Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 04.11.17
17/11/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 4, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,427 1,858 443,836 7,994 2,640 - 127
Tuesday 117,714 1,909 463,285 8,502 2,016 - 194
Wednesday 117,767 2,000 462,009 6,878 984 - 142
Thursday 119,581 1,529 457,869 8,336 1,894 - 316
Friday 112,004 2,727 454,493 6,652 1,694 - 142
Saturday 61,219 60 161,319 33 52 - -
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Total 645,712 10,083 2,442,811 38,395 9,280 - 921
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%Steers 49.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 18.8 %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, November 4, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 534.2 Cattle 1,368 829
Steers 902
Heifers 833
Cows 626
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 250 146
Pork 517.5 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 306
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,055.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 4, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 645,712
Steers 319,885 49.5
Heifers 193,452 30.0
Dairy cows 58,409 9.0
Other cows 63,037 9.8
Bulls 10,929 1.7
Calves Total 10,083
Hogs Total 2,442,811
Barrows and gilts 2,378,503 97.4
Sows 56,343 2.3
Boars 7,965 0.3
Sheep Total 38,395
Mature sheep 1,938 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 36,457 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 4, 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 56,494 38,837 81.2 8,008 11,872 16.9
Tuesday 60,202 33,884 79.9 11,040 10,653 18.4
Wednesday 57,742 35,855 79.5 10,893 11,469 19.0
Thursday 60,083 35,511 79.9 10,330 11,790 18.5
Friday 57,323 30,764 78.6 11,588 10,340 19.6
Saturday 28,041 18,601 76.2 6,550 6,913 22.0
Total 319,885 193,452 79.5 58,409 63,037 18.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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