Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 10.03.18
23/03/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 10, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,745 1,911 447,805 7,970 2,540 - 143
Tuesday 115,796 2,373 454,169 8,916 1,704 - 244
Wednesday 115,260 2,008 451,179 7,062 1,336 - 180
Thursday 119,593 1,087 466,877 8,778 1,695 - 219
Friday 111,173 2,575 459,380 6,430 1,598 - 207
Saturday 19,509 185 130,429 1,503 201 - -
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Total 599,076 10,139 2,409,839 40,659 9,074 - 993
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%Steers 50.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.6
%Heifers 28.2 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.4
%Cows 20.1 %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, March 10, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 491.4 Cattle 1,365 822
Steers 881
Heifers 823
Cows 667
Bulls 902
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 235 137
Pork 516.7 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 307
Boars 196
Lamb and mutton 3.0 Sheep 148 74
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 75
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Total meat
production 1,012.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 10, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 599,076
Steers 299,801 50.0
Heifers 169,077 28.2
Dairy cows 65,953 11.0
Other cows 54,380 9.1
Bulls 9,865 1.6
Calves Total 10,139
Hogs Total 2,409,839
Barrows and gilts 2,344,580 97.3
Sows 58,258 2.4
Boars 7,001 0.3
Sheep Total 40,659
Mature sheep 1,799 4.4
Lambs and yearlings 38,860 95.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 58,129 35,321 79.4 10,894 11,372 18.9
Tuesday 58,955 33,159 79.5 12,832 8,960 18.8
Wednesday 59,170 32,803 79.8 11,719 10,005 18.8
Thursday 63,856 31,031 79.3 12,586 10,406 19.2
Friday 52,290 33,639 77.3 13,957 9,447 21.1
Saturday 7,401 3,124 53.9 3,965 4,190 41.8
Total 299,801 169,077 78.3 65,953 54,380 20.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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