Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 22.07.17
04/08/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 22, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 108,266 1,579 416,671 6,556 2,741 - 205
Tuesday 117,745 2,120 436,378 9,152 1,849 - 266
Wednesday 116,807 1,745 441,142 6,571 1,287 - 233
Thursday 114,106 1,409 437,644 7,864 2,036 - 269
Friday 115,194 2,442 424,789 6,412 1,692 - 184
Saturday 45,401 412 46,819 25 34 - -
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Total 617,519 9,707 2,203,443 36,580 9,639 - 1,157
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%Steers 55.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 25.1 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 17.8 %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 22, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 498.9 Cattle 1,336 810
Steers 868
Heifers 795
Cows 637
Bulls 908
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 243 142
Pork 455.3 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 310
Boars 202
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 958.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 22, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 617,519
Steers 340,871 55.2
Heifers 155,164 25.1
Dairy cows 56,763 9.2
Other cows 52,993 8.6
Bulls 11,728 1.9
Calves Total 9,707
Hogs Total 2,203,443
Barrows and gilts 2,142,404 97.2
Sows 54,339 2.5
Boars 6,700 0.3
Sheep Total 36,580
Mature sheep 1,921 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 34,659 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 22, 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 61,845 25,528 80.7 7,933 10,485 17.0
Tuesday 63,865 30,247 79.9 11,928 9,416 18.1
Wednesday 64,411 28,228 79.3 11,270 10,852 18.9
Thursday 61,430 29,018 79.3 10,908 10,383 18.7
Friday 63,309 30,454 81.4 11,284 8,305 17.0
Saturday 26,011 11,689 83.0 3,440 3,552 15.4
Total 340,871 155,164 80.3 56,763 52,993 17.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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