Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 23.06.18
06/07/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 23, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,385 1,387 415,738 7,381 2,429 - 167
Tuesday 118,140 2,099 444,306 7,613 1,827 - 253
Wednesday 117,961 2,215 436,636 6,696 1,214 - 246
Thursday 120,271 1,422 443,277 7,075 1,746 - 325
Friday 117,549 2,549 423,445 5,509 1,593 - 145
Saturday 68,190 57 433 666 56 - -
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Total 658,496 9,729 2,163,835 34,940 8,865 - 1,136
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%Steers 54.1 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 93.9
%Heifers 26.9 %Sows 2.7 %Mature sheep 6.1
%Cows 17.2 %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 23, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 528.9 Cattle 1,325 805
Steers 858
Heifers 793
Cows 644
Bulls 914
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 213 123
Pork 451.1 Hogs 279 209
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 307
Boars 201
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 143 72
Mature sheep 69
Lambs and yearlings 72
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Total meat
production 983.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 23, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 658,496
Steers 356,310 54.1
Heifers 177,248 26.9
Dairy cows 53,199 8.1
Other cows 60,207 9.1
Bulls 11,532 1.8
Calves Total 9,729
Hogs Total 2,163,835
Barrows and gilts 2,099,096 97.0
Sows 58,015 2.7
Boars 6,724 0.3
Sheep Total 34,940
Mature sheep 2,146 6.1
Lambs and yearlings 32,794 93.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 23, 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 64,781 30,386 81.8 6,998 11,997 16.3
Tuesday 61,678 32,135 79.4 10,917 11,230 18.7
Wednesday 60,593 32,422 78.9 10,866 11,915 19.3
Thursday 67,397 29,804 80.8 10,598 10,565 17.6
Friday 67,093 28,771 81.6 10,920 8,881 16.8
Saturday 34,768 23,730 85.8 2,900 5,619 12.5
Total 356,310 177,248 81.0 53,199 60,207 17.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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