Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 11.03.17
24/03/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 11, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,696 1,685 440,834 8,944 2,229 - 158
Tuesday 116,920 1,990 443,320 7,808 1,561 - 210
Wednesday 116,456 2,114 440,097 7,386 976 - 271
Thursday 111,307 1,114 444,201 6,962 1,782 - 220
Friday 106,130 2,483 431,114 5,791 1,733 - 190
Saturday 30,253 76 118,780 85 33 - -
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Total 594,762 9,462 2,318,346 36,976 8,314 - 1,049
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%Steers 51.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 27.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 19.2 %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, March 11, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 487.1 Cattle 1,361 821
Steers 881
Heifers 819
Cows 655
Bulls 881
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 243 142
Pork 492.3 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 307
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 983.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 11, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 594,762
Steers 307,853 51.8
Heifers 162,621 27.3
Dairy cows 63,030 10.6
Other cows 51,298 8.6
Bulls 9,960 1.7
Calves Total 9,462
Hogs Total 2,318,346
Barrows and gilts 2,254,044 97.2
Sows 58,340 2.5
Boars 5,962 0.3
Sheep Total 36,976
Mature sheep 1,772 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,204 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 57,116 34,828 80.9 10,306 9,542 17.5
Tuesday 60,551 33,863 80.8 11,927 8,603 17.6
Wednesday 59,180 33,662 79.7 12,189 9,769 18.9
Thursday 59,666 28,420 79.1 11,288 10,071 19.2
Friday 58,218 26,366 79.7 12,304 7,651 18.8
Saturday 13,122 5,482 61.5 5,016 5,662 35.3
Total 307,853 162,621 79.1 63,030 51,298 19.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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