Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 28.04.18
11/05/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 28, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,473 1,616 462,451 8,039 2,268 - 144
Tuesday 119,617 2,187 465,597 8,596 1,926 - 200
Wednesday 118,445 1,835 462,067 7,758 1,292 - 292
Thursday 121,414 1,591 465,108 6,803 1,614 - 265
Friday 114,410 2,483 450,009 5,417 1,562 - 178
Saturday 37,409 75 50,780 44 43 - -
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Total 627,768 9,787 2,356,012 36,657 8,705 - 1,079
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%Steers 52.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 95.3
%Heifers 26.7 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 4.7
%Cows 18.9 %Boars 0.3
%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, April 28, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 499.6 Cattle 1,325 798
Steers 850
Heifers 788
Cows 655
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 243 142
Pork 504.4 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 212
Sows 309
Boars 197
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 146 73
Mature sheep 61
Lambs and yearlings 73
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Total meat
production 1,008.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 28, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 627,768
Steers 329,928 52.6
Heifers 167,884 26.7
Dairy cows 57,226 9.1
Other cows 61,366 9.8
Bulls 11,364 1.8
Calves Total 9,787
Hogs Total 2,356,012
Barrows and gilts 2,292,128 97.3
Sows 56,832 2.4
Boars 7,052 0.3
Sheep Total 36,657
Mature sheep 1,732 4.7
Lambs and yearlings 34,925 95.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, April 28, 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 65,171 27,540 79.6 8,939 12,815 18.7
Tuesday 60,302 33,874 78.7 11,284 11,889 19.4
Wednesday 59,709 33,297 78.5 12,130 11,444 19.9
Thursday 65,706 30,854 79.5 10,749 11,668 18.5
Friday 60,799 30,394 79.7 11,429 9,772 18.5
Saturday 18,241 11,925 80.6 2,695 3,778 17.3
Total 329,928 167,884 79.3 57,226 61,366 18.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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