Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 21.01.17
03/02/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 21, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 69,665 1,588 318,191 6,313 1,441 - 131
Tuesday 110,002 2,360 426,098 8,759 2,322 - 165
Wednesday 114,936 1,882 442,524 7,429 1,400 - 216
Thursday 116,457 1,543 444,512 7,472 2,006 - 236
Friday 113,639 2,542 424,626 6,295 1,534 - 214
Saturday 46,523 58 279,969 101 45 - -
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Total 571,222 9,973 2,335,920 36,369 8,748 - 962
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%Steers 52.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 26.7 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 19.9 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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 21, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 468.3 Cattle 1,368 822
Steers 889
Heifers 822
Cows 641
Bulls 866
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 233 136
Pork 497.2 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 307
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 969.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 21, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 571,222
Steers 297,160 52.0
Heifers 152,298 26.7
Dairy cows 62,881 11.0
Other cows 50,754 8.9
Bulls 8,129 1.4
Calves Total 9,973
Hogs Total 2,335,920
Barrows and gilts 2,273,616 97.3
Sows 55,825 2.4
Boars 6,479 0.3
Sheep Total 36,369
Mature sheep 1,733 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 34,636 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 21, 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 37,550 15,532 76.2 8,204 7,203 22.1
Tuesday 58,842 29,312 80.1 11,516 8,783 18.5
Wednesday 56,883 34,665 79.7 12,223 9,613 19.0
Thursday 61,089 31,934 79.9 11,892 9,902 18.7
Friday 62,481 29,610 81.0 11,730 8,597 17.9
Saturday 20,315 11,245 67.8 7,316 6,656 30.0
Total 297,160 152,298 78.7 62,881 50,754 19.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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