Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 02.06.18
15/06/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 2, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 4,145 239 1,596 1,089 806 - -
Tuesday 118,031 2,465 426,859 9,475 2,440 - 219
Wednesday 118,024 1,972 465,431 8,130 1,828 - 207
Thursday 119,381 1,662 465,637 7,858 1,904 - 242
Friday 119,826 2,686 451,304 6,338 1,615 - 181
Saturday 105,326 52 222,775 3 30 - -
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Total 584,733 9,076 2,033,602 32,893 8,623 - 849
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%Steers 53.5 %Barrows & gilts 97.2 %Lambs & yearlings 94.7
%Heifers 26.8 %Sows 2.5 %Mature sheep 5.3
%Cows 18.0 %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, June 2, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 464.7 Cattle 1,314 796
Steers 851
Heifers 786
Cows 637
Bulls 914
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 227 133
Pork 431.0 Hogs 283 212
Barrows and gilts 210
Sows 308
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.3 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 899.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 2, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 584,733
Steers 312,778 53.5
Heifers 156,803 26.8
Dairy cows 48,951 8.4
Other cows 56,076 9.6
Bulls 10,125 1.7
Calves Total 9,076
Hogs Total 2,033,602
Barrows and gilts 1,977,267 97.2
Sows 50,683 2.5
Boars 5,652 0.3
Sheep Total 32,893
Mature sheep 1,757 5.3
Lambs and yearlings 31,136 94.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 2, 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 789 562 32.6 1,474 1,042 60.7
Tuesday 62,498 32,094 80.1 9,942 11,321 18.0
Wednesday 65,141 27,763 78.7 10,651 12,569 19.7
Thursday 62,971 30,977 78.7 10,485 12,641 19.4
Friday 60,922 35,026 80.1 11,471 10,435 18.3
Saturday 60,457 30,381 86.2 4,928 8,068 12.3
Total 312,778 156,803 80.3 48,951 56,076 18.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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