Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 06.01.18
19/01/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 6, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 936 342 24 220 74 - -
Tuesday 110,468 2,295 441,803 7,893 2,351 - 182
Wednesday 118,026 2,460 459,574 7,826 2,019 - 247
Thursday 112,543 1,536 416,142 8,120 1,685 - 220
Friday 119,313 2,746 438,814 7,007 1,669 - 111
Saturday 84,068 602 365,778 72 56 - -
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Total 545,354 9,981 2,122,135 31,138 7,854 - 760
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%Steers 51.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 19.0 %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, January 6, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 454.9 Cattle 1,382 836
Steers 900
Heifers 838
Cows 654
Bulls 905
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 222 128
Pork 454.1 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 301
Boars 188
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 912.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 6, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 545,354
Steers 280,545 51.4
Heifers 155,089 28.4
Dairy cows 53,656 9.8
Other cows 49,986 9.2
Bulls 6,078 1.1
Calves Total 9,981
Hogs Total 2,122,135
Barrows and gilts 2,069,234 97.5
Sows 46,881 2.2
Boars 6,020 0.3
Sheep Total 31,138
Mature sheep 1,884 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 29,254 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 6, 2018
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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 157 137 31.4 357 275 67.5
Tuesday 53,803 35,191 80.6 9,282 10,991 18.4
Wednesday 60,034 33,493 79.2 11,723 11,563 19.7
Thursday 59,085 29,516 78.7 12,310 10,183 20.0
Friday 60,400 34,248 79.3 12,841 10,506 19.6
Saturday 47,066 22,504 82.8 7,143 6,468 16.2
Total 280,545 155,089 79.9 53,656 49,986 19.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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