Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 13.01.18
26/01/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 13, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,374 1,761 458,477 8,066 2,387 - 131
Tuesday 118,336 2,252 454,358 9,059 1,625 - 190
Wednesday 117,928 2,287 456,895 6,117 1,541 - 151
Thursday 119,330 1,596 440,082 7,253 1,736 - 224
Friday 118,887 3,182 451,839 6,530 2,006 - 129
Saturday 19,711 118 178,502 13 11 - -
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Total 611,566 11,196 2,440,153 37,038 9,306 - 825
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%Steers 50.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.6
%Heifers 27.9 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.4
%Cows 20.5 %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, January 13, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 507.1 Cattle 1,382 831
Steers 896
Heifers 839
Cows 656
Bulls 886
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 231 134
Pork 522.9 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 304
Boars 186
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 1,034.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 13, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 611,566
Steers 306,324 50.1
Heifers 170,690 27.9
Dairy cows 65,680 10.7
Other cows 59,657 9.8
Bulls 9,215 1.5
Calves Total 11,196
Hogs Total 2,440,153
Barrows and gilts 2,371,984 97.2
Sows 60,241 2.5
Boars 7,928 0.3
Sheep Total 37,038
Mature sheep 1,629 4.4
Lambs and yearlings 35,409 95.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 13, 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 60,246 35,123 81.3 8,586 11,846 17.4
Tuesday 62,064 32,206 79.7 12,457 9,919 18.9
Wednesday 60,948 32,157 79.0 12,490 10,892 19.8
Thursday 58,044 36,420 79.2 12,077 10,856 19.2
Friday 61,403 32,764 79.2 13,120 10,106 19.5
Saturday 3,619 2,020 28.6 6,950 6,038 65.9
Total 306,324 170,690 78.0 65,680 59,657 20.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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