Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 04.03.17
17/03/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 4, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,323 1,783 444,167 8,563 2,125 - 151
Tuesday 117,188 2,272 443,970 7,377 1,474 - 169
Wednesday 115,083 1,876 443,467 7,576 1,036 - 254
Thursday 116,980 1,219 437,109 7,000 1,896 - 248
Friday 102,835 2,434 418,390 6,024 1,399 - 149
Saturday 18,842 86 128,914 15 39 - -
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Total 586,251 9,670 2,316,017 36,555 7,969 - 971
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 27.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 18.9 %Boars 0.4
%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, March 4, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 479.2 Cattle 1,360 819
Steers 876
Heifers 823
Cows 653
Bulls 877
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 241 141
Pork 491.6 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 306
Boars 210
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 145 73
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 974.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 4, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 586,251
Steers 302,635 51.6
Heifers 163,111 27.8
Dairy cows 62,188 10.6
Other cows 48,818 8.3
Bulls 9,499 1.6
Calves Total 9,670
Hogs Total 2,316,017
Barrows and gilts 2,248,709 97.1
Sows 58,604 2.5
Boars 8,704 0.4
Sheep Total 36,555
Mature sheep 1,744 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 34,811 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 61,623 32,564 81.7 9,646 9,602 16.7
Tuesday 63,701 30,814 80.7 12,232 8,651 17.8
Wednesday 57,207 35,134 80.2 12,068 9,046 18.3
Thursday 62,760 31,024 80.2 11,975 9,351 18.2
Friday 51,426 31,582 80.7 11,589 6,885 18.0
Saturday 5,918 1,993 42.0 4,678 5,283 52.9
Total 302,635 163,111 79.4 62,188 48,818 18.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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