Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 25.11.17
08/12/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 25, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 120,880 1,314 461,349 9,440 3,650 - 177
Tuesday 121,634 2,562 461,845 9,784 2,427 - 257
Wednesday 121,133 2,236 458,820 7,249 2,086 - 206
Thursday 134 364 1,454 160 72 - -
Friday 115,057 1,532 429,687 4,710 1,748 - 138
Saturday 96,316 78 339,623 45 18 - 45
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Total 575,154 8,086 2,152,778 31,388 10,001 - 823
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.8 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 29.8 %Sows 1.9 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 17.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.5
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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 25, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 481.6 Cattle 1,383 839
Steers 904
Heifers 840
Cows 643
Bulls 876
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 246 144
Pork 458.8 Hogs 286 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 304
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 2.1 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 64
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 943.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 25, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 575,154
Steers 294,452 51.2
Heifers 171,164 29.8
Dairy cows 48,435 8.4
Other cows 52,530 9.1
Bulls 8,573 1.5
Calves Total 8,086
Hogs Total 2,152,778
Barrows and gilts 2,106,137 97.8
Sows 40,552 1.9
Boars 6,089 0.3
Sheep Total 31,388
Mature sheep 1,560 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 29,828 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, November 25, 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 58,685 38,787 80.6 9,015 12,246 17.6
Tuesday 63,107 32,621 78.7 11,860 12,009 19.6
Wednesday 61,336 35,486 79.9 11,852 10,711 18.6
Thursday 54 66 89.6 6 - 4.5
Friday 58,616 35,065 81.4 10,027 9,809 17.2
Saturday 52,654 29,139 84.9 5,675 7,755 13.9
Total 294,452 171,164 81.0 48,435 52,530 17.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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