Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 25.03.17
07/04/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 25, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,784 1,552 441,013 9,904 2,360 - 143
Tuesday 117,363 2,411 445,936 8,310 1,495 - 227
Wednesday 116,917 2,269 445,213 6,773 983 - 183
Thursday 115,594 1,523 442,547 7,909 1,770 - 301
Friday 113,818 2,445 416,270 5,073 1,293 - 212
Saturday 33,977 89 131,975 1,066 31 - -
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Total 613,453 10,289 2,322,954 39,035 7,932 - 1,066
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%Steers 52.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.7
%Heifers 28.1 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.3
%Cows 18.2 %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 25, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 498.5 Cattle 1,348 814
Steers 868
Heifers 816
Cows 651
Bulls 893
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 241 141
Pork 493.3 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 311
Boars 216
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 996.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 25, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 613,453
Steers 318,746 52.0
Heifers 172,549 28.1
Dairy cows 59,785 9.7
Other cows 51,839 8.5
Bulls 10,534 1.7
Calves Total 10,289
Hogs Total 2,322,954
Barrows and gilts 2,257,834 97.2
Sows 59,113 2.5
Boars 6,007 0.3
Sheep Total 39,035
Mature sheep 1,671 4.3
Lambs and yearlings 37,364 95.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 58,382 36,900 82.3 8,748 9,580 15.8
Tuesday 64,841 30,007 80.8 11,947 8,570 17.5
Wednesday 59,503 34,158 80.1 11,516 10,129 18.5
Thursday 57,753 34,494 79.8 11,543 9,823 18.5
Friday 62,442 29,109 80.4 11,802 8,748 18.1
Saturday 15,825 7,881 69.8 4,229 4,989 27.1
Total 318,746 172,549 80.1 59,785 51,839 18.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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