Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 05.05.18
18/05/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 5, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,814 1,913 456,897 7,597 2,426 - 140
Tuesday 115,774 2,244 467,403 6,936 1,863 - 212
Wednesday 118,577 1,621 460,643 7,252 1,651 - 226
Thursday 121,383 1,667 460,081 7,357 1,730 - 323
Friday 119,287 2,615 436,553 4,986 1,703 - 146
Saturday 59,412 74 42,171 1,155 41 - -
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Total 652,247 10,134 2,323,748 35,283 9,414 - 1,047
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%Steers 54.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 25.9 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 17.9 %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, May 5, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 519.6 Cattle 1,322 798
Steers 849
Heifers 786
Cows 652
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 243 142
Pork 496.6 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 306
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 140 70
Mature sheep 71
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 1,020.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 5, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 652,247
Steers 354,990 54.4
Heifers 168,799 25.9
Dairy cows 57,457 8.8
Other cows 59,061 9.1
Bulls 11,940 1.8
Calves Total 10,134
Hogs Total 2,323,748
Barrows and gilts 2,259,572 97.2
Sows 57,093 2.5
Boars 7,083 0.3
Sheep Total 35,283
Mature sheep 2,123 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 33,160 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 5, 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 65,838 28,727 80.3 9,018 11,907 17.8
Tuesday 59,739 31,045 78.4 11,509 11,314 19.7
Wednesday 64,703 29,388 79.4 11,520 10,882 18.9
Thursday 66,821 30,873 80.5 10,903 10,524 17.7
Friday 69,016 28,613 81.8 10,915 8,597 16.4
Saturday 28,873 20,153 82.5 3,592 5,837 15.9
Total 354,990 168,799 80.3 57,457 59,061 17.9
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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