Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 02.12.17
15/12/2017
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 2, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,279 1,543 446,626 8,380 2,685 - 168
Tuesday 120,519 2,471 461,158 9,286 1,968 - 206
Wednesday 119,465 2,359 457,521 7,712 1,127 - 205
Thursday 120,268 1,491 464,221 8,403 1,603 - 239
Friday 118,165 2,610 469,181 6,410 1,560 - 101
Saturday 48,586 567 248,032 817 26 - -
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Total 643,282 11,041 2,546,739 41,008 8,969 - 919
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%Steers 51.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.7
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.3
%Cows 18.7 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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, December 2, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 536.3 Cattle 1,381 836
Steers 903
Heifers 841
Cows 637
Bulls 870
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 243 142
Pork 546.6 Hogs 288 215
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 308
Boars 192
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 1,087.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 2, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 643,282
Steers 331,743 51.6
Heifers 181,189 28.2
Dairy cows 58,963 9.2
Other cows 61,169 9.5
Bulls 10,218 1.6
Calves Total 11,041
Hogs Total 2,546,739
Barrows and gilts 2,474,824 97.2
Sows 64,463 2.5
Boars 7,452 0.3
Sheep Total 41,008
Mature sheep 1,777 4.3
Lambs and yearlings 39,231 95.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 2, 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 62,804 33,180 82.5 7,159 11,727 16.2
Tuesday 59,624 36,277 79.6 10,888 11,721 18.8
Wednesday 62,888 32,016 79.4 11,129 11,654 19.1
Thursday 62,993 33,476 80.2 11,590 10,349 18.2
Friday 60,968 33,792 80.2 12,214 9,333 18.2
Saturday 22,466 12,448 71.9 5,983 6,385 25.5
Total 331,743 181,189 79.7 58,963 61,169 18.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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