Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 05.08.17
18/08/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 5, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 109,688 1,452 420,209 7,151 2,687 - 180
Tuesday 117,404 2,181 442,978 8,193 1,739 - 160
Wednesday 117,491 1,964 442,793 6,976 1,700 - 191
Thursday 118,372 1,261 435,947 7,076 1,848 - 201
Friday 117,075 2,188 421,643 6,954 1,598 - 183
Saturday 49,504 45 74,879 44 31 - -
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Total 629,534 9,091 2,238,449 36,394 9,603 - 915
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%Steers 54.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 27.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 17.0 %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, August 5, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 512.9 Cattle 1,339 816
Steers 880
Heifers 801
Cows 629
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 241 141
Pork 463.0 Hogs 276 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 307
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 979.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 5, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 629,534
Steers 339,781 54.0
Heifers 171,323 27.2
Dairy cows 56,740 9.0
Other cows 50,342 8.0
Bulls 11,348 1.8
Calves Total 9,091
Hogs Total 2,238,449
Barrows and gilts 2,174,375 97.1
Sows 56,704 2.5
Boars 7,370 0.3
Sheep Total 36,394
Mature sheep 2,117 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 34,277 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 5, 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 62,879 25,814 80.9 8,717 9,964 17.0
Tuesday 63,723 30,240 80.0 11,406 9,800 18.1
Wednesday 58,423 35,896 80.3 11,177 9,945 18.0
Thursday 63,724 31,794 80.7 11,061 9,614 17.5
Friday 64,585 30,898 81.6 11,685 7,864 16.7
Saturday 26,447 16,681 87.1 2,694 3,155 11.8
Total 339,781 171,323 81.2 56,740 50,342 17.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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