Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 03.06.17
16/06/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 3, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 4,716 217 1,960 592 809 - -
Tuesday 118,088 2,142 440,644 8,591 2,684 - 258
Wednesday 119,147 1,398 442,110 7,458 1,751 - 222
Thursday 118,590 1,389 441,391 7,824 2,025 - 266
Friday 117,340 2,208 434,872 6,228 1,329 - 219
Saturday 84,652 44 218,655 922 38 - -
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Total 562,533 7,398 1,979,632 31,615 8,636 - 965
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%Steers 56.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 24.8 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 16.9 %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, June 3, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 447.5 Cattle 1,317 797
Steers 847
Heifers 778
Cows 644
Bulls 915
Calves and veal 1.1 Calves 259 152
Pork 416.6 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 308
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 72
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 867.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 3, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 562,533
Steers 317,945 56.5
Heifers 139,789 24.8
Dairy cows 47,118 8.4
Other cows 47,764 8.5
Bulls 9,917 1.8
Calves Total 7,398
Hogs Total 1,979,632
Barrows and gilts 1,928,263 97.4
Sows 45,094 2.3
Boars 6,275 0.3
Sheep Total 31,615
Mature sheep 1,917 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 29,698 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 3, 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 1,924 638 54.3 1,305 653 41.5
Tuesday 63,358 34,327 82.7 8,920 9,428 15.5
Wednesday 68,591 28,195 81.2 10,929 9,291 17.0
Thursday 70,086 24,830 80.0 10,982 10,507 18.1
Friday 65,362 29,839 81.1 10,507 9,696 17.2
Saturday 48,624 21,960 83.4 4,475 8,189 15.0
Total 317,945 139,789 81.4 47,118 47,764 16.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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