Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 21.07.18
03/08/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 21, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 115,957 1,924 428,552 7,368 2,905 - 171
Tuesday 119,663 2,781 459,199 7,966 1,802 - 248
Wednesday 118,276 2,304 459,608 6,858 1,554 - 248
Thursday 119,921 1,552 448,430 6,872 2,068 - 319
Friday 120,235 2,521 432,638 6,357 1,613 - 155
Saturday 40,874 54 149,348 704 37 - -
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Total 634,926 11,136 2,377,775 36,125 9,979 - 1,141
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%Steers 50.8 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 94.6
%Heifers 28.6 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 5.4
%Cows 18.8 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.9
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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 21, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 513.2 Cattle 1,332 810
Steers 872
Heifers 805
Cows 641
Bulls 882
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 218 127
Pork 491.7 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 305
Boars 195
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 140 71
Mature sheep 65
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 1,008.9
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 21, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 634,926
Steers 322,513 50.8
Heifers 181,368 28.6
Dairy cows 56,106 8.8
Other cows 63,000 9.9
Bulls 11,939 1.9
Calves Total 11,136
Hogs Total 2,377,775
Barrows and gilts 2,312,821 97.3
Sows 57,406 2.4
Boars 7,548 0.3
Sheep Total 36,125
Mature sheep 1,952 5.4
Lambs and yearlings 34,173 94.6
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 21, 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 55,587 36,720 79.6 8,462 13,041 18.5
Tuesday 61,141 33,796 79.3 10,963 11,514 18.8
Wednesday 59,463 33,465 78.6 11,194 11,953 19.6
Thursday 64,233 31,554 79.9 10,709 11,123 18.2
Friday 63,613 32,888 80.3 11,700 10,091 18.1
Saturday 18,476 12,945 76.9 3,078 5,278 20.4
Total 322,513 181,368 79.4 56,106 63,000 18.8
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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