Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 04.02.17
17/02/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 4, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,234 1,773 440,370 8,381 2,465 - 153
Tuesday 114,443 2,342 442,894 7,813 1,591 - 185
Wednesday 107,354 2,170 443,092 7,032 1,029 - 226
Thursday 114,813 1,472 441,439 7,109 1,390 - 265
Friday 112,281 2,560 434,404 5,710 1,625 - 182
Saturday 33,044 56 124,546 116 52 - -
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Total 596,169 10,373 2,326,745 36,161 8,152 - 1,011
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%Steers 51.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 27.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 19.6 %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, February 4, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 489.3 Cattle 1,371 823
Steers 887
Heifers 823
Cows 645
Bulls 892
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 227 132
Pork 494.0 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 305
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 987.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 4, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 596,169
Steers 307,048 51.5
Heifers 162,799 27.3
Dairy cows 66,435 11.1
Other cows 50,414 8.5
Bulls 9,473 1.6
Calves Total 10,373
Hogs Total 2,326,745
Barrows and gilts 2,260,752 97.2
Sows 59,834 2.6
Boars 6,159 0.3
Sheep Total 36,161
Mature sheep 1,812 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 34,349 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 4, 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 62,125 31,535 82.0 9,103 9,554 16.3
Tuesday 55,846 35,058 79.4 13,127 8,875 19.2
Wednesday 54,400 30,080 78.7 12,261 9,050 19.9
Thursday 59,314 31,814 79.4 11,984 9,861 19.0
Friday 61,538 29,440 81.0 12,450 7,323 17.6
Saturday 13,825 4,872 56.6 7,510 5,751 40.1
Total 307,048 162,799 78.8 66,435 50,414 19.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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