Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 17.06.17
30/06/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 17, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,281 1,611 410,662 6,885 2,181 - 188
Tuesday 117,507 1,802 432,909 8,008 1,907 - 183
Wednesday 119,131 1,824 432,025 6,771 1,533 - 206
Thursday 119,034 1,352 433,436 8,470 2,035 - 370
Friday 119,452 2,304 418,489 7,040 1,500 - 240
Saturday 46,308 72 50,787 1,423 31 - 19
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Total 638,713 8,965 2,178,308 38,597 9,187 - 1,206
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%Steers 57.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 23.4 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 17.4 %Boars 0.3
%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 17, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 511.9 Cattle 1,327 803
Steers 855
Heifers 782
Cows 647
Bulls 926
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 266 157
Pork 453.3 Hogs 279 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 308
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 137 68
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 969.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 17, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 638,713
Steers 365,231 57.2
Heifers 149,581 23.4
Dairy cows 53,576 8.4
Other cows 57,808 9.1
Bulls 12,517 2.0
Calves Total 8,965
Hogs Total 2,178,308
Barrows and gilts 2,113,003 97.0
Sows 58,332 2.7
Boars 6,973 0.3
Sheep Total 38,597
Mature sheep 2,255 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 36,342 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 17, 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 65,591 30,443 81.9 8,068 10,997 16.3
Tuesday 69,766 25,382 81.0 10,345 9,721 17.1
Wednesday 68,051 27,587 80.3 10,680 10,558 17.8
Thursday 69,739 25,595 80.1 9,674 11,605 17.9
Friday 67,877 30,506 82.4 10,695 8,340 15.9
Saturday 24,207 10,068 74.0 4,114 6,587 23.1
Total 365,231 149,581 80.6 53,576 57,808 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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