Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 03.12.16
16/12/2016
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 3, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,576 1,915 444,201 9,311 2,442 - 162
Tuesday 115,981 2,960 442,883 8,553 1,586 - 264
Wednesday 115,326 2,239 442,950 7,676 1,243 - 332
Thursday 116,452 1,669 429,681 8,550 1,500 - 126
Friday 112,206 2,446 428,612 6,442 1,585 - 109
Saturday 43,690 89 354,229 30 54 - -
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Total 616,231 11,318 2,542,556 40,562 8,410 - 993
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%Steers 54.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 25.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 18.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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, December 3, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 518.6 Cattle 1,394 843
Steers 913
Heifers 846
Cows 633
Bulls 884
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 236 137
Pork 539.6 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 311
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,062.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 3, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 616,231
Steers 332,813 54.0
Heifers 159,200 25.8
Dairy cows 59,988 9.7
Other cows 54,402 8.8
Bulls 9,828 1.6
Calves Total 11,318
Hogs Total 2,542,556
Barrows and gilts 2,471,925 97.2
Sows 63,464 2.5
Boars 7,167 0.3
Sheep Total 40,562
Mature sheep 1,879 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 38,683 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 3, 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 63,733 30,015 83.3 6,775 10,615 15.4
Tuesday 64,202 29,084 80.4 11,635 9,451 18.2
Wednesday 63,861 28,590 80.2 11,629 9,697 18.5
Thursday 62,260 29,953 79.2 11,508 10,656 19.0
Friday 59,144 31,032 80.4 12,083 8,006 17.9
Saturday 19,613 10,526 69.0 6,358 5,977 28.2
Total 332,813 159,200 79.8 59,988 54,402 18.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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