Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 09.09.17
22/09/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 9, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 3,453 291 2,124 983 936 - -
Tuesday 116,687 2,373 447,983 8,696 2,080 - 154
Wednesday 116,854 1,841 446,839 7,183 1,607 - 232
Thursday 119,622 1,664 457,395 8,800 1,983 - 331
Friday 118,697 2,772 453,666 6,649 1,561 - 176
Saturday 89,960 226 389,808 59 34 - -
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Total 565,273 9,167 2,197,815 32,370 8,201 - 893
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%Steers 52.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 17.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 9, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 467.9 Cattle 1,360 829
Steers 896
Heifers 816
Cows 643
Bulls 902
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 237 138
Pork 463.3 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 308
Boars 187
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 934.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 9, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 565,273
Steers 299,289 52.9
Heifers 156,733 27.7
Dairy cows 54,125 9.6
Other cows 46,080 8.2
Bulls 9,046 1.6
Calves Total 9,167
Hogs Total 2,197,815
Barrows and gilts 2,142,718 97.5
Sows 48,371 2.2
Boars 6,726 0.3
Sheep Total 32,370
Mature sheep 2,020 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 30,350 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 9, 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 1,279 689 57.0 1,009 395 40.7
Tuesday 57,587 36,736 80.8 10,167 10,106 17.4
Wednesday 63,521 29,623 79.7 11,859 10,008 18.7
Thursday 65,350 29,922 79.6 12,578 9,788 18.7
Friday 61,150 34,952 81.0 12,189 8,660 17.6
Saturday 50,402 24,811 83.6 6,323 7,123 14.9
Total 299,289 156,733 80.7 54,125 46,080 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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