Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 13.05.17
26/05/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 13, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,063 1,668 432,324 6,736 2,792 - 132
Tuesday 115,678 1,665 442,131 7,426 1,664 - 273
Wednesday 116,124 1,734 441,197 5,666 1,482 - 289
Thursday 119,086 1,315 442,797 8,076 1,724 - 285
Friday 116,399 2,132 422,470 5,578 1,798 - 226
Saturday 36,977 52 85,452 379 57 - -
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Total 619,327 8,566 2,266,371 33,861 9,517 - 1,205
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%Steers 56.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 24.6 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.1
%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 13, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 487.4 Cattle 1,308 789
Steers 836
Heifers 772
Cows 648
Bulls 905
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 274 161
Pork 478.0 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 311
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 135 67
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 969.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 13, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 619,327
Steers 347,442 56.1
Heifers 152,513 24.6
Dairy cows 55,409 8.9
Other cows 52,627 8.5
Bulls 11,336 1.8
Calves Total 8,566
Hogs Total 2,266,371
Barrows and gilts 2,200,931 97.1
Sows 58,402 2.6
Boars 7,038 0.3
Sheep Total 33,861
Mature sheep 2,068 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 31,793 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 13, 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 62,416 31,760 81.8 8,433 10,231 16.2
Tuesday 65,689 27,969 81.0 11,108 8,950 17.3
Wednesday 65,380 27,655 80.1 11,237 9,780 18.1
Thursday 68,530 27,460 80.6 10,194 10,568 17.4
Friday 68,360 26,346 81.4 10,888 8,714 16.8
Saturday 17,067 11,323 76.8 3,549 4,384 21.5
Total 347,442 152,513 80.7 55,409 52,627 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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