 - 216
Friday 112,216 2,827 404,167 6,718 1,386 - 145
Saturday 47,268 69 285,268 56 285 - -
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Total 613,732 10,773 2,406,920 39,369 8,612 - 915
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%Steers 52.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 18.9 %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 29, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 516.1 Cattle 1,387 843
Steers 917
Heifers 840
Cows 635
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 243 143
Pork 508.1 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 313
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 133 66
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,028.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 29, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 613,732
Steers 322,711 52.6
Heifers 164,577 26.8
Dairy cows 56,289 9.2
Other cows 59,937 9.8
Bulls 10,218 1.7
Calves Total 10,773
Hogs Total 2,406,920
Barrows and gilts 2,339,428 97.2
Sows 60,903 2.5
Boars 6,589 0.3
Sheep Total 39,369
Mature sheep 2,043 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 37,326 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 29, 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 59,858 30,871 81.0 7,823 11,401 17.2
Tuesday 63,137 28,473 79.8 11,265 10,277 18.8
Wednesday 58,302 32,621 79.5 10,971 10,783 19.0
Thursday 60,624 28,917 79.1 10,403 11,120 19.0
Friday 59,994 30,486 80.6 11,217 8,914 17.9
Saturday 20,796 13,209 71.9 4,610 7,442 25.5
Total 322,711 164,577 79.4 56,289 59,937 18.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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