Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 01.07.17
14/07/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 1, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,390 1,670 433,541 6,049 2,335 - 142
Tuesday 116,699 1,606 439,959 8,545 1,628 - 205
Wednesday 118,371 2,109 441,136 6,786 1,320 - 302
Thursday 116,370 1,443 443,222 6,899 1,978 - 329
Friday 118,770 2,507 418,660 6,171 1,646 - 187
Saturday 51,666 67 23,443 1,164 48 - 44
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Total 638,266 9,402 2,199,961 35,614 8,955 - 1,209
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%Steers 55.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.7
%Heifers 25.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.3
%Cows 17.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 2.1
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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, July 1, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 512.0 Cattle 1,328 804
Steers 859
Heifers 786
Cows 640
Bulls 930
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 259 152
Pork 454.7 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 310
Boars 207
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 73
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 970.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 1, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 638,266
Steers 352,232 55.2
Heifers 161,664 25.3
Dairy cows 54,796 8.6
Other cows 56,418 8.8
Bulls 13,156 2.1
Calves Total 9,402
Hogs Total 2,199,961
Barrows and gilts 2,134,520 97.0
Sows 57,791 2.6
Boars 7,650 0.3
Sheep Total 35,614
Mature sheep 2,238 6.3
Lambs and yearlings 33,376 93.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 1, 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 64,597 31,067 82.2 7,705 10,691 15.8
Tuesday 65,244 28,643 80.5 10,859 9,627 17.6
Wednesday 65,691 30,195 81.0 10,815 9,307 17.0
Thursday 64,337 28,355 79.7 10,308 10,899 18.2
Friday 65,370 30,423 80.7 11,305 9,607 17.6
Saturday 26,993 12,981 77.4 3,804 6,287 19.5
Total 352,232 161,664 80.5 54,796 56,418 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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