Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 12.05.18
25/05/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 12, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,005 1,564 446,689 8,292 3,091 - 218
Tuesday 120,041 2,314 462,509 8,610 1,706 - 179
Wednesday 120,558 2,225 462,575 7,057 1,640 - 206
Thursday 120,356 1,423 457,706 8,016 2,366 - 388
Friday 119,862 2,423 436,096 6,273 2,067 - 139
Saturday 55,914 58 40,709 1,129 111 - -
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Total 654,736 10,007 2,306,284 39,377 10,981 - 1,130
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%Steers 54.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.5
%Heifers 26.3 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.5
%Cows 17.7 %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 12, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 521.9 Cattle 1,319 799
Steers 848
Heifers 791
Cows 649
Bulls 907
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 234 135
Pork 492.6 Hogs 286 214
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 307
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.7 Sheep 136 68
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 1,018.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 12, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 654,736
Steers 354,392 54.1
Heifers 172,514 26.3
Dairy cows 55,259 8.4
Other cows 60,873 9.3
Bulls 11,698 1.8
Calves Total 10,007
Hogs Total 2,306,284
Barrows and gilts 2,240,889 97.2
Sows 58,266 2.5
Boars 7,129 0.3
Sheep Total 39,377
Mature sheep 2,157 5.5
Lambs and yearlings 37,220 94.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 12, 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 65,485 29,419 80.4 8,731 12,148 17.7
Tuesday 63,841 31,426 79.4 10,727 11,822 18.8
Wednesday 65,066 30,598 79.4 11,500 11,506 19.1
Thursday 65,340 30,974 80.0 10,934 10,983 18.2
Friday 64,011 33,763 81.6 11,065 8,904 16.7
Saturday 30,649 16,334 84.0 2,302 5,510 14.0
Total 354,392 172,514 80.5 55,259 60,873 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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