Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 30.12.17
12/01/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 30, 2017
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 37 310 370 186 36 - -
Tuesday 90,475 1,327 357,417 8,880 3,443 - 89
Wednesday 116,517 2,931 458,989 8,244 2,300 - 194
Thursday 117,888 1,935 453,731 9,119 2,644 - 212
Friday 118,833 2,965 454,866 7,473 2,464 - 132
Saturday 53,845 63 363,646 104 402 - 41
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Total 497,595 9,531 2,089,019 34,006 11,289 - 668
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%Steers 52.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 28.6 %Sows 1.8 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 17.8 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.1
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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 30, 2017
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 417.1 Cattle 1,384 840
Steers 902
Heifers 841
Cows 653
Bulls 887
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 237 138
Pork 445.7 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 300
Boars 182
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 68
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Total meat
production 866.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 30, 2017
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 497,595
Steers 261,292 52.5
Heifers 142,245 28.6
Dairy cows 44,608 9.0
Other cows 44,081 8.9
Bulls 5,369 1.1
Calves Total 9,531
Hogs Total 2,089,019
Barrows and gilts 2,044,132 97.9
Sows 38,550 1.8
Boars 6,337 0.3
Sheep Total 34,006
Mature sheep 1,780 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 32,226 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, December 30, 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 2 31 89.2 - - -
Tuesday 56,356 21,920 86.5 6,761 4,855 12.8
Wednesday 62,687 29,916 79.5 10,608 11,899 19.3
Thursday 63,772 32,105 81.3 10,730 9,974 17.6
Friday 57,788 38,125 80.7 11,453 10,206 18.2
Saturday 20,687 20,148 75.8 5,056 7,147 22.7
Total 261,292 142,245 81.1 44,608 44,081 17.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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