Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 18.02.17
03/03/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 18, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,804 1,583 440,730 8,586 2,394 - 206
Tuesday 115,061 2,203 431,178 7,529 1,462 - 147
Wednesday 113,524 2,337 434,216 7,540 950 - 282
Thursday 98,978 1,041 389,830 5,304 1,645 - 303
Friday 108,421 2,544 437,493 5,947 1,658 - 170
Saturday 29,686 66 222,252 1,466 267 - -
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Total 576,474 9,774 2,355,699 36,372 8,376 - 1,108
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 27.4 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 19.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 18, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 472.1 Cattle 1,365 821
Steers 881
Heifers 824
Cows 654
Bulls 886
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 235 137
Pork 500.0 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 307
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 976.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 18, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 576,474
Steers 295,252 51.2
Heifers 158,034 27.4
Dairy cows 62,643 10.9
Other cows 51,021 8.9
Bulls 9,524 1.7
Calves Total 9,774
Hogs Total 2,355,699
Barrows and gilts 2,291,015 97.3
Sows 57,628 2.4
Boars 7,056 0.3
Sheep Total 36,372
Mature sheep 1,680 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 34,692 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 18, 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 58,248 31,856 81.3 9,743 9,145 17.0
Tuesday 58,419 33,428 79.8 12,186 9,367 18.7
Wednesday 60,733 29,684 79.6 12,234 9,210 18.9
Thursday 51,276 25,890 78.0 10,582 9,558 20.3
Friday 55,583 30,818 79.7 12,173 8,195 18.8
Saturday 10,993 6,358 58.4 5,725 5,546 38.0
Total 295,252 158,034 78.6 62,643 51,021 19.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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