Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 26.08.12
08/09/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 26, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,586 1,664 425,316 7,588 2,693 - 138
Tuesday 117,545 2,133 444,963 8,124 1,642 - 231
Wednesday 117,445 2,677 448,558 6,570 1,401 - 195
Thursday 119,071 1,806 446,638 8,110 1,880 - 268
Friday 115,381 2,659 426,513 6,363 1,606 - 188
Saturday 59,175 383 146,486 23 24 - -
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Total 645,203 11,322 2,338,474 36,778 9,246 - 1,020
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%Steers 53.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.9
%Heifers 27.4 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.1
%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, August 26, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 528.4 Cattle 1,351 821
Steers 887
Heifers 807
Cows 634
Bulls 913
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 219 127
Pork 486.8 Hogs 279 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 307
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,019.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 26, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 645,203
Steers 341,703 53.0
Heifers 176,699 27.4
Dairy cows 59,612 9.2
Other cows 55,084 8.5
Bulls 12,105 1.9
Calves Total 11,322
Hogs Total 2,338,474
Barrows and gilts 2,277,722 97.4
Sows 53,299 2.3
Boars 7,453 0.3
Sheep Total 36,778
Mature sheep 1,892 5.1
Lambs and yearlings 34,886 94.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 26, 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 63,180 32,346 81.9 8,232 10,455 16.0
Tuesday 64,860 29,169 80.0 12,184 9,243 18.2
Wednesday 59,749 34,154 80.0 11,669 9,830 18.3
Thursday 58,073 37,010 79.9 11,134 10,618 18.3
Friday 64,626 28,374 80.6 11,790 8,627 17.7
Saturday 31,215 15,646 79.2 4,603 6,311 18.4
Total 341,703 176,699 80.3 59,612 55,084 17.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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