Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 11.02.17
24/02/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 11, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,138 1,797 437,167 9,070 2,699 - 170
Tuesday 113,251 2,193 446,900 7,584 1,446 - 167
Wednesday 112,578 2,237 437,312 7,186 1,097 - 243
Thursday 113,891 1,499 441,430 6,805 1,535 - 141
Friday 110,296 2,210 439,869 6,182 1,580 - 178
Saturday 19,450 68 157,063 108 31 - -
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Total 578,604 10,004 2,359,741 36,935 8,388 - 899
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%Steers 51.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 27.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.9
%Cows 19.9 %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
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, February 11, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 473.0 Cattle 1,365 819
Steers 879
Heifers 824
Cows 654
Bulls 880
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 233 136
Pork 500.8 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 305
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 977.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 11, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 578,604
Steers 295,298 51.0
Heifers 158,882 27.5
Dairy cows 63,522 11.0
Other cows 51,670 8.9
Bulls 9,232 1.6
Calves Total 10,004
Hogs Total 2,359,741
Barrows and gilts 2,294,893 97.3
Sows 58,628 2.5
Boars 6,220 0.3
Sheep Total 36,935
Mature sheep 1,819 4.9
Lambs and yearlings 35,116 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 11, 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 55,096 32,828 80.6 9,414 10,004 17.8
Tuesday 61,954 27,943 79.4 11,894 9,648 19.0
Wednesday 56,519 32,913 79.4 11,964 9,597 19.2
Thursday 60,601 29,649 79.2 11,556 10,269 19.2
Friday 55,172 33,441 80.3 12,660 7,565 18.3
Saturday 5,956 2,108 41.5 6,034 4,587 54.6
Total 295,298 158,882 78.5 63,522 51,670 19.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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