Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 31.03.18
13/04/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 31, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,377 1,263 458,744 10,468 2,969 - 143
Tuesday 119,932 2,052 461,431 9,646 2,291 - 202
Wednesday 117,141 1,872 464,288 7,907 1,836 - 254
Thursday 115,984 1,256 461,317 8,607 1,971 - 307
Friday 104,668 2,773 417,234 5,418 1,708 - 181
Saturday 17,285 93 112,968 685 157 - -
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Total 590,387 9,309 2,375,982 42,731 10,932 - 1,087
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%Steers 51.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.4 %Lambs & yearlings 95.1
%Heifers 27.1 %Sows 2.3 %Mature sheep 4.9
%Cows 19.5 %Boars 0.2
%Bulls 1.8
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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 31, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 480.9 Cattle 1,355 817
Steers 872
Heifers 814
Cows 666
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 244 143
Pork 508.8 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 304
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 132 67
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 993.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 31, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 590,387
Steers 305,040 51.7
Heifers 159,803 27.1
Dairy cows 59,933 10.2
Other cows 55,082 9.3
Bulls 10,529 1.8
Calves Total 9,309
Hogs Total 2,375,982
Barrows and gilts 2,315,374 97.4
Sows 55,106 2.3
Boars 5,502 0.2
Sheep Total 42,731
Mature sheep 2,076 4.9
Lambs and yearlings 40,655 95.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, March 31, 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 ......: 62,032 31,207 80.8 9,880 10,326 17.5
Tuesday .....: 65,105 30,052 79.3 12,495 9,896 18.7
Wednesday ...: 59,771 32,591 78.8 11,743 11,226 19.6
Thursday ....: 58,717 33,712 79.7 11,178 10,362 18.6
Friday ......: 53,410 28,440 78.2 12,126 8,941 20.1
Saturday ....: 6,005 3,801 56.7 2,511 4,331 39.6
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Total .......:305,040 159,803 78.7 59,933 55,082 19.5
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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