Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 14.10.17
27/10/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 14, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 114,513 1,492 457,158 4,974 1,268 - 156
Tuesday 118,986 2,288 464,862 9,292 2,540 - 177
Wednesday 118,394 2,135 463,201 7,729 1,473 - 202
Thursday 118,772 1,187 459,964 7,844 2,124 - 220
Friday 107,468 2,488 457,062 6,176 1,788 - 170
Saturday 45,364 44 209,645 21 20 - 17
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Total 623,497 9,634 2,511,892 36,036 9,213 - 942
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%Steers 50.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 29.1 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 18.9 %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 14, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 512.4 Cattle 1,362 824
Steers 896
Heifers 819
Cows 632
Bulls 877
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 239 140
Pork 528.8 Hogs 282 211
Barrows and gilts 208
Sows 306
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.4 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,045.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 14, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 623,497
Steers 313,395 50.3
Heifers 181,503 29.1
Dairy cows 60,680 9.7
Other cows 57,352 9.2
Bulls 10,567 1.7
Calves Total 9,634
Hogs Total 2,511,892
Barrows and gilts 2,447,552 97.4
Sows 56,813 2.3
Boars 7,527 0.3
Sheep Total 36,036
Mature sheep 1,737 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 34,299 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 14, 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 55,566 37,827 81.6 8,859 10,365 16.8
Tuesday 62,662 32,292 79.8 11,837 10,039 18.4
Wednesday 62,453 30,879 78.8 12,126 11,111 19.6
Thursday 62,677 31,926 79.7 11,417 10,725 18.6
Friday 52,300 32,510 78.9 11,751 9,252 19.5
Saturday 17,737 16,069 74.5 4,690 5,860 23.3
Total 313,395 181,503 79.4 60,680 57,352 18.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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