Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 05.11.16
18/11/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 5, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,451 1,943 460,768 9,194 2,530 - 134
Tuesday 116,413 2,100 442,953 8,352 1,556 - 161
Wednesday 115,884 2,000 441,704 7,616 1,138 - 140
Thursday 111,836 1,568 444,100 7,784 1,888 - 286
Friday 109,673 2,706 436,345 6,816 1,401 - 166
Saturday 43,136 145 306,374 11 18 - -
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Total 611,393 10,462 2,532,244 39,773 8,531 - 887
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%Steers 51.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 19.1 %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 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, November 5, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 511.2 Cattle 1,379 838
Steers 913
Heifers 842
Cows 625
Bulls 875
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 246 144
Pork 534.7 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 312
Boars 208
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,050.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 5, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 611,393
Steers 314,352 51.4
Heifers 170,036 27.8
Dairy cows 58,524 9.6
Other cows 58,289 9.5
Bulls 10,192 1.7
Calves Total 10,462
Hogs Total 2,532,244
Barrows and gilts 2,467,285 97.4
Sows 58,018 2.3
Boars 6,941 0.3
Sheep Total 39,773
Mature sheep 2,608 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 37,165 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 5, 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 59,899 33,580 81.7 8,000 11,069 16.7
Tuesday 63,972 29,451 80.3 10,834 10,409 18.2
Wednesday 60,385 32,374 80.0 11,683 9,656 18.4
Thursday 53,811 34,090 78.6 10,803 11,198 19.7
Friday 57,293 30,391 80.0 11,501 8,830 18.5
Saturday 18,992 10,150 67.6 5,703 7,127 29.7
Total 314,352 170,036 79.2 58,524 58,289 19.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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