Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 16.06.18
29/06/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 16, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,770 1,909 444,464 8,877 3,704 - 196
Tuesday 118,398 2,421 447,310 8,682 2,585 - 249
Wednesday 114,363 2,135 446,535 8,750 2,155 - 307
Thursday 115,228 1,470 439,993 8,586 2,318 - 292
Friday 116,418 2,601 412,594 5,501 859 - 187
Saturday 65,902 36 21,061 772 165 - -
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Total 648,079 10,572 2,211,957 41,168 11,786 - 1,231
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%Steers 53.2 %Barrows & gilts 96.9 %Lambs & yearlings 94.1
%Heifers 26.9 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 5.9
%Cows 18.0 %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, June 16, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 517.8 Cattle 1,322 801
Steers 856
Heifers 791
Cows 639
Bulls 908
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 236 138
Pork 464.0 Hogs 281 210
Barrows and gilts 207
Sows 306
Boars 200
Lamb and mutton 2.9 Sheep 139 70
Mature sheep 70
Lambs and yearlings 70
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Total meat
production 986.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 16, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 648,079
Steers 344,885 53.2
Heifers 174,334 26.9
Dairy cows 54,959 8.5
Other cows 61,987 9.6
Bulls 11,914 1.8
Calves Total 10,572
Hogs Total 2,211,957
Barrows and gilts 2,143,814 96.9
Sows 60,611 2.7
Boars 7,532 0.3
Sheep Total 41,168
Mature sheep 2,417 5.9
Lambs and yearlings 38,751 94.1
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 16, 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 61,846 33,007 80.5 8,168 12,575 17.6
Tuesday 62,291 31,573 79.3 11,040 11,185 18.8
Wednesday 60,864 28,145 77.8 10,998 12,279 20.4
Thursday 63,722 28,420 80.0 10,469 10,526 18.2
Friday 61,357 32,002 80.2 10,828 10,032 17.9
Saturday 34,805 21,187 85.0 3,456 5,390 13.4
Total 344,885 174,334 80.1 54,959 61,987 18.0
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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