Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 24.06.17
07/07/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 24, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,878 1,610 427,263 6,907 3,109 - 179
Tuesday 120,134 1,664 433,571 8,802 1,978 - 170
Wednesday 117,076 2,078 437,381 7,511 2,275 - 201
Thursday 116,277 1,460 436,842 8,744 2,328 - 325
Friday 119,696 2,202 419,051 7,353 2,226 - 241
Saturday 50,575 77 437 811 352 - -
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Total 638,636 9,091 2,154,545 40,128 12,268 - 1,116
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%Steers 55.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 25.2 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 17.2 %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 24, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 511.5 Cattle 1,324 803
Steers 855
Heifers 785
Cows 645
Bulls 922
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 260 153
Pork 446.8 Hogs 278 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 311
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 962.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 24, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 638,636
Steers 355,466 55.7
Heifers 160,760 25.2
Dairy cows 53,242 8.3
Other cows 56,506 8.8
Bulls 12,662 2.0
Calves Total 9,091
Hogs Total 2,154,545
Barrows and gilts 2,089,683 97.0
Sows 58,048 2.7
Boars 6,814 0.3
Sheep Total 40,128
Mature sheep 2,430 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 37,698 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 24, 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 65,738 28,569 82.1 6,908 11,193 15.8
Tuesday 68,376 29,335 81.3 10,763 9,608 17.0
Wednesday 66,211 26,702 79.4 10,270 11,569 18.7
Thursday 62,108 30,682 79.8 9,874 11,264 18.2
Friday 69,663 28,778 82.2 11,003 8,282 16.1
Saturday 23,370 16,694 79.2 4,424 4,590 17.8
Total 355,466 160,760 80.8 53,242 56,506 17.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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