Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 06.05.17
19/05/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 6, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 105,674 1,651 415,259 6,928 2,346 - 148
Tuesday 115,137 1,682 419,985 7,034 1,543 - 222
Wednesday 115,570 1,737 443,644 5,840 1,179 - 279
Thursday 117,033 1,481 443,204 6,726 1,585 - 329
Friday 116,871 1,910 423,783 5,528 1,742 - 194
Saturday 44,856 74 122,266 706 39 - -
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Total 615,141 8,535 2,268,141 32,762 8,434 - 1,172
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%Steers 54.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 26.5 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.0
%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, May 6, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 482.6 Cattle 1,309 786
Steers 832
Heifers 769
Cows 655
Bulls 902
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 276 163
Pork 480.4 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 310
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 966.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 6, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 615,141
Steers 333,976 54.3
Heifers 162,729 26.5
Dairy cows 54,921 8.9
Other cows 52,285 8.5
Bulls 11,230 1.8
Calves Total 8,535
Hogs Total 2,268,141
Barrows and gilts 2,203,494 97.1
Sows 57,627 2.5
Boars 7,020 0.3
Sheep Total 32,762
Mature sheep 1,981 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 30,781 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 6, 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 58,844 26,306 80.6 7,712 10,754 17.5
Tuesday 69,112 25,073 81.8 10,108 8,820 16.4
Wednesday 59,640 33,749 80.8 10,692 9,654 17.6
Thursday 65,129 28,764 80.2 10,546 10,287 17.8
Friday 63,872 31,798 81.9 11,574 7,730 16.5
Saturday 17,379 17,039 76.7 4,289 5,040 20.8
Total 333,976 162,729 80.7 54,921 52,285 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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