Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 28.07.18
10/08/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 28, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 110,173 1,993 423,834 7,622 2,744 - 175
Tuesday 118,922 2,679 459,527 8,171 1,813 - 236
Wednesday 119,256 1,938 386,390 7,517 1,428 - 241
Thursday 121,331 1,506 368,230 6,917 2,011 - 276
Friday 119,962 2,491 311,231 6,344 1,732 - 142
Saturday 49,952 56 51,539 691 27 - -
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Total 639,596 10,663 2,000,751 37,262 9,755 - 1,070
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%Steers 51.5 %Barrows & gilts 96.7 %Lambs & yearlings 94.2
%Heifers 28.3 %Sows 3.0 %Mature sheep 5.8
%Cows 18.4 %Boars 0.4
%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, July 28, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 517.8 Cattle 1,332 811
Steers 874
Heifers 804
Cows 638
Bulls 891
Calves and veal 1.4 Calves 227 132
Pork 414.0 Hogs 277 207
Barrows and gilts 204
Sows 304
Boars 194
Lamb and mutton 2.6 Sheep 138 69
Mature sheep 68
Lambs and yearlings 69
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Total meat
production 935.7
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 28, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 639,596
Steers 329,710 51.5
Heifers 180,758 28.3
Dairy cows 58,186 9.1
Other cows 59,386 9.3
Bulls 11,556 1.8
Calves Total 10,663
Hogs Total 2,000,751
Barrows and gilts 1,933,937 96.7
Sows 59,369 3.0
Boars 7,445 0.4
Sheep Total 37,262
Mature sheep 2,151 5.8
Lambs and yearlings 35,111 94.2
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, July 28, 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 55,886 31,442 79.3 8,847 11,676 18.6
Tuesday 63,691 30,273 79.0 11,379 11,386 19.1
Wednesday 58,924 34,938 78.7 11,514 12,024 19.7
Thursday 61,539 35,306 79.8 11,289 11,001 18.4
Friday 63,839 32,479 80.3 12,050 9,620 18.1
Saturday 25,831 16,320 84.4 3,107 3,679 13.6
Total 329,710 180,758 79.8 58,186 59,386 18.4
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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