Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 20.05.17
02/06/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 20, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,767 1,789 440,316 6,394 2,808 - 138
Tuesday 116,920 1,540 440,978 7,767 1,779 - 171
Wednesday 116,474 1,810 439,183 6,589 1,408 - 171
Thursday 106,475 1,416 440,353 7,278 1,776 - 171
Friday 114,187 2,105 420,246 4,916 1,656 - 241
Saturday 42,435 86 83,320 988 240 - 1
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Total 612,258 8,746 2,264,396 33,932 9,667 - 893
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%Steers 56.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 23.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 17.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 20, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 481.9 Cattle 1,307 789
Steers 836
Heifers 770
Cows 647
Bulls 904
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 280 165
Pork 476.4 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 310
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 962.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 20, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 612,258
Steers 348,204 56.9
Heifers 145,743 23.8
Dairy cows 52,074 8.5
Other cows 54,701 8.9
Bulls 11,536 1.9
Calves Total 8,746
Hogs Total 2,264,396
Barrows and gilts 2,199,875 97.2
Sows 57,369 2.5
Boars 7,152 0.3
Sheep Total 33,932
Mature sheep 2,129 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 31,803 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 20, 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 65,623 29,807 82.4 7,624 10,355 15.5
Tuesday 66,842 27,782 80.9 10,683 9,318 17.1
Wednesday 65,685 27,746 80.2 10,793 10,089 17.9
Thursday 59,048 24,616 78.6 9,541 11,156 19.4
Friday 67,060 25,387 81.0 10,663 9,220 17.4
Saturday 23,946 10,405 80.9 2,770 4,563 17.3
Total 348,204 145,743 80.7 52,074 54,701 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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