Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 23.09.17
06/10/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 23, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,279 1,912 448,469 7,909 2,660 - 188
Tuesday 118,317 2,201 454,426 8,391 1,720 - 160
Wednesday 116,962 2,182 456,640 7,244 1,421 - 202
Thursday 117,896 1,427 457,533 7,312 1,647 - 284
Friday 115,104 2,803 450,164 4,970 1,592 - 179
Saturday 58,845 70 229,190 907 116 - 2
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Total 638,403 10,595 2,496,422 36,733 9,156 - 1,015
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%Steers 51.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 18.3 %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 23, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 526.8 Cattle 1,361 827
Steers 897
Heifers 819
Cows 634
Bulls 900
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 247 145
Pork 526.1 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 304
Boars 204
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,056.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 23, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 638,403
Steers 327,228 51.3
Heifers 182,078 28.5
Dairy cows 60,206 9.4
Other cows 56,668 8.9
Bulls 12,223 1.9
Calves Total 10,595
Hogs Total 2,496,422
Barrows and gilts 2,429,721 97.3
Sows 59,391 2.4
Boars 7,310 0.3
Sheep Total 36,733
Mature sheep 2,002 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 34,731 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, September 23, 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 57,234 32,573 80.7 8,679 10,358 17.1
Tuesday 60,949 33,172 79.5 11,905 10,201 18.7
Wednesday 59,729 33,373 79.6 11,163 10,684 18.7
Thursday 63,418 30,383 79.6 11,591 10,233 18.5
Friday 59,708 33,759 81.2 11,265 8,563 17.2
Saturday 26,190 18,818 76.5 5,603 6,629 20.8
Total 327,228 182,078 79.8 60,206 56,668 18.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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