Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 30.06.18
13/07/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 30, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,464 1,828 434,177 8,094 2,452 - 236
Tuesday 113,659 2,553 446,553 8,447 1,981 - 255
Wednesday 120,292 2,279 454,129 7,203 1,579 - 242
Thursday 120,288 1,683 451,857 6,947 1,887 - 325
Friday 120,325 2,742 430,192 4,951 1,984 - 124
Saturday 57,886 78 21,035 403 41 - 47
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Total 648,914 11,163 2,237,943 36,045 9,924 - 1,229
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%Steers 53.4 %Barrows & gilts 97.0 %Lambs & yearlings 94.0
%Heifers 26.7 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.0
%Cows 18.2 %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 30, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 521.5 Cattle 1,328 805
Steers 865
Heifers 792
Cows 640
Bulls 907
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 216 126
Pork 465.1 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 309
Boars 193
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 141 71
Mature sheep 66
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 990.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 30, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 648,914
Steers 346,410 53.4
Heifers 173,137 26.7
Dairy cows 57,745 8.9
Other cows 60,090 9.3
Bulls 11,532 1.8
Calves Total 11,163
Hogs Total 2,237,943
Barrows and gilts 2,170,876 97.0
Sows 59,247 2.6
Boars 7,820 0.3
Sheep Total 36,045
Mature sheep 2,167 6.0
Lambs and yearlings 33,878 94.0
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, June 30, 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 58,721 34,743 80.3 8,729 12,223 18.0
Tuesday 64,457 24,958 78.7 10,990 11,332 19.6
Wednesday 63,812 31,212 79.0 11,361 11,753 19.2
Thursday 66,398 30,662 80.7 11,082 10,132 17.6
Friday 64,215 33,395 81.1 11,414 9,266 17.2
Saturday 28,807 18,167 81.1 4,169 5,384 16.5
Total 346,410 173,137 80.1 57,745 60,090 18.2
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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