Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 21.10.17
03/11/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 21, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,811 1,523 445,297 8,216 2,954 - 141
Tuesday 118,269 2,399 453,495 8,770 1,878 - 204
Wednesday 117,577 2,063 463,118 6,600 1,497 - 238
Thursday 118,966 1,546 462,995 8,060 1,996 - 324
Friday 114,354 2,630 455,292 5,771 1,847 - 213
Saturday 53,162 78 188,240 31 24 - -
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Total 633,139 10,239 2,468,437 37,448 10,196 - 1,120
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%Steers 49.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.5
%Cows 19.2 %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 21, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 521.8 Cattle 1,365 826
Steers 899
Heifers 829
Cows 627
Bulls 873
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 245 143
Pork 520.9 Hogs 283 211
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 310
Boars 209
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 132 66
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,046.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 21, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 633,139
Steers 315,857 49.9
Heifers 184,882 29.2
Dairy cows 61,495 9.7
Other cows 59,930 9.5
Bulls 10,975 1.7
Calves Total 10,239
Hogs Total 2,468,437
Barrows and gilts 2,398,674 97.2
Sows 61,581 2.5
Boars 8,182 0.3
Sheep Total 37,448
Mature sheep 1,680 4.5
Lambs and yearlings 35,768 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 21, 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 52,481 36,606 80.4 8,542 11,081 17.7
Tuesday 60,749 33,883 80.0 11,477 10,267 18.4
Wednesday 59,861 33,162 79.1 11,533 11,058 19.2
Thursday 59,800 34,099 78.9 11,744 11,181 19.3
Friday 58,001 31,732 78.5 12,611 10,040 19.8
Saturday 24,965 15,400 75.9 5,588 6,303 22.4
Total 315,857 184,882 79.1 61,495 59,930 19.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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