Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 31.12.16
13/01/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 31, 2016
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 9,033 912 7,039 979 599 - -
Tuesday 114,338 2,651 437,317 9,442 3,220 - 204
Wednesday 115,281 2,370 439,343 8,959 2,341 - 149
Thursday 115,793 1,665 442,875 9,422 2,143 - 223
Friday 114,192 2,949 436,677 7,390 2,102 - 218
Saturday 46,786 29 304,704 97 38 - -
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Total 515,423 10,576 2,067,955 36,289 10,443 - 794
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%Steers 52.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.8 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 1.9 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 18.8 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.1
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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 31, 2016
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 428.7 Cattle 1,382 833
Steers 900
Heifers 833
Cows 645
Bulls 887
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 231 134
Pork 438.0 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 302
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 870.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 31, 2016
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 515,423
Steers 268,505 52.1
Heifers 144,322 28.0
Dairy cows 49,687 9.6
Other cows 47,308 9.2
Bulls 5,601 1.1
Calves Total 10,576
Hogs Total 2,067,955
Barrows and gilts 2,021,867 97.8
Sows 40,117 1.9
Boars 5,971 0.3
Sheep Total 36,289
Mature sheep 1,936 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 34,353 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 31, 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 2,573 1,271 42.6 2,609 2,445 56.0
Tuesday 56,386 36,287 81.1 10,249 10,130 17.8
Wednesday 62,476 30,828 80.9 11,286 9,524 18.1
Thursday 65,520 27,920 80.7 10,558 10,714 18.4
Friday 59,520 32,524 80.6 11,492 9,323 18.2
Saturday 22,030 15,492 80.2 3,493 5,172 18.5
Total 268,505 144,322 80.1 49,687 47,308 18.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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