Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 15.04.17
28/04/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 15, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,689 1,665 447,391 11,315 3,558 - 141
Tuesday 112,417 2,024 440,695 10,887 2,269 - 157
Wednesday 115,404 1,861 447,339 9,017 1,361 - 187
Thursday 117,020 1,615 442,988 8,632 2,331 - 253
Friday 109,102 2,147 373,056 5,692 1,750 - 171
Saturday 21,562 508 75,988 286 61 - -
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Total 589,194 9,820 2,227,457 45,829 11,330 - 909
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%Steers 54.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.1
%Heifers 26.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.9
%Cows 17.4 %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, April 15, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 472.2 Cattle 1,328 803
Steers 848
Heifers 795
Cows 663
Bulls 896
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 250 147
Pork 473.8 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 309
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 120 60
Mature sheep 62
Lambs and yearlings 60
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Total meat
production 950.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 15, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 589,194
Steers 323,221 54.9
Heifers 153,468 26.0
Dairy cows 54,053 9.2
Other cows 48,489 8.2
Bulls 9,963 1.7
Calves Total 9,820
Hogs Total 2,227,457
Barrows and gilts 2,164,493 97.2
Sows 55,773 2.5
Boars 7,191 0.3
Sheep Total 45,829
Mature sheep 3,155 6.9
Lambs and yearlings 42,674 93.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 15, 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 63,022 29,717 81.6 9,016 9,803 16.6
Tuesday 61,380 28,835 80.3 10,966 9,172 17.9
Wednesday 64,340 27,722 79.8 11,410 9,992 18.5
Thursday 65,263 28,768 80.4 10,962 10,058 18.0
Friday 57,584 30,745 81.0 10,758 8,285 17.5
Saturday 11,632 7,681 89.6 941 1,179 9.8
Total 323,221 153,468 80.9 54,053 48,489 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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