Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 29.07.17
11/08/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 29, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,608 1,485 411,977 6,928 2,534 - 157
Tuesday 118,564 1,821 446,441 8,560 1,812 - 212
Wednesday 117,018 1,719 443,830 6,535 1,252 - 240
Thursday 117,909 1,544 442,083 6,832 1,952 - 372
Friday 116,847 2,518 426,516 6,582 1,619 - 198
Saturday 46,678 243 62,773 17 33 - -
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Total 626,624 9,330 2,233,620 35,454 9,202 - 1,179
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%Steers 54.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.1
%Cows 16.8 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.8
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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 29, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 508.9 Cattle 1,337 814
Steers 875
Heifers 794
Cows 635
Bulls 910
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 248 146
Pork 461.3 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 308
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 137 69
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 974.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 29, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 626,624
Steers 342,007 54.6
Heifers 168,103 26.8
Dairy cows 54,968 8.8
Other cows 50,270 8.0
Bulls 11,276 1.8
Calves Total 9,330
Hogs Total 2,233,620
Barrows and gilts 2,172,157 97.2
Sows 54,405 2.4
Boars 7,058 0.3
Sheep Total 35,454
Mature sheep 1,806 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 33,648 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 29, 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 56,017 32,466 80.7 8,261 10,489 17.1
Tuesday 66,245 29,514 80.8 11,648 9,005 17.4
Wednesday 63,834 29,527 79.8 11,285 10,292 18.4
Thursday 66,952 28,112 80.6 10,797 9,757 17.4
Friday 63,363 31,577 81.3 10,949 8,954 17.0
Saturday 25,596 16,907 91.1 2,028 1,773 8.1
Total 342,007 168,103 81.4 54,968 50,270 16.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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