Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 07.04.18
20/04/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 7, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 103,035 1,925 318,308 9,220 2,966 - 99
Tuesday 117,739 1,848 462,963 10,954 1,670 - 256
Wednesday 118,788 2,143 465,136 7,974 1,488 - 205
Thursday 117,909 1,166 466,138 8,546 1,972 - 240
Friday 113,706 2,500 451,615 6,335 1,849 - 135
Saturday 43,827 100 168,350 818 94 - -
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Total 615,004 9,682 2,332,510 43,847 10,039 - 935
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%Steers 51.3 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 92.5
%Heifers 28.0 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 7.5
%Cows 19.1 %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, April 7, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 500.7 Cattle 1,349 816
Steers 872
Heifers 809
Cows 668
Bulls 881
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 231 135
Pork 501.4 Hogs 287 215
Barrows and gilts 213
Sows 303
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 131 66
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 66
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Total meat
production 1,006.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 7, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 615,004
Steers 315,570 51.3
Heifers 172,180 28.0
Dairy cows 61,021 9.9
Other cows 56,296 9.2
Bulls 9,937 1.6
Calves Total 9,682
Hogs Total 2,332,510
Barrows and gilts 2,264,679 97.1
Sows 60,445 2.6
Boars 7,386 0.3
Sheep Total 43,847
Mature sheep 3,294 7.5
Lambs and yearlings 40,553 92.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 7, 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 48,888 31,693 78.2 8,757 11,894 20.0
Tuesday 62,715 31,093 79.7 12,289 9,774 18.7
Wednesday 62,102 32,133 79.3 12,435 10,238 19.1
Thursday 60,936 31,410 78.3 11,453 12,221 20.1
Friday 59,203 30,667 79.0 12,454 9,357 19.2
Saturday 21,726 15,184 84.2 3,633 2,812 14.7
Total 315,570 172,180 79.3 61,021 56,296 19.1
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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