Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 19.08.12
01/09/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 19, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,540 1,540 449,021 6,864 2,505 - 124
Tuesday 117,046 2,206 448,307 8,467 1,763 - 150
Wednesday 115,043 1,910 448,664 7,208 1,523 - 140
Thursday 118,986 1,421 446,449 7,438 2,278 - 219
Friday 116,772 2,391 419,296 6,192 1,316 - 161
Saturday 52,529 58 128,533 303 45 - -
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Total 634,916 9,526 2,340,270 36,472 9,430 - 794
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%Steers 54.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 26.4 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 17.4 %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, August 19, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 519.8 Cattle 1,350 820
Steers 884
Heifers 806
Cows 632
Bulls 914
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 238 140
Pork 484.6 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 307
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,008.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 19, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 634,916
Steers 344,650 54.3
Heifers 167,552 26.4
Dairy cows 57,088 9.0
Other cows 53,420 8.4
Bulls 12,206 1.9
Calves Total 9,526
Hogs Total 2,340,270
Barrows and gilts 2,276,937 97.3
Sows 55,270 2.4
Boars 8,063 0.3
Sheep Total 36,472
Mature sheep 1,889 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 34,583 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 19, 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 64,713 29,222 82.0 8,407 9,827 15.9
Tuesday 61,460 32,399 80.2 11,691 9,460 18.1
Wednesday 62,872 29,070 79.9 11,288 9,764 18.3
Thursday 67,038 28,532 80.3 10,671 10,454 17.8
Friday 63,893 30,523 80.9 10,721 9,412 17.2
Saturday 24,674 17,806 80.9 4,310 4,503 16.8
Total 344,650 167,552 80.7 57,088 53,420 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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