Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 26.11.16
09/12/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 26, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,023 1,921 444,046 10,923 2,899 - 178
Tuesday 115,878 2,536 447,388 8,907 2,241 - 189
Wednesday 116,217 2,190 442,772 6,240 2,004 - 253
Thursday 128 440 1,563 4 6 - -
Friday 110,880 2,170 430,047 6,652 1,914 - 174
Saturday 89,754 84 386,470 28 40 - -
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Total 548,880 9,341 2,152,286 32,754 9,104 - 794
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%Steers 52.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 29.0 %Sows 1.9 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 17.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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 26, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 463.5 Cattle 1,390 846
Steers 916
Heifers 849
Cows 629
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 242 142
Pork 453.9 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 308
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 920.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 26, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 548,880
Steers 286,434 52.2
Heifers 159,140 29.0
Dairy cows 45,746 8.3
Other cows 49,585 9.0
Bulls 7,975 1.5
Calves Total 9,341
Hogs Total 2,152,286
Barrows and gilts 2,104,773 97.8
Sows 41,517 1.9
Boars 5,996 0.3
Sheep Total 32,754
Mature sheep 1,777 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 30,977 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 26, 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 57,671 35,730 80.5 8,696 11,805 17.7
Tuesday 61,454 31,732 80.4 10,716 10,286 18.1
Wednesday 59,883 33,022 79.9 11,386 10,216 18.6
Thursday 99 6 82.0 - - -
Friday 60,436 31,057 82.5 8,624 9,232 16.1
Saturday 46,891 27,593 83.0 6,324 8,046 16.0
Total 286,434 159,140 81.2 45,746 49,585 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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