Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 24.02.18
09/03/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 24, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 96,239 1,442 431,134 5,107 1,209 - 146
Tuesday 116,718 2,409 443,962 9,091 2,302 - 163
Wednesday 113,243 1,844 463,558 7,555 1,535 - 242
Thursday 117,990 1,575 460,362 8,495 1,720 - 212
Friday 107,586 2,705 448,860 6,921 1,476 - 195
Saturday 23,178 247 143,708 1,558 51 - -
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Total 574,954 10,222 2,391,584 38,727 8,293 - 958
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%Steers 48.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 96.1
%Heifers 30.1 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 3.9
%Cows 20.4 %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 24, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 471.9 Cattle 1,366 823
Steers 883
Heifers 828
Cows 667
Bulls 888
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 242 141
Pork 512.1 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 306
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 148 75
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 988.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 24, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 574,954
Steers 275,725 48.0
Heifers 173,294 30.1
Dairy cows 63,098 11.0
Other cows 54,343 9.5
Bulls 8,494 1.5
Calves Total 10,222
Hogs Total 2,391,584
Barrows and gilts 2,327,179 97.3
Sows 57,425 2.4
Boars 6,980 0.3
Sheep Total 38,727
Mature sheep 1,513 3.9
Lambs and yearlings 37,214 96.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, February 24, 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 46,049 29,117 78.1 9,242 10,190 20.2
Tuesday 55,717 36,852 79.3 12,487 9,950 19.2
Wednesday 52,486 35,340 77.6 12,824 10,999 21.0
Thursday 59,574 33,035 78.5 13,025 10,569 20.0
Friday 50,862 31,622 76.7 12,631 10,843 21.8
Saturday 11,037 7,328 79.2 2,889 1,792 20.2
Total 275,725 173,294 78.1 63,098 54,343 20.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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