Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 07.10.17
20/10/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 7, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 105,769 1,652 439,819 7,835 2,860 - 163
Tuesday 119,043 2,195 461,451 8,533 1,767 - 209
Wednesday 118,989 1,964 460,546 6,934 1,396 - 237
Thursday 118,415 1,360 462,666 7,721 2,205 - 341
Friday 112,238 2,546 460,025 5,466 1,657 - 200
Saturday 61,599 44 234,454 54 38 - -
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Total 636,053 9,761 2,518,961 36,543 9,923 - 1,150
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%Steers 51.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 28.8 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 18.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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, October 7, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 523.8 Cattle 1,363 825
Steers 895
Heifers 820
Cows 632
Bulls 878
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 251 147
Pork 529.6 Hogs 282 210
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 306
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 128 64
Mature sheep 63
Lambs and yearlings 64
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Total meat
production 1,057.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 7, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 636,053
Steers 326,066 51.3
Heifers 183,328 28.8
Dairy cows 62,765 9.9
Other cows 52,925 8.3
Bulls 10,969 1.7
Calves Total 9,761
Hogs Total 2,518,961
Barrows and gilts 2,452,520 97.4
Sows 58,816 2.3
Boars 7,625 0.3
Sheep Total 36,543
Mature sheep 2,003 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 34,540 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 7, 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 51,419 34,792 81.5 8,611 9,093 16.7
Tuesday 63,365 31,503 79.7 11,718 10,264 18.5
Wednesday 62,339 32,248 79.5 12,345 9,988 18.8
Thursday 60,538 35,543 81.1 11,637 8,859 17.3
Friday 56,179 33,691 80.1 12,550 8,061 18.4
Saturday 32,226 15,551 77.6 5,904 6,660 20.4
Total 326,066 183,328 80.1 62,765 52,925 18.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, M
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