Actual slaughter under federal inspection - 04.08.18
17/08/2018
Actual Slaughter Under Federal Inspection
Federally Inspected Slaughter By Species and Day - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 4, 2018
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Day Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep Goats Equine Bison 1/
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Monday 113,550 1,877 440,891 7,906 2,845 - 142
Tuesday 120,142 2,423 450,408 8,368 1,859 - 237
Wednesday 118,879 2,252 461,928 7,036 1,351 - 313
Thursday 119,108 1,478 454,926 7,144 1,758 - 239
Friday 112,923 2,471 447,499 4,792 1,771 - 145
Saturday 39,763 58 78,479 743 52 - -
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Total 624,365 10,559 2,334,131 35,989 9,636 - 1,076
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%Steers 52.2 %Barrows & gilts 97.3 %Lambs & yearlings 93.8
%Heifers 27.7 %Sows 2.4 %Mature sheep 6.2
%Cows 18.3 %Boars 0.3
%Bulls 1.7
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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, August 4, 2018
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Production Species and class Live weight Dressed Weight
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million pounds pounds pounds
Beef 509.4 Cattle 1,342 817
Steers 880
Heifers 809
Cows 645
Bulls 890
Calves and veal 1.3 Calves 219 127
Pork 485.0 Hogs 278 208
Barrows and gilts 206
Sows 304
Boars 190
Lamb and mutton 2.5 Sheep 140 71
Mature sheep 67
Lambs and yearlings 71
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Total meat
production 998.3
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Head & Percentage by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 4, 2018
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Number of Percent
Species head of total
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Cattle Total 624,365
Steers 326,204 52.2
Heifers 173,206 27.7
Dairy cows 58,253 9.3
Other cows 56,174 9.0
Bulls 10,528 1.7
Calves Total 10,559
Hogs Total 2,334,131
Barrows and gilts 2,270,362 97.3
Sows 56,319 2.4
Boars 7,450 0.3
Sheep Total 35,989
Mature sheep 2,218 6.2
Lambs and yearlings 33,771 93.8
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Federally Inspected Slaughter Cattle by Class - U.S.
Week Ending Saturday, August 4, 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 59,413 32,082 80.6 8,629 11,137 17.4
Tuesday 63,595 31,830 79.4 11,501 11,196 18.9
Wednesday 62,011 31,096 78.3 12,207 11,509 19.9
Thursday 62,536 31,877 79.3 11,521 11,104 19.0
Friday 57,958 32,874 80.4 11,499 8,967 18.1
Saturday 20,691 13,447 85.9 2,896 2,261 13.0
Total 326,204 173,206 80.0 58,253 56,174 18.3
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Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News, St Joseph, MO
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