Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 03.03.18
16/03/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 3, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,273 1,904 464,304 7,629 2,455 - 134
Tuesday 117,913 1,984 444,542 8,242 1,671 - 218
Wednesday 117,151 2,116 465,136 6,977 1,147 - 223
Thursday 118,317 1,180 464,828 8,110 1,801 - 221
Friday 114,465 1,794 452,084 6,852 1,438 - 161
Saturday 26,621 986 127,715 1,251 54 - -
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Total 610,740 9,964 2,418,609 39,061 8,566 - 957
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%Steers 50.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 28.5 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.9
%Cows 19.6 %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, March 3, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 502.5 Cattle 1,371 825
Steers 883
Heifers 828
Cows 664
Bulls 896
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 241 141
Pork 518.3 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 303
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 151 76
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 76
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Total meat
production 1,025.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 3, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 610,740
Steers 307,755 50.4
Heifers 174,219 28.5
Dairy cows 66,738 10.9
Other cows 52,982 8.7
Bulls 9,046 1.5
Calves Total 9,964
Hogs Total 2,418,609
Barrows and gilts 2,352,756 97.3
Sows 57,970 2.4
Boars 7,883 0.3
Sheep Total 39,061
Mature sheep 1,917 4.9
Lambs and yearlings 37,144 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 57,827 36,208 80.9 10,277 10,180 17.6
Tuesday 62,412 31,637 79.8 12,659 9,563 18.8
Wednesday 58,875 33,683 79.0 12,703 10,394 19.7
Thursday 61,482 32,350 79.3 12,878 10,052 19.4
Friday 57,188 33,386 79.1 13,458 8,742 19.4
Saturday 9,971 6,955 63.6 4,763 4,051 33.1
Total 307,755 174,219 78.9 66,738 52,982 19.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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