Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 18.03.17
31/03/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 18, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,594 1,559 439,209 9,817 2,571 - 158
Tuesday 113,195 1,991 428,942 7,455 884 - 182
Wednesday 113,221 1,094 442,535 7,542 1,330 - 268
Thursday 116,064 2,036 447,700 7,526 1,727 - 254
Friday 101,456 2,521 427,905 6,700 1,655 - 146
Saturday 31,206 86 145,483 672 46 - -
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Total 588,736 9,287 2,331,774 39,712 8,213 - 1,008
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%Steers 51.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.9
%Heifers 29.6 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.1
%Cows 17.8 %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, March 18, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 480.0 Cattle 1,352 817
Steers 872
Heifers 812
Cows 660
Bulls 898
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 244 143
Pork 495.2 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 309
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 145 73
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 979.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 18, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 588,736
Steers 300,281 51.0
Heifers 174,203 29.6
Dairy cows 54,944 9.3
Other cows 49,696 8.4
Bulls 9,612 1.6
Calves Total 9,287
Hogs Total 2,331,774
Barrows and gilts 2,266,467 97.2
Sows 58,477 2.5
Boars 6,830 0.3
Sheep Total 39,712
Mature sheep 1,621 4.1
Lambs and yearlings 38,091 95.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 59,026 33,898 81.8 8,893 9,883 16.5
Tuesday 59,482 33,577 82.2 9,791 8,678 16.3
Wednesday 54,457 37,513 81.2 10,129 9,391 17.2
Thursday 60,012 32,878 80.0 11,282 9,894 18.2
Friday 54,555 26,986 80.4 10,694 7,672 18.1
Saturday 12,749 9,351 70.8 4,155 4,178 26.7
Total 300,281 174,203 80.6 54,944 49,696 17.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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