Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 20.01.18
02/02/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 20, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,809 1,498 382,543 6,525 902 - 105
Tuesday 116,770 2,436 455,338 8,976 2,355 - 169
Wednesday 115,259 2,288 444,772 6,699 1,251 - 174
Thursday 119,223 1,696 424,687 7,806 2,095 - 237
Friday 119,227 2,878 458,491 5,447 1,417 - 150
Saturday 26,480 143 166,628 1,012 40 - -
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Total 612,768 10,939 2,332,459 36,465 8,060 - 835
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%Steers 50.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 96.3
%Heifers 27.4 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 3.7
%Cows 20.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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 20, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 506.5 Cattle 1,377 829
Steers 891
Heifers 832
Cows 658
Bulls 895
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 243 142
Pork 499.0 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 304
Boars 186
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 144 73
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 1,009.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 20, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 612,768
Steers 312,107 50.9
Heifers 167,965 27.4
Dairy cows 68,120 11.1
Other cows 55,704 9.1
Bulls 8,872 1.4
Calves Total 10,939
Hogs Total 2,332,459
Barrows and gilts 2,263,461 97.0
Sows 61,161 2.6
Boars 7,837 0.3
Sheep Total 36,465
Mature sheep 1,341 3.7
Lambs and yearlings 35,124 96.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 20, 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 57,838 35,985 81.0 10,457 9,896 17.6
Tuesday 66,020 27,638 80.2 12,203 9,473 18.6
Wednesday 60,126 30,217 78.4 12,965 10,299 20.2
Thursday 60,962 34,065 79.7 12,116 10,419 18.9
Friday 59,747 34,956 79.4 12,555 10,425 19.3
Saturday 7,414 5,104 47.3 7,824 5,192 49.2
Total 312,107 167,965 78.3 68,120 55,704 20.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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