Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 05.08.12
25/08/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 12, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,606 1,685 381,227 6,752 2,460 - 124
Tuesday 118,691 1,709 449,734 8,546 1,925 - 259
Wednesday 116,280 2,099 448,737 6,771 1,430 - 255
Thursday 116,636 1,349 445,405 7,920 2,110 - 178
Friday 112,827 2,682 424,561 6,177 1,378 - 155
Saturday 56,188 54 134,253 18 39 - -
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Total 636,228 9,578 2,283,917 36,184 9,342 - 971
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%Steers 53.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 27.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 17.3 %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 12, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 519.4 Cattle 1,345 818
Steers 882
Heifers 805
Cows 631
Bulls 904
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 244 143
Pork 473.2 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 306
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 996.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 12, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 636,228
Steers 340,715 53.6
Heifers 173,616 27.3
Dairy cows 57,318 9.0
Other cows 52,894 8.3
Bulls 11,685 1.8
Calves Total 9,578
Hogs Total 2,283,917
Barrows and gilts 2,220,551 97.2
Sows 55,986 2.5
Boars 7,380 0.3
Sheep Total 36,184
Mature sheep 1,936 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 34,248 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 12, 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 59,337 35,809 82.3 8,330 9,946 15.8
Tuesday 65,749 29,439 80.2 11,215 9,994 17.9
Wednesday 61,746 30,289 79.1 11,865 10,410 19.2
Thursday 64,286 29,089 80.1 10,964 10,032 18.0
Friday 60,820 30,034 80.5 11,202 8,715 17.7
Saturday 28,777 18,956 85.0 3,742 3,797 13.4
Total 340,715 173,616 80.8 57,318 52,894 17.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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