Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 15.07.17
28/07/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 15, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,296 1,682 436,538 6,646 2,812 - 150
Tuesday 119,061 1,762 440,242 8,543 1,601 - 264
Wednesday 115,588 2,112 441,118 6,768 1,089 - 224
Thursday 117,845 1,406 440,589 8,253 1,744 - 305
Friday 115,069 2,432 406,004 6,682 1,494 - 229
Saturday 38,186 69 32,487 20 40 - -
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Total 624,045 9,463 2,196,978 36,912 8,780 - 1,172
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%Steers 53.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 26.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 18.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 15, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 501.9 Cattle 1,332 806
Steers 865
Heifers 792
Cows 641
Bulls 921
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 245 144
Pork 455.4 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 309
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 961.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 15, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 624,045
Steers 334,223 53.6
Heifers 163,877 26.3
Dairy cows 57,379 9.2
Other cows 56,663 9.1
Bulls 11,903 1.9
Calves Total 9,463
Hogs Total 2,196,978
Barrows and gilts 2,133,419 97.1
Sows 56,227 2.6
Boars 7,332 0.3
Sheep Total 36,912
Mature sheep 2,180 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 34,732 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 15, 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 64,347 32,495 81.9 8,033 11,206 16.3
Tuesday 65,515 30,362 80.5 11,392 9,888 17.9
Wednesday 61,370 30,945 79.9 10,989 10,396 18.5
Thursday 62,780 30,395 79.1 11,264 11,040 18.9
Friday 62,927 30,372 81.1 11,638 8,188 17.2
Saturday 17,284 9,308 69.6 4,063 5,945 26.2
Total 334,223 163,877 79.8 57,379 56,663 18.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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