Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 07.07.18
20/07/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 7, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 116,386 2,035 462,637 8,725 2,734 - 135
Tuesday 119,407 2,971 462,549 8,083 1,807 - 184
Wednesday 1,430 - 2,486 100 - - -
Thursday 119,557 2,085 456,888 7,175 2,340 - 346
Friday 117,307 2,718 450,145 6,468 1,616 - 157
Saturday 95,795 54 150,759 626 42 - -
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Total 569,882 9,863 1,985,464 31,177 8,539 - 822
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%Steers 53.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.5 %Lambs & yearlings 94.3
%Heifers 27.3 %Sows 2.2 %Mature sheep 5.7
%Cows 17.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.4
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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, July 7, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 460.8 Cattle 1,333 810
Steers 867
Heifers 797
Cows 647
Bulls 902
Calves and veal 1.2 Calves 207 120
Pork 412.3 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 307
Boars 187
Lamb and mutton 2.2 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 876.5
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 7, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 569,882
Steers 306,694 53.8
Heifers 155,549 27.3
Dairy cows 47,123 8.3
Other cows 52,290 9.2
Bulls 8,226 1.4
Calves Total 9,863
Hogs Total 1,985,464
Barrows and gilts 1,936,214 97.5
Sows 43,602 2.2
Boars 5,648 0.3
Sheep Total 31,177
Mature sheep 1,764 5.7
Lambs and yearlings 29,413 94.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 7, 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 63,247 29,614 79.8 8,361 13,037 18.4
Tuesday 61,068 33,768 79.4 11,839 10,757 18.9
Wednesday 484 - 33.8 319 544 60.3
Thursday 64,296 30,931 79.6 11,136 11,320 18.8
Friday 64,120 30,619 80.8 11,039 10,047 18.0
Saturday 53,479 30,617 87.8 4,429 6,585 11.5
Total 306,694 155,549 81.1 47,123 52,290 17.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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