Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 14.04.18
27/04/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 14, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,908 1,713 450,927 7,871 2,332 - 148
Tuesday 120,055 2,003 451,182 9,273 1,946 - 183
Wednesday 120,098 1,822 462,478 7,143 1,191 - 205
Thursday 120,207 1,805 464,966 7,118 1,752 - 218
Friday 115,509 2,747 456,655 6,402 1,513 - 250
Saturday 16,875 65 85,469 681 136 - -
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Total 610,652 10,155 2,371,677 38,488 8,870 - 1,004
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%Steers 53.0 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 26.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 4.7
%Cows 19.0 %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, April 14, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 493.6 Cattle 1,343 810
Steers 867
Heifers 801
Cows 656
Bulls 894
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 238 139
Pork 508.5 Hogs 287 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 303
Boars 198
Lamb and mutton 2.8 Sheep 145 73
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 73
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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 14, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 610,652
Steers 323,351 53.0
Heifers 160,773 26.3
Dairy cows 61,422 10.1
Other cows 54,580 8.9
Bulls 10,526 1.7
Calves Total 10,155
Hogs Total 2,371,677
Barrows and gilts 2,304,968 97.2
Sows 59,259 2.5
Boars 7,450 0.3
Sheep Total 38,488
Mature sheep 1,818 4.7
Lambs and yearlings 36,670 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 14, 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 62,231 31,875 79.8 9,837 11,840 18.4
Tuesday 62,469 32,853 79.4 12,574 10,198 19.0
Wednesday 62,003 32,733 78.9 12,191 11,297 19.6
Thursday 66,161 29,451 79.5 11,568 10,767 18.6
Friday 62,898 29,899 80.3 12,116 8,703 18.0
Saturday 7,589 3,962 68.5 3,136 1,775 29.1
Total 323,351 160,773 79.3 61,422 54,580 19.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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