Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 19.05.18
01/06/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 19, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,528 1,768 454,769 9,133 3,119 - 135
Tuesday 119,629 2,448 459,945 9,277 2,070 - 212
Wednesday 119,882 2,278 457,510 8,666 1,546 - 251
Thursday 121,584 1,422 446,709 8,508 1,966 - 275
Friday 120,334 2,893 436,795 7,278 2,093 - 157
Saturday 69,656 47 83,677 739 37 - -
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Total 667,613 10,856 2,339,405 43,601 10,831 - 1,030
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%Steers 54.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.8
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.2
%Cows 17.4 %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 19, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 529.9 Cattle 1,315 795
Steers 846
Heifers 782
Cows 647
Bulls 899
Calves and veal 1.5 Calves 235 136
Pork 498.7 Hogs 285 213
Barrows and gilts 211
Sows 308
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 3.1 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 1,033.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 19, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 667,613
Steers 361,008 54.1
Heifers 178,684 26.8
Dairy cows 54,460 8.2
Other cows 61,463 9.2
Bulls 11,998 1.8
Calves Total 10,856
Hogs Total 2,339,405
Barrows and gilts 2,273,178 97.2
Sows 59,307 2.5
Boars 6,920 0.3
Sheep Total 43,601
Mature sheep 2,263 5.2
Lambs and yearlings 41,338 94.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 19, 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 62,676 31,222 80.6 8,571 11,695 17.4
Tuesday 64,213 30,783 79.4 10,314 12,195 18.8
Wednesday 64,730 30,792 79.7 11,252 11,149 18.7
Thursday 68,267 29,657 80.5 10,633 10,719 17.6
Friday 64,710 32,901 81.1 10,644 9,934 17.1
Saturday 36,412 23,329 85.8 3,046 5,771 12.7
Total 361,008 178,684 80.8 54,460 61,463 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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