Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 08.04.17
21/04/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 8, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 107,257 1,672 444,085 9,289 2,594 - 143
Tuesday 115,613 2,177 448,723 8,454 2,085 - 195
Wednesday 115,187 2,034 445,958 7,905 1,125 - 248
Thursday 112,244 1,340 446,968 8,626 1,899 - 257
Friday 100,664 2,392 441,133 8,425 1,837 - 194
Saturday 26,914 69 90,815 1,920 332 - 40
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Total 577,879 9,684 2,317,682 44,619 9,872 - 1,077
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%Steers 54.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 25.1 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 18.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 8, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 462.4 Cattle 1,336 802
Steers 852
Heifers 792
Cows 660
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 250 147
Pork 493.7 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 310
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 960.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 8, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 577,879
Steers 313,937 54.3
Heifers 144,838 25.1
Dairy cows 57,455 9.9
Other cows 50,859 8.8
Bulls 10,790 1.9
Calves Total 9,684
Hogs Total 2,317,682
Barrows and gilts 2,251,364 97.1
Sows 59,543 2.6
Boars 6,775 0.3
Sheep Total 44,619
Mature sheep 2,048 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 42,571 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 8, 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 57,676 29,741 81.5 8,464 9,405 16.7
Tuesday 63,819 29,306 80.5 11,321 8,923 17.5
Wednesday 65,008 27,604 80.4 11,207 9,357 17.9
Thursday 58,648 29,979 79.0 10,982 10,609 19.2
Friday 55,415 24,041 78.9 11,398 8,147 19.4
Saturday 13,371 4,167 65.2 4,083 4,418 31.6
Total 313,937 144,838 79.4 57,455 50,859 18.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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