Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 07.01.17
20/01/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 7, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 10,550 840 9,109 927 334 - 5
Tuesday 115,666 2,903 439,563 9,568 2,337 - 265
Wednesday 116,184 2,142 436,007 8,081 1,409 - 209
Thursday 117,288 1,768 436,079 8,314 1,354 - 186
Friday 112,815 2,651 433,596 6,986 2,011 - 175
Saturday 70,920 63 332,559 1,144 43 - -
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Total 543,423 10,367 2,086,913 35,020 7,488 - 840
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%Steers 53.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 26.4 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 19.2 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.3
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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, January 7, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 453.7 Cattle 1,383 837
Steers 905
Heifers 836
Cows 643
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 228 133
Pork 445.3 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 306
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 902.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 7, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 543,423
Steers 288,905 53.2
Heifers 143,366 26.4
Dairy cows 57,139 10.5
Other cows 47,159 8.7
Bulls 6,854 1.3
Calves Total 10,367
Hogs Total 2,086,913
Barrows and gilts 2,033,613 97.4
Sows 48,629 2.3
Boars 4,671 0.2
Sheep Total 35,020
Mature sheep 2,059 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 32,961 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 7, 2017
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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 2,271 1,070 31.7 3,268 3,468 63.8
Tuesday 55,436 38,046 80.8 11,248 9,670 18.1
Wednesday 65,459 28,214 80.6 12,486 8,740 18.3
Thursday 64,063 30,117 80.3 11,676 9,770 18.3
Friday 65,436 25,301 80.4 12,294 8,462 18.4
Saturday 36,240 20,618 80.2 6,167 7,049 18.6
Total 288,905 143,366 79.5 57,139 47,159 19.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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