Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 26.05.18
08/06/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 26, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 118,870 1,793 458,226 8,169 2,792 - 153
Tuesday 120,662 2,372 460,798 9,260 1,855 - 132
Wednesday 119,103 2,063 455,762 7,653 1,396 - 264
Thursday 121,616 1,580 453,984 7,789 1,979 - 293
Friday 120,687 2,446 436,789 6,820 1,877 - 108
Saturday 50,540 81 24,903 876 65 - 49
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Total 651,478 10,335 2,290,462 40,567 9,964 - 999
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%Steers 53.7 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 95.0
%Heifers 27.0 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.0
%Cows 17.7 %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, May 26, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 517.3 Cattle 1,315 796
Steers 848
Heifers 784
Cows 645
Bulls 897
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 235 137
Pork 485.5 Hogs 284 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 308
Boars 206
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 1,007.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 26, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 651,478
Steers 349,680 53.7
Heifers 175,687 27.0
Dairy cows 54,391 8.3
Other cows 60,777 9.3
Bulls 10,943 1.7
Calves Total 10,335
Hogs Total 2,290,462
Barrows and gilts 2,225,041 97.1
Sows 57,411 2.5
Boars 8,010 0.3
Sheep Total 40,567
Mature sheep 2,047 5.0
Lambs and yearlings 38,520 95.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, May 26, 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 62,714 33,437 80.9 8,713 11,630 17.1
Tuesday 64,095 31,634 79.3 10,359 12,562 19.0
Wednesday 63,234 30,545 78.7 11,179 12,262 19.7
Thursday 64,142 33,186 80.0 10,840 11,271 18.2
Friday 68,146 30,027 81.3 10,839 9,597 16.9
Saturday 27,349 16,858 87.5 2,461 3,455 11.7
Total 349,680 175,687 80.6 54,391 60,777 17.7
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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