Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 23.12.17
05/01/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 23, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,461 1,665 469,462 9,947 3,895 - 133
Tuesday 118,859 2,137 473,467 9,520 2,562 - 226
Wednesday 115,417 2,592 468,997 8,546 1,949 - 179
Thursday 118,161 1,783 468,274 8,825 2,890 - 272
Friday 116,700 2,874 458,864 7,028 2,185 - 133
Saturday 23,105 89 137,782 132 172 - -
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Total 610,703 11,140 2,476,846 43,998 13,653 - 943
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%Steers 50.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.2
%Heifers 29.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.8
%Cows 19.1 %Boars 0.4
%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, December 23, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 509.8 Cattle 1,382 837
Steers 903
Heifers 846
Cows 643
Bulls 879
Calves and veal 1.6 Calves 249 146
Pork 527.2 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 309
Boars 203
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 135 68
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 1,041.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 23, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 610,703
Steers 305,690 50.1
Heifers 178,234 29.2
Dairy cows 61,370 10.0
Other cows 54,979 9.0
Bulls 10,430 1.7
Calves Total 11,140
Hogs Total 2,476,846
Barrows and gilts 2,407,452 97.2
Sows 60,157 2.4
Boars 9,237 0.4
Sheep Total 43,998
Mature sheep 2,106 4.8
Lambs and yearlings 41,892 95.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 23, 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 60,428 35,094 80.6 9,902 11,026 17.7
Tuesday 58,239 36,595 79.8 11,656 10,376 18.5
Wednesday 56,667 34,357 78.9 11,799 10,860 19.6
Thursday 60,523 34,325 80.3 11,822 9,567 18.1
Friday 61,951 32,024 80.5 12,034 8,955 18.0
Saturday 7,882 5,839 59.4 4,157 4,195 36.1
Total 305,690 178,234 79.2 61,370 54,979 19.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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