Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 10.02.18
23/02/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 10, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 112,410 1,643 460,555 8,042 2,389 - 133
Tuesday 116,816 2,113 461,867 8,581 1,966 - 193
Wednesday 116,751 2,235 466,038 6,743 1,182 - 211
Thursday 117,385 1,348 465,313 7,788 1,668 - 150
Friday 110,571 2,753 432,095 4,781 1,784 - 183
Saturday 15,025 66 102,957 42 180 - -
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Total 588,958 10,158 2,388,825 35,977 9,169 - 870
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%Steers 49.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 28.4 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 20.3 %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 10, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 485.7 Cattle 1,372 827
Steers 889
Heifers 833
Cows 657
Bulls 901
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 241 141
Pork 509.9 Hogs 285 214
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 305
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 147 74
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 999.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 10, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 588,958
Steers 292,842 49.7
Heifers 167,365 28.4
Dairy cows 63,556 10.8
Other cows 55,852 9.5
Bulls 9,343 1.6
Calves Total 10,158
Hogs Total 2,388,825
Barrows and gilts 2,321,653 97.2
Sows 59,863 2.5
Boars 7,309 0.3
Sheep Total 35,977
Mature sheep 1,637 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 34,340 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 10, 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 55,624 34,451 80.1 9,629 10,792 18.2
Tuesday 57,077 34,580 78.5 13,143 10,092 19.9
Wednesday 62,452 30,229 79.4 12,160 10,314 19.2
Thursday 58,653 33,041 78.1 12,647 11,241 20.4
Friday 53,964 32,655 78.3 12,581 9,820 20.3
Saturday 5,072 2,409 49.8 3,396 3,593 46.5
Total 292,842 167,365 78.1 63,556 55,852 20.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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