Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 11.11.17
24/11/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 11, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,377 1,580 462,556 7,728 2,642 - 134
Tuesday 117,311 2,384 455,509 8,746 2,159 - 161
Wednesday 117,648 2,148 465,138 7,062 1,713 - 306
Thursday 115,547 1,533 462,217 7,866 2,348 - 218
Friday 111,611 1,910 455,283 6,398 915 - 193
Saturday 44,052 89 191,711 978 75 - -
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Total 623,546 9,644 2,492,414 38,778 9,852 - 1,012
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%Steers 50.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 19.3 %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 11, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 516.6 Cattle 1,372 830
Steers 902
Heifers 834
Cows 630
Bulls 872
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 266 157
Pork 529.9 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 310
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 134 67
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 67
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Total meat
production 1,050.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 11, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 623,546
Steers 315,683 50.6
Heifers 177,142 28.4
Dairy cows 57,150 9.2
Other cows 62,958 10.1
Bulls 10,613 1.7
Calves Total 9,644
Hogs Total 2,492,414
Barrows and gilts 2,423,722 97.2
Sows 61,848 2.5
Boars 6,844 0.3
Sheep Total 38,778
Mature sheep 1,856 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 36,922 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 11, 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 58,573 36,704 81.2 8,192 12,018 17.2
Tuesday 62,251 31,359 79.8 10,457 11,201 18.5
Wednesday 58,240 35,184 79.4 10,696 11,679 19.0
Thursday 61,651 30,048 79.4 10,395 11,526 19.0
Friday 56,830 32,154 79.7 10,961 9,883 18.7
Saturday 18,138 11,693 67.7 6,449 6,651 29.7
Total 315,683 177,142 79.0 57,150 62,958 19.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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