Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 25.02.17
10/03/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 25, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 100,441 1,806 424,743 5,088 779 - 150
Tuesday 114,937 2,340 447,716 9,208 2,339 - 178
Wednesday 114,226 1,914 445,596 7,283 1,271 - 211
Thursday 115,654 1,470 442,982 7,959 1,456 - 358
Friday 108,829 1,950 383,542 5,798 1,793 - 185
Saturday 20,387 43 121,553 104 47 - -
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Total 574,474 9,523 2,266,132 35,440 7,685 - 1,082
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 27.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.7
%Cows 19.2 %Boars 0.2
%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 25, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 470.0 Cattle 1,358 820
Steers 878
Heifers 822
Cows 653
Bulls 892
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 246 145
Pork 481.4 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 310
Boars 227
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 146 73
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 955.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 25, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 574,474
Steers 296,448 51.6
Heifers 158,088 27.5
Dairy cows 61,011 10.6
Other cows 49,307 8.6
Bulls 9,620 1.7
Calves Total 9,523
Hogs Total 2,266,132
Barrows and gilts 2,202,996 97.2
Sows 57,478 2.5
Boars 5,658 0.2
Sheep Total 35,440
Mature sheep 1,668 4.7
Lambs and yearlings 33,772 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 25, 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 51,482 29,130 80.3 8,608 9,343 17.9
Tuesday 60,008 31,702 79.8 12,536 8,914 18.7
Wednesday 56,959 34,747 80.3 11,592 9,345 18.3
Thursday 60,171 31,877 79.6 12,079 9,722 18.9
Friday 59,950 27,483 80.3 11,470 8,185 18.1
Saturday 7,878 3,149 54.1 4,726 3,798 41.8
Total 296,448 158,088 79.1 61,011 49,307 19.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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