Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 29.04.17
12/05/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 29, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,612 1,891 443,441 6,913 2,093 - 188
Tuesday 117,197 1,687 441,386 7,355 1,517 - 166
Wednesday 117,803 1,928 446,033 5,687 1,053 - 295
Thursday 118,771 1,136 439,750 6,769 1,806 - 226
Friday 117,326 2,160 425,331 5,134 1,499 - 137
Saturday 44,556 305 103,095 26 36 - -
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Total 630,265 9,107 2,299,036 31,884 8,004 - 1,012
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%Steers 55.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 25.1 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 17.4 %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 29, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 502.1 Cattle 1,320 798
Steers 847
Heifers 785
Cows 649
Bulls 904
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 257 151
Pork 488.8 Hogs 284 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 310
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 994.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 29, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 630,265
Steers 351,389 55.8
Heifers 158,107 25.1
Dairy cows 55,460 8.8
Other cows 53,909 8.6
Bulls 11,400 1.8
Calves Total 9,107
Hogs Total 2,299,036
Barrows and gilts 2,233,488 97.1
Sows 58,257 2.5
Boars 7,291 0.3
Sheep Total 31,884
Mature sheep 1,848 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 30,036 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 29, 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 62,539 32,067 82.5 8,274 9,663 15.7
Tuesday 66,326 28,541 80.9 11,207 9,046 17.3
Wednesday 66,370 28,432 80.5 10,712 10,083 17.7
Thursday 65,621 29,648 80.2 10,679 10,704 18.0
Friday 70,083 26,312 82.2 11,225 7,962 16.4
Saturday 20,450 13,107 75.3 3,363 6,451 22.0
Total 351,389 158,107 80.8 55,460 53,909 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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