Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 24.03.18
06/04/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 24, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,343 1,570 462,755 9,626 2,676 - 142
Tuesday 119,271 1,885 466,685 9,290 2,244 - 254
Wednesday 118,155 2,449 454,010 7,975 1,237 - 247
Thursday 120,521 1,113 461,841 8,369 1,828 - 237
Friday 109,107 2,501 453,454 7,674 1,683 - 159
Saturday 25,980 11 111,625 1,543 212 - -
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Total 611,377 9,529 2,410,370 44,477 9,880 - 1,039
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%Steers 48.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.4
%Heifers 30.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.6
%Cows 19.6 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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 24, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 498.8 Cattle 1,354 818
Steers 878
Heifers 815
Cows 663
Bulls 909
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 236 137
Pork 516.1 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 302
Boars 189
Lamb and mutton 3.2 Sheep 142 71
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 1,019.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 24, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 611,377
Steers 297,718 48.7
Heifers 183,145 30.0
Dairy cows 62,673 10.3
Other cows 57,226 9.4
Bulls 10,615 1.7
Calves Total 9,529
Hogs Total 2,410,370
Barrows and gilts 2,341,920 97.2
Sows 60,398 2.5
Boars 8,052 0.3
Sheep Total 44,477
Mature sheep 2,058 4.6
Lambs and yearlings 42,419 95.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 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 56,951 37,671 80.0 9,736 11,863 18.3
Tuesday 55,562 38,633 79.0 12,718 10,205 19.2
Wednesday 58,768 34,130 78.6 11,983 11,422 19.8
Thursday 61,073 34,931 79.7 11,914 10,781 18.8
Friday 55,220 30,609 78.7 12,560 8,881 19.7
Saturday 10,144 7,171 66.6 3,762 4,074 30.2
Total 297,718 183,145 78.7 62,673 57,226 19.6
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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