Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 22.04.17
05/05/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 22, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 106,763 1,849 304,218 6,434 2,467 - 126
Tuesday 115,818 2,087 445,910 7,314 1,585 - 164
Wednesday 115,814 1,655 444,340 5,911 1,266 - 191
Thursday 117,996 1,535 445,574 6,958 1,834 - 320
Friday 106,609 2,235 443,297 5,215 1,583 - 149
Saturday 37,997 338 214,027 341 42 - 45
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Total 600,997 9,699 2,297,366 32,173 8,777 - 995
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%Steers 55.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.6
%Heifers 24.5 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.4
%Cows 18.4 %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 22, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 479.9 Cattle 1,327 800
Steers 849
Heifers 791
Cows 653
Bulls 908
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 262 155
Pork 490.3 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 306
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 973.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 22, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 600,997
Steers 332,297 55.3
Heifers 147,184 24.5
Dairy cows 56,378 9.4
Other cows 54,065 9.0
Bulls 11,073 1.8
Calves Total 9,699
Hogs Total 2,297,366
Barrows and gilts 2,231,562 97.1
Sows 58,988 2.6
Boars 6,816 0.3
Sheep Total 32,173
Mature sheep 2,056 6.4
Lambs and yearlings 30,117 93.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 22, 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 57,216 29,998 81.7 7,510 9,908 16.3
Tuesday 63,957 29,022 80.3 11,665 9,132 18.0
Wednesday 66,810 25,197 79.4 11,576 10,257 18.9
Thursday 66,322 28,039 80.0 11,080 10,461 18.3
Friday 58,831 28,126 81.6 9,923 8,189 17.0
Saturday 19,161 6,802 68.3 4,624 6,118 28.3
Total 332,297 147,184 79.8 56,378 54,065 18.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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