Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 01.04.17
13/04/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 1, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,314 1,495 439,064 10,659 2,465 - 163
Tuesday 116,371 2,419 443,218 8,847 1,404 - 236
Wednesday 115,949 1,785 447,672 7,181 1,046 - 304
Thursday 112,474 1,575 438,741 7,482 1,555 - 223
Friday 112,664 2,321 435,831 6,865 1,491 - 91
Saturday 26,062 71 139,679 1,564 34 - 45
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Total 600,834 9,666 2,344,205 42,598 7,995 - 1,062
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%Steers 53.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.8
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.2
%Cows 18.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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, April 1, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 485.4 Cattle 1,340 810
Steers 862
Heifers 805
Cows 653
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 251 147
Pork 498.7 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 311
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 988.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 1, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 600,834
Steers 319,450 53.2
Heifers 161,217 26.8
Dairy cows 57,706 9.6
Other cows 51,889 8.6
Bulls 10,572 1.8
Calves Total 9,666
Hogs Total 2,344,205
Barrows and gilts 2,277,489 97.2
Sows 59,925 2.6
Boars 6,791 0.3
Sheep Total 42,598
Mature sheep 1,779 4.2
Lambs and yearlings 40,819 95.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 1, 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 61,862 34,437 82.1 8,743 10,081 16.0
Tuesday 67,089 26,860 80.7 11,494 9,092 17.7
Wednesday 60,010 32,800 80.0 11,455 9,920 18.4
Thursday 60,286 28,758 79.2 11,182 10,055 18.9
Friday 59,653 32,350 81.7 10,282 8,548 16.7
Saturday 10,550 6,012 63.5 4,550 4,193 33.5
Total 319,450 161,217 80.0 57,706 51,889 18.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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