Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 02.09.17
15/09/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 2, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,602 1,732 449,214 8,600 3,243 - 155
Tuesday 117,138 2,239 450,014 9,461 2,700 - 214
Wednesday 116,374 1,991 451,174 7,460 1,646 - 214
Thursday 116,931 1,386 451,725 7,621 1,307 - 184
Friday 117,138 2,909 412,195 8,446 3,649 - 151
Saturday 39,990 61 107,750 1,264 1,365 - 33
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Total 623,173 10,318 2,322,072 42,852 13,910 - 951
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%Steers 53.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.5
%Heifers 27.0 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.5
%Cows 18.0 %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, September 2, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 511.9 Cattle 1,354 823
Steers 890
Heifers 811
Cows 634
Bulls 913
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 232 136
Pork 484.3 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 308
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,000.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 2, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 623,173
Steers 330,611 53.1
Heifers 168,222 27.0
Dairy cows 59,068 9.5
Other cows 53,257 8.5
Bulls 12,015 1.9
Calves Total 10,318
Hogs Total 2,322,072
Barrows and gilts 2,258,467 97.3
Sows 56,075 2.4
Boars 7,530 0.3
Sheep Total 42,852
Mature sheep 2,789 6.5
Lambs and yearlings 40,063 93.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 2, 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 63,403 31,138 81.8 8,796 9,951 16.2
Tuesday 62,326 30,493 79.2 11,592 10,508 18.9
Wednesday 62,476 30,495 79.9 11,884 9,494 18.4
Thursday 60,301 33,232 80.0 11,300 9,734 18.0
Friday 63,572 30,476 80.3 11,852 9,201 18.0
Saturday 18,533 12,388 77.3 3,644 4,369 20.0
Total 330,611 168,222 80.0 59,068 53,257 18.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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