Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 17.02.18
02/03/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 17, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 111,169 1,670 462,116 6,460 2,629 - 146
Tuesday 119,095 2,013 465,911 8,391 1,952 - 212
Wednesday 116,045 2,442 465,893 6,707 982 - 216
Thursday 118,781 1,176 462,884 7,448 1,688 - 214
Friday 114,204 2,605 442,055 6,795 1,846 - 138
Saturday 22,951 57 86,502 20 48 - -
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Total 602,245 9,963 2,385,361 35,821 9,145 - 926
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%Steers 49.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.5
%Heifers 28.9 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.5
%Cows 20.2 %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, February 17, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 494.2 Cattle 1,369 823
Steers 881
Heifers 828
Cows 665
Bulls 892
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 241 141
Pork 508.8 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 305
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 147 74
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 74
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Total meat
production 1,007.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 17, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 602,245
Steers 297,930 49.5
Heifers 173,925 28.9
Dairy cows 67,065 11.1
Other cows 54,387 9.0
Bulls 8,938 1.5
Calves Total 9,963
Hogs Total 2,385,361
Barrows and gilts 2,319,089 97.2
Sows 59,320 2.5
Boars 6,952 0.3
Sheep Total 35,821
Mature sheep 1,613 4.5
Lambs and yearlings 34,208 95.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 17, 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 56,850 31,681 79.6 10,613 10,378 18.9
Tuesday 56,873 37,145 78.9 13,610 9,590 19.5
Wednesday 60,439 30,279 78.2 12,938 10,894 20.5
Thursday 58,496 34,480 78.3 12,907 11,119 20.2
Friday 56,143 34,863 79.7 12,715 8,751 18.8
Saturday 9,129 5,477 63.6 4,282 3,655 34.6
Total 297,930 173,925 78.3 67,065 54,387 20.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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