Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 27.05.17
09/06/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 27, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,144 1,704 439,737 7,668 3,121 - 144
Tuesday 119,325 1,606 440,037 8,243 1,868 - 148
Wednesday 116,609 1,926 445,758 7,464 2,234 - 275
Thursday 117,120 1,265 444,439 9,324 2,444 - 212
Friday 116,677 2,307 426,495 6,136 2,265 - 196
Saturday 36,783 60 5,482 249 119 - 41
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Total 622,658 8,868 2,201,948 39,084 12,051 - 1,016
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%Steers 58.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 23.1 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 17.1 %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 27, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 491.2 Cattle 1,311 791
Steers 838
Heifers 772
Cows 639
Bulls 914
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 276 163
Pork 462.2 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 309
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 129 65
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 957.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 27, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 622,658
Steers 360,871 58.0
Heifers 143,705 23.1
Dairy cows 53,568 8.6
Other cows 52,671 8.5
Bulls 11,843 1.9
Calves Total 8,868
Hogs Total 2,201,948
Barrows and gilts 2,136,623 97.0
Sows 58,160 2.6
Boars 7,165 0.3
Sheep Total 39,084
Mature sheep 2,416 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 36,668 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 27, 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 66,399 29,903 82.9 7,843 9,921 15.3
Tuesday 68,470 27,703 80.6 10,923 10,034 17.6
Wednesday 68,493 26,030 81.1 11,184 8,964 17.3
Thursday 67,446 27,513 81.1 9,471 10,259 16.8
Friday 72,329 23,603 82.2 10,745 8,005 16.1
Saturday 17,734 8,953 72.6 3,402 5,488 24.2
Total 360,871 143,705 81.0 53,568 52,671 17.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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