Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 17.12.16
03/01/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 17, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,645 2,051 442,476 10,093 2,555 - 125
Tuesday 116,446 2,459 441,463 8,591 1,924 - 229
Wednesday 114,123 2,430 440,790 8,807 1,388 - 200
Thursday 115,556 1,606 440,449 8,880 2,185 - 276
Friday 107,507 2,235 426,971 7,103 1,467 - 161
Saturday 39,140 56 310,288 24 28 - -
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Total 606,417 10,837 2,502,437 43,498 9,547 - 991
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%Steers 52.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 26.3 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.8
%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
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, December 17, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 507.3 Cattle 1,388 838
Steers 908
Heifers 841
Cows 639
Bulls 871
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 248 146
Pork 527.6 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 308
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,039.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 17, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 606,417
Steers 320,765 52.9
Heifers 159,525 26.3
Dairy cows 59,498 9.8
Other cows 56,426 9.3
Bulls 10,203 1.7
Calves Total 10,837
Hogs Total 2,502,437
Barrows and gilts 2,435,779 97.3
Sows 59,453 2.4
Boars 7,205 0.3
Sheep Total 43,498
Mature sheep 2,073 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 41,425 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 17, 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 62,127 30,662 81.6 9,105 9,907 16.7
Tuesday 62,048 31,324 80.2 11,520 9,775 18.3
Wednesday 62,367 28,647 79.8 11,756 9,510 18.6
Thursday 62,136 30,109 79.8 10,713 10,665 18.5
Friday 56,520 29,061 79.6 11,386 8,915 18.9
Saturday 15,567 9,722 64.6 5,018 7,654 32.4
Total 320,765 159,525 79.2 59,498 56,426 19.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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