Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 10.06.17
23/06/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 10, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,883 1,722 446,225 7,147 2,339 - 149
Tuesday 119,723 1,661 435,972 8,479 1,670 - 244
Wednesday 118,173 1,567 441,767 6,927 1,365 - 229
Thursday 120,109 1,487 441,155 8,058 2,025 - 262
Friday 119,325 2,067 409,370 6,631 1,631 - 249
Saturday 41,772 55 26,279 25 36 - -
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Total 635,985 8,559 2,200,768 37,267 9,066 - 1,133
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%Steers 55.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 25.0 %Sows 2.8 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 17.6 %Boars 0.4
%Bulls 2.0
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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 10, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 504.9 Cattle 1,317 796
Steers 847
Heifers 777
Cows 645
Bulls 916
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 274 162
Pork 460.8 Hogs 281 209
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 311
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 969.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 10, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 635,985
Steers 353,074 55.5
Heifers 158,756 25.0
Dairy cows 52,737 8.3
Other cows 58,928 9.3
Bulls 12,490 2.0
Calves Total 8,559
Hogs Total 2,200,768
Barrows and gilts 2,131,683 96.9
Sows 61,044 2.8
Boars 8,041 0.4
Sheep Total 37,267
Mature sheep 2,154 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,113 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 10, 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 67,305 28,034 81.6 8,250 11,012 16.5
Tuesday 65,852 31,318 81.2 10,548 9,799 17.0
Wednesday 63,979 31,278 80.6 10,432 10,333 17.6
Thursday 65,111 31,191 80.2 9,569 11,908 17.9
Friday 72,381 25,414 82.0 10,176 9,137 16.2
Saturday 18,446 11,521 71.7 3,762 6,739 25.1
Total 353,074 158,756 80.5 52,737 58,928 17.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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