Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 28.10.17
10/11/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 28, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,000 1,603 481,254 8,396 2,837 - 144
Tuesday 117,375 2,261 458,411 8,497 1,925 - 235
Wednesday 115,987 1,974 461,255 7,250 1,177 - 204
Thursday 119,474 1,410 458,491 7,513 1,922 - 227
Friday 106,084 2,534 456,146 6,850 1,445 - 147
Saturday 50,312 53 199,854 19 12 - -
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Total 625,232 9,835 2,515,411 38,525 9,318 - 957
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%Steers 52.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 27.6 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 18.6 %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 28, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 518.0 Cattle 1,368 830
Steers 901
Heifers 829
Cows 627
Bulls 876
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 257 151
Pork 532.0 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 209
Sows 309
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 133 67
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,054.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 28, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 625,232
Steers 325,847 52.1
Heifers 172,787 27.6
Dairy cows 57,032 9.1
Other cows 59,209 9.5
Bulls 10,357 1.7
Calves Total 9,835
Hogs Total 2,515,411
Barrows and gilts 2,448,607 97.3
Sows 59,879 2.4
Boars 6,925 0.3
Sheep Total 38,525
Mature sheep 1,769 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 36,756 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, October 28, 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 57,206 38,469 82.5 8,069 10,634 16.1
Tuesday 63,056 29,718 79.0 11,908 10,906 19.4
Wednesday 62,521 28,709 78.7 11,396 11,329 19.6
Thursday 60,693 34,985 80.1 10,292 11,348 18.1
Friday 56,614 27,699 79.5 10,727 9,338 18.9
Saturday 25,757 13,207 77.4 4,640 5,654 20.5
Total 325,847 172,787 79.8 57,032 59,209 18.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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