Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 08.07.17
21/07/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 8, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 108,241 1,308 373,816 6,315 2,868 - 143
Tuesday 4,863 341 2,837 495 105 - -
Wednesday 119,763 2,271 433,934 5,570 1,489 - 191
Thursday 117,812 1,622 442,369 7,093 2,420 - 300
Friday 120,305 2,644 423,879 7,435 1,350 - 182
Saturday 75,986 69 199,856 2,177 195 - -
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Total 546,970 8,255 1,876,691 29,085 8,427 - 816
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%Steers 55.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 16.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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 8, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 443.0 Cattle 1,334 811
Steers 866
Heifers 790
Cows 648
Bulls 904
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 244 143
Pork 389.8 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 306
Boars 191
Lamb and mutton 1.9 Sheep 130 65
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 65
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Total meat
production 835.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 8, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 546,970
Steers 304,399 55.7
Heifers 146,454 26.8
Dairy cows 44,134 8.1
Other cows 44,285 8.1
Bulls 7,698 1.4
Calves Total 8,255
Hogs Total 1,876,691
Barrows and gilts 1,827,327 97.4
Sows 43,444 2.3
Boars 5,920 0.3
Sheep Total 29,085
Mature sheep 1,604 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 27,481 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 8, 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 61,466 33,720 87.9 6,147 5,894 11.1
Tuesday 2,823 1,658 92.1 270 77 7.1
Wednesday 67,373 29,039 80.5 11,022 10,315 17.8
Thursday 62,478 31,647 79.9 10,345 11,404 18.5
Friday 67,404 29,698 80.7 11,474 10,093 17.9
Saturday 42,855 20,692 83.6 4,876 6,502 15.0
Total 304,399 146,454 82.4 44,134 44,285 16.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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