Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 16.09.17
29/09/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 16, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,996 1,597 456,403 7,803 2,658 - 171
Tuesday 116,627 1,980 455,019 8,782 1,592 - 145
Wednesday 117,994 2,017 457,658 6,680 1,364 - 174
Thursday 119,832 1,488 460,411 7,360 1,971 - 184
Friday 115,314 2,571 449,057 5,887 1,625 - 132
Saturday 61,492 74 181,319 39 66 - 12
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Total 646,255 9,727 2,459,867 36,551 9,276 - 818
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%Steers 53.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 27.0 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 17.7 %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 16, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 535.7 Cattle 1,363 831
Steers 897
Heifers 821
Cows 637
Bulls 907
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 240 141
Pork 518.2 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 307
Boars 205
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,057.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 16, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 646,255
Steers 345,169 53.4
Heifers 174,694 27.0
Dairy cows 60,599 9.4
Other cows 53,704 8.3
Bulls 12,089 1.9
Calves Total 9,727
Hogs Total 2,459,867
Barrows and gilts 2,396,097 97.4
Sows 56,264 2.3
Boars 7,506 0.3
Sheep Total 36,551
Mature sheep 1,953 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 34,598 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 16, 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 60,925 33,765 82.3 9,180 9,043 15.8
Tuesday 59,037 34,644 80.3 11,696 9,185 17.9
Wednesday 64,609 29,556 79.8 10,948 10,640 18.3
Thursday 68,235 28,726 80.9 11,549 9,325 17.4
Friday 61,879 30,710 80.3 12,016 8,621 17.9
Saturday 30,484 17,293 77.7 5,210 6,890 19.7
Total 345,169 174,694 80.4 60,599 53,704 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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