Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 03.02.18
16/02/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 3, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,874 1,513 462,639 7,936 2,596 - 153
Tuesday 115,952 2,485 468,238 8,096 1,958 - 159
Wednesday 119,010 2,306 464,186 6,128 952 - 193
Thursday 118,474 1,219 465,626 8,139 1,863 - 217
Friday 115,266 2,780 456,854 4,424 1,345 - 177
Saturday 26,740 94 115,625 23 51 - -
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Total 613,316 10,397 2,433,168 34,746 8,765 - 899
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%Steers 50.9 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 27.2 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 20.2 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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, February 3, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 506.6 Cattle 1,378 828
Steers 888
Heifers 833
Cows 662
Bulls 888
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 224 130
Pork 520.6 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 305
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 144 72
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 1,031.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 3, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 613,316
Steers 312,384 50.9
Heifers 166,800 27.2
Dairy cows 66,750 10.9
Other cows 57,397 9.4
Bulls 9,985 1.6
Calves Total 10,397
Hogs Total 2,433,168
Barrows and gilts 2,364,452 97.2
Sows 61,490 2.5
Boars 7,226 0.3
Sheep Total 34,746
Mature sheep 1,584 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 33,162 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 3, 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 58,615 36,330 80.5 9,947 11,046 17.8
Tuesday 60,180 31,698 79.2 12,491 9,786 19.2
Wednesday 62,633 30,646 78.4 13,017 10,931 20.1
Thursday 62,393 31,176 79.0 12,194 10,753 19.4
Friday 60,263 31,069 79.2 13,214 9,155 19.4
Saturday 8,300 5,881 53.0 5,887 5,726 43.4
Total 312,384 166,800 78.1 66,750 57,397 20.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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