Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 14.07.18
27/07/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 14, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 117,784 1,764 443,412 7,772 2,796 - 216
Tuesday 119,860 2,572 457,498 8,382 1,743 - 212
Wednesday 117,688 2,794 458,578 7,034 1,413 - 295
Thursday 119,806 1,379 455,696 7,115 2,040 - 319
Friday 117,727 2,440 437,691 6,640 1,596 - 147
Saturday 57,433 103 26,056 47 301 - -
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Total 650,298 11,052 2,278,931 36,990 9,889 - 1,189
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%Steers 50.6 %Barrows & gilts 97.1 %Lambs & yearlings 93.4
%Heifers 29.3 %Sows 2.6 %Mature sheep 6.6
%Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.6
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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 14, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 523.8 Cattle 1,330 807
Steers 867
Heifers 803
Cows 641
Bulls 892
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 219 128
Pork 472.0 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 205
Sows 306
Boars 188
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 999.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 14, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 650,298
Steers 329,078 50.6
Heifers 190,837 29.3
Dairy cows 58,131 8.9
Other cows 61,748 9.5
Bulls 10,504 1.6
Calves Total 11,052
Hogs Total 2,278,931
Barrows and gilts 2,213,102 97.1
Sows 58,405 2.6
Boars 7,424 0.3
Sheep Total 36,990
Mature sheep 2,427 6.6
Lambs and yearlings 34,563 93.4
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 14, 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 57,418 37,937 81.0 7,970 12,487 17.4
Tuesday 60,758 34,374 79.4 11,722 11,278 19.2
Wednesday 60,308 32,434 78.8 11,516 11,650 19.7
Thursday 62,893 32,904 80.0 11,077 10,924 18.4
Friday 58,626 36,812 81.1 11,154 9,293 17.4
Saturday 29,075 16,376 79.1 4,692 6,116 18.8
Total 329,078 190,837 80.0 58,131 61,748 18.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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