Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 27.01.18
09/02/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 27, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 87,923 1,706 387,949 7,361 2,445 - 151
Tuesday 109,688 2,107 453,154 7,997 1,446 - 150
Wednesday 115,450 2,192 465,051 6,472 1,607 - 207
Thursday 121,333 1,460 464,923 7,605 1,550 - 209
Friday 112,300 2,696 458,375 5,797 1,476 - 147
Saturday 47,372 104 133,442 34 30 - -
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Total 594,066 10,265 2,362,894 35,266 8,554 - 864
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%Steers 51.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.6
%Heifers 26.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.4
%Cows 21.0 %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 27, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 490.4 Cattle 1,378 827
Steers 889
Heifers 835
Cows 662
Bulls 888
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 235 137
Pork 505.1 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 300
Boars 199
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 147 74
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 999.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 27, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 594,066
Steers 304,172 51.2
Heifers 155,714 26.2
Dairy cows 67,309 11.3
Other cows 57,712 9.7
Bulls 9,159 1.5
Calves Total 10,265
Hogs Total 2,362,894
Barrows and gilts 2,298,390 97.3
Sows 58,307 2.5
Boars 6,197 0.3
Sheep Total 35,266
Mature sheep 1,559 4.4
Lambs and yearlings 33,707 95.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, January 27, 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 42,910 24,505 76.7 9,700 9,498 21.8
Tuesday 58,560 26,187 77.3 12,892 10,303 21.1
Wednesday 61,797 28,371 78.1 12,670 10,887 20.4
Thursday 62,403 33,829 79.3 12,701 10,818 19.4
Friday 57,372 29,831 77.7 13,183 10,261 20.9
Saturday 21,130 12,991 72.0 6,163 5,945 25.6
Total 304,172 155,714 77.4 67,309 57,712 21.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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